Tag Archives: Gardens Trust

Repton and his business

Posted on 06/01/2018 by The Gardens Trust

HAPPY NEW YEAR! If you hadn’t already realised 2018 is Repton Year, when we’re commemorating the life and work of the last great landscape designer of the eighteenth century. Unlike the Festival for his ‘predecessor’ Capability Brown there is no great … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ashridge, Capability Brown, Gardens Trust, Humphry Repton, James Edward Smith, jane austen, john nash, Joseph Banks, Red Book, Welbeck | 3 Comments

Vulnerability Brown

Posted on 02/12/2017 by The Gardens Trust

On Wednesday I was in Birmingham for the annual Historic Landscapes Assembly organised by The Gardens Trust. It marked the launch of a significant report they had commissioned about Capability Brown, so although I don’t normally cover current events here … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blenheim, Capability Brown, Chatsworth, Clandon Park, Compton Verney, conservation, Croome Park, garden buildings, Gardens Trust, planning, sandleford priory, Temple Newsam, Wotton Underwood | 1 Comment

The Sky Garden

Posted on 24/06/2017 by The Gardens Trust

The creation of a new public garden should be a cause for celebration, perhaps in these days of austerity, even amazement. When it’s in the very heart of the City of London then the amazement should be unconfined. So what … Continue reading →