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William Robinson: FLS (15 July 1838 – 12 May 1935) was an Irish practical gardener and journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement that led to the popularising of the English cottage garden, a parallel to the search for honest simplicity and vernacular style of the British Arts and Crafts movement, and were important in ...
Apr 4, 2024 · William Robinson (born July 5, 1838—died May 17, 1935) was a British landscape designer who was a leading exponent of the wild, or natural, garden, which he advocated in voluminous writings, intemperately expressed, throughout a long life. Robinson began as a working gardener in Ireland but moved to the Royal Botanic Society’s garden in ...
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William Robinson was born in Ireland in 1838 and studied horticulture at the National Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin near Dublin. He went on to become a most influential and respected gardener and horticultural writer. He was a formidable character, hot tempered and outspoken but also energetic and diligent with a classic Victorian zeal for reform.
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Below is the detailed biography of William Robinson, an Irish gardener, and journalist of the Victorian era who familiarised the world with English cottage gardening. There is a reflection of the British Arts and Style movement in his gardening by his use of simple, honest and smart presentability. Table of Contents. Early Life of William Robinson.
William Robinson, by Vandyk, © National Portrait Gallery, London. William Robinson (1838–1935) was a garden designer whose publications on horticulture and gardening in general were extremely influential.
William Robinson, Gravetye Manor and Kew. Kew Librarian Craig Brough writes about the influential 19th century gardening author William Robinson, his garden at Gravetye Manor, and their connection to Kew. By Craig Brough.
The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place. A new exhibition at RHS Wisley (16 May – 25 Aug) explores the legacy of William Robinson – one of the British Isles’ most influential horticulturalists.
