From beer to bulbs to sculptors’ busts, one of Northumberland’s greatest historical figures has been comprehensively celebrated in the 300th anniversary year of his birth. Surprisingly, Lancelot ...

IT’S said that Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was given his distinctive nickname because he would assure landowners that their ground had the 'capability' to be transformed by his ideas. It must be said, ...

A spectacular country estate designed by Capability Brown, Britain's 'greatest gardener', has come on the market for £5.75million. But if the new owner wants a stately home to match the grandeur of ...

Nicknamed ‘Capability’ because of his tendency to inform prospective employers with optimism that their project held ‘great capabilities’, Lancelot Brown was at the beginning of a new 18th Century ...

Landscape designer Capability Brown worked on 250 sites across England and Wales and left a gardening legacy that continues to shape our response to nature and the countryside. Show more Capability ...

Historic documents have uncovered landscape gardener Capability Brown's unrealised design for the landscape around Cambridge's historic colleges. In the 1770s the chancellor of Cambridge University ...

Capability Brown is known as the founder of landscape design. In the 1700s, he created some of the most magnificent landscapes in England. He travelled the length and breadth of the country, improving ...

February marks the start of year-long celebrations of the life and work of England's greatest gardener, Lancelot "Capability" Brown. Born in 1716, Brown was best known for designing gardens and ...

Channel 4 Features has commissioned Capability Found from Spun Gold, a 3 x 60 celebrating the life and work of Lancelot “Capability” Brown, Britain’s master gardener of the late 1700s. Presented by ...

Place-making: The art of Capability Brown (Historic England, £60) has an unusual back story. John Phibbs has spent years studying the life and work of Britain’s trailblazing landscape gardener, and ...

The year 2016 marks the tercentenary of English landscape designer Capability Brown's birth - and, with celebrations galore planned, we thought we'd use the occasion as an excuse to show you some of ...

A garden design by Capability Brown, one of England's greatest gardening architects, is to be brought to life after remaining hidden for 250 years. Capability Brown's first garden: Brown was born and ...