Famous Garden Designers In History

Great garden designers gertrude jekyll 1843 1932 harold peto 1854 1933 humphrey repton 1752 1818 john brookes mbe 1933 2018 lancelot brown 1716 1783 margery fish 1888 1969 rosemary verey 1918 2001 russell page 1906 1985 sir geoffrey jellicoe 1900 1996 thomas mawson 1861 1933 vita sackville west 1892 1962 william kent 1685 1748 william nesfield 1793 1881 william robinson.

Famous garden designers in history. 2020 sees the second edition of house garden s top garden designers this year the list extended from 25 to 50 and released in the november issue alongside the top 100 interior designers. Edna walling 1896 1973 australian garden designer writer and photographer. Gertrude jekyll 1843 1932 english landscaper gertrude jekyll was one of the first famous women in the profession.

Sir edward lutyens 1869 1944 sometimes worked with jekyll. Tranquil enclosures unified by repeated plantings of silver bronze and burgundy foliage and rhythmic topiary. The november issue is on newsstands now or you can subscribe and download here here are our finest gardens by this year s top 50.

Her contribution resides mainly in the publication of many books and articles focused on her research into landscape compositions. Fr ederick law olmsted this american landscape designer popularly considered to be the father of american landscape architecture was born in hartford connecticut on april 26 1822. Inigo triggs 1876 1923 english formal garden designer.

Famously known as capability brown lancelot brown was a prominent english landscape architect. Rosemary verey 1918 2001 english garden designer and writer. In this article we have shortlisted a few famous people who are amazing gardeners.

Roger turner living english garden designer. So without further ado here are five such personalities you should know about. To design gardens and teach landscape architecture.

Together with his senior partner calvert vaux he designed many of the famous urban parks in america most notably central park and prospect park in new york. His approach is informed by japanese. Other famous gardeners of the 20th century were frederick gibberd 1908 1984 sylvia crowe 1901 1997 and russell page 1906 1985 who wrote an influential book the education of a gardener.