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245: Did Brown work at Wentworth Castle?

On April 23, 2016

In Art and design, Avenues, Earthworks, Planting, Views, Water

The spoil heap at Wentworth Castle

Days come in late March or in April, when Spring has not wholly disentangled herself from Winter, but there is a freshness to the air and it is better to be out than to be in. So I am advised by the good folk of Health and Safety , who have asked me to warn you that happiness can cause damage in confined spaces.

185: What can we say about Holly?

By The Brown Advisor

On February 20, 2016

In Planting

The difficulty with holly, ‘winter’s pride’ as the poet Thomas Gisborne put it, is not that it is hard to find in the landscapes of of that captain of capability, Lancelot Brown, but that it is impossible to tell whether it has been planted or has arrived naturally.

Hullo all, they call me Oofy, Oofy Price actually. Well the Tatler’s Waste-bin was a wash-out. Just not licking the lolly. So me and the chaps have taken over and we’re starting a paper. ‘The Repton Gazette’. Same rules as for the last lot (questions numbered and logged on receipt, responses whenever we get round to it, everyone anonymous unless requested otherwise). Thought it would be jolly to start numbering with 1818 (year Repton died) and rock up to the present, 200 FAQs later. Ta-ta. Oofy

By John Phibbs

The Repton Gazette and Brown Advisor

300 Frequently Asked Questions about Capability Brown, and a further 200 about Humphry Repton

Tag: Flambards

245: Did Brown work at Wentworth Castle?

185: What can we say about Holly?

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