Capability Brown festival 2016
2016 marks the 300th anniversary of 18th century landscape architect Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. The nationwide Capability Brown Festival celebrates the life, work and legacy of England’s most famous gardener, often dubbed the ‘Shakespeare of gardening’ or the ‘grandfather of landscape architecture’.
This year the Capability Brown Festival has, and continues to see, a myriad of events including exhibitions, guided walks, musical and theatrical performances and family friendly events held at many of his landscapes across England and Wales. This August, to celebrate Brown’s birthday month there are even more celebratory events taking place.
Brown is associated with more than 250 landscapes across England and Wales, including the well-known estates of Blenheim Palace (Oxfordshire), Highclere Castle (Berkshire, the fictional home of Downton Abbey) and Chatsworth (Derbyshire) to hidden gems such as Compton Verney (Warwickshire) and Sherborne Castle and Milton Abbey (Dorset). Brown’s client list included one King, six Prime Ministers and half of the House of Lords.
To see a list of events, please click here.