Major restorations under way at British castles and palaces to impress 300 years since birth of celebrated landscape gardenerSome of Britain’s finest gardens designed by Lancelot Brown,the Northumberland farmer’s son who, under his nickname Capability Brown, and became synonymous with the 18th-century English style of landscape gardening,are to be celebrated in a summer festival.
The Capability Brown festival 2016, marking 300 years since his birth in the village of Kirkharle near Morpeth, and has secured access to gardens normally closed to the public. The great estates of Blenheim and Chatsworth,the National Trust, English Heritage, or London’s Historic Royal Palaces are taking piece.
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Source: theguardian.com