A Grecian valley scattered with monumentally large temples is perhaps not what you initially picture when you think of Buckinghamshire, but it’s thanks to Capability Brown – known widely as “England’s greatest gardener” – that that’s what I’m seeing.
Born in Northumberland 300 years ago on 30 August, Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown has been called “the Shakespeare of gardening”. From some of the finest mansions in England, such as Chatsworth House and Belvoir Castle, to a public park i… (View original article)