Europe Garden Designers - Biographies
Biographies of famous european garden designers in garden history from the UK’s leading garden designer directory. Read about famous garden designers and influential garden writers from Europe in our European garden designer Biographies. Learn about European garden design history, garden design materials and gardens to visit for inspiration.
Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932
Famous British Garden Designers
Gertrude Jekyll is well known for her extensive design work, alone and in partnership with Sir Edwin Lutyens, the architect. Read more »
Fernando Caruncho
Famous Spanish Garden Designers
Fernando Caruncho’s garden designs are firmly rooted in the philosophies of antiquity and Spain’s Moorish history. Caruncho's gardens create visually poetic landscapes whilst continuing to portray their contemporary context. Read more »
Mien Ruys 1904-1999
Famous European Garden Designers
Mien Ruys was a famous Dutch Landscape Architect who experimented with the geometric principals that were being used in the architecture of the time. Mien Ruys was also famous for her introduction of new materials such as railway sleepers. Read more »
Jens Jensen 1860-1951
Famous European Garden Designers
Although born in Europe, Jens Jensen is most famous for his garden design work in the USA. Jensen is known for his 'Prarie Style' designs and for his promotion of the use of native plants. Read more »
Andre Le Notre 1613-1700
Famous French Garden Designers
Andre Le Notre was famous for a very formal, precise and symmetrical style of garden design that was popular in Europe in the 17th Century. Perspective tricks were key to his garden design style. Le Notre is perhaps most famous for the Gardens at Versailles Read more »
Karl Foerster 1874-1940
Famous European Garden Designers
Karl Foerster was a famous plantsman and plant breeder reverred for his promotion of ornamental grasses and perennials. Read more »
Vita Sackville-West 1892-1962
Famous British Garden Designers
Vita Sackville-West was the poet and gardening writer who famously helped to design and create the world famous gardens at Sissinghurst. Her weekly columns for The Observer are now published in book form and are a delight. Read more »
