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- He is most famous for the landscaped parks of English country houses, many of which have survived reasonably intact.
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He is most famous for the landscaped parks of English country houses, many of which have survived reasonably intact. However, he also included in his plans "pleasure gardens" with flower gardens and the new shrubberies, usually placed where they would not obstruct the views across the park of and from the main facades of the house.
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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.
- He had a relatively simple childhood. William, his father, was a yeoman farmer; Ursula, his mother, worked as a chambermaid at Kirkharle Hall. Brown attended the village school in Cambo, along with his five siblings.
- He made his name at Stowe. Brown’s big break came in 1741 when he joined Lord Cobham’s gardening staff on the estate at Stowe. He worked under the guidance of William Kent, who had rejected the rigid formality of garden design from Versailles, which asserted man’s dominance over nature.
- He knew how to network. As his work at Stowe became more well-known, Brown started to take freelance commissions from Lord Cobham’s aristocratic friends, creating a name for himself as an independent designer and contractor.
- His work was all about natural landscapes. Following in Kent’s path of rejecting French formality, Brown sort to embrace and enhance the appearance of the natural landscape to match the romantic visions of painters like Claude Lorrain, whilst providing practically for the needs of a great estate.
- 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.
- Where to find Capability Brown. Brown’s work survives on estates across England, many of which are open to the public. You can walk his paths, take in his views and in a few cases even stay in houses and follies in his landscapes.
- Weston Park, Shropshire. Visit for the day or stay at the newly renovated Temple of Diana or in the main house on a Dine & Stay weekend or a special Capability Brown 300 tour, which includes other Brown sights in the area.
- Croome, Worcestershire. Brown’s first large commission and a rare place where Brown designed the buildings as well as the landscape. The house has undergone major restoration and the Chinese bridge – the only element of Croome’s earlier landscape Brown chose to retain – has just been rebuilt.
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 ...
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.
‘Capability’ Brown has gone down in history as one of the best landscape gardeners of all time and it’s not hard to see why. Brown was responsible for not only a vast array of parklands and gardens but also shaped the way future gardeners would think about design.
