Famous Garden Designers in Garden History
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Biographies of famous garden designers in garden history from the UK’s leading garden designer directory. Read about famous garden designers and influential garden writers in our garden designer Biographies.
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 »
Lancelot "Capability" Brown 1716-1783
Famous British Garden Designers
Lancelot Brown, more commonly know as "Capability Brown' was a famous English Landscape Architect best known for his contribution to the English Landscape tradition Read more »
Margery Fish 1888-1969
Famous British Garden Designers
Margery Fish was one of the most important influences on English Cottage Gardening. It is mainly due to her enthusiasm and love of plants that the cottage gardening tradition has been kept alive. Read more »
Humphry Repton 1752-1880
Famous British Garden Designers
Humphry Repton was a British Landscape Architect famous for his 'Red Books'. These 'Red Books' were a revolutionary way of depicting garden design ideas and they showed illustrations of his proposed landscapes as overlays of the existing landscape. Read more »
William Kent 1685-1748
Famous British Garden Designers
William Kent was a famous British Architect, furniture designer and landscape architect. Kent was one of the originators of a natural garden design style that came to be know as the English Landscape Tradition. Read more »
Russell Page 1906-1955
Famous British Garden Designers
Russell Page was a garden designer famous for combining expert plant knowledge and artistic flair. His 1962 book ‘The Education of a Gardener’ is now recognised as an authority on garden design. 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 »
