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Lancelot Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783), [1] more commonly known as Capability Brown, was an English gardener and landscape architect, who remains the most famous figure in the history of the English landscape garden style.
Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was a grand designer, entrepreneur and salesman who became the UK's most famous landscape designer of the 18th century. His nickname came from his fondness for describing country estates as having great ‘capabilities’ for improvement.
Apr 5, 2016 · Innovative—and prolific—18th-century garden guru Capability Brown forever changed the face of Great Britain with his romantic rolling landscapes. Making Mother Nature do mankind’s bidding is ...
Dec 28, 2016 · If you were anyone in Georgian society, your garden would have been designed by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. Wealthy lords and ladies, and even the royals, commissioned Brown to landscape their vast estates, which revealed much about their status and style.
May 24, 2016 · Lancelot “Capability” Brown was Britain’s most famous landscape gardener who changed the face of 18th-century English country estates, moving hills and creating flowing lakes and serpentine rivers.
Jan 11, 2021 · Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown is one of Britain’s most celebrated landscape architects. His natural eye for the ‘capabilities’ of an estate would develop a garden style now recognised as the quintessential English landscape.
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This 18th century ‘Capability’ Brown garden with over 105 acres is full of surprises. It’s most famous for its 200ft (61m) fountain, rock garden and surviving Joseph Paxton glasshouses and contemporary sculptures. Join a free one hour garden tour where you’ll learn all about its history, including ‘Capability’ Brown’s landscape ...
On August 30, 2016, we celebrate the tercentenary of the baptism (his actual birth date is uncertain) of an outstanding landscape gardener, Lancelot (“Capability”) Brown, one of the pioneers and supreme practitioners of the “serpentine” style that gripped England in the mid to late 18th century.
Explore National Trust estates designed by the famous Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. Take in serpentine lakes, gothic follies and tree-fringed parkland.
Read about how Lancelot 'Capability' Brown redesigned the entire 2,000 acres of Gardens and Parkland. Discover the life of Capability Brown, the huge changes he implemented at Blenheim Palace and how he went about the mammoth task of undertaking them!
