Dance, Capability Brown, 1773
Lancelot "Capability" Brown was born on this day in 1716.
Lancelot Brown changed the face of eighteenth century
England, designing country estates and mansions, moving hills and making
flowing lakes and serpentine rivers, a magical world of green. The English
landscape style spread across Europe and the world. It proved so pleasing that
Brown’s influence moved into the lowland landscape at large and into landscape
painting.
Jane Brown, The Omnipotent Magician
Brown, Harewood, 1781
Alan Titchmarsh celebrates the 300th anniversary of his
lifelong horticultural hero, Lancelot "Capability" Brown. Alan travels to
Kirkharle, in Northumberland, Brown’s birthplace, to discover the roots of this
English visionary. He also visits Stowe in Buckinghamshire, where Brown lived
for ten years and created a garden that was to change the course of English
gardening.
Episode One
Episode Two
Episode Three
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