Capability Brown at Blenheim

2016 MARKS the 300th anniversary of the birthday of the landscape gardener, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. #BlenheimPalace, Oxfordshire, is one of the best places to see his extraordinary work; it has 2,000 acres of landscaped parkland, which the gardener spent 11 years creating. 

The landscape setting he devised in the 1760's provided such a sublime form of beauty and harmony that every generation of the Marlborough family has endeavored to preserve it. 

Many landscape historians state that the landscaping at Blenheim Palace is the finest example of Brown's work. The 2,000-acre park delivers beauty across all seasons; from lawns brimming with daffodils in spring, greens of the trees transforming into a myriad of warm tones from summer to autumn, to the blanket of frost and mist rising from the lake in winter.

Blenheim has a 2016 calendar of activity planned to celebrate Brown’s work, from specialist garden tours, a temporary exhibition, a self-guided trail and guided walks.

The exhibition, open in February, reveals Brown's work at the palace across the 11 years he was commissioned (1763-1774) through detailed accounts of how he designed and executed such a masterpiece through to photography, drawings, equipment, and costumes.

Brown’s nickname came about for his common phrase: ‘This garden has capabilities to improve.’

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