Famous men in garden design & gardening
Biographies of famous men in garden design history from the UK’s leading garden designer directory. Read about famous garden designers and influential garden writers in our garden designer Biographies. Learn about famous men in garden design and gardening, garden design materials and gardens to visit for inspiration.
Jacques Wirtz
Famous European Garden Designers
Jacques Wirtz is famous for his sculptural use of evergreens. His designs complement rather than conceal the natural surroundings. In contrast to the harsh man-made materials that were popular in many other modern gardens, Wirtz favouredpainterly herbaceous plantings, clipped trees and hedges, and water. 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 traditionRead more »
John Brookes
Famous British Garden Designers
John Brookes is renowned for his modern interpretation of the garden as an 'outdoor room'. He famously pioneered a modern teaching style based on interlocking shapes and has written many books on the subject. Read more »
Luis Barragan
Famous International Garden Designers
Luis Barragan was one of Mexico’s most influential 20th century architects and garden designers. Famed for his manipulation of light and water, Barragán transformed the International Style into a vibrant, sensuous Mexican aesthetic by adding vivid colours and textural contrasts to accentuate the natural surroundings of his designs. Read more »
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe
Famous British Garden Designers
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe was one of the 20th century’s leading landscape architects, combining classical garden design ideas with modern elements to create gardens of staggering beauty and influence Read more »
Russell Page 1906-1955
Famous British Garden Designer and Garden Writer
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 »
Vladimir Sitta
Famous Australian Garden Designers
Vladimir Sitta is co-founder of the iconic landscape architecture firm, Room 4.1.3. Taking landscape design as a launching pad of the imagination, Room 4.1.3 is truly interdisciplinary in its approach, combining academic and professional practice. Read more »
Thomas Church
Famous USA Garden Designers and Landscape Architect
Thomas Church was an American Landscape Architect famous for furthering the Modern movement in landscape architecture and for his book 'Gardens are For People' Read more »
