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		+	* Capability.
	* Eyecatcher.		* Eyecatcher.
	* Garden.		* Garden.

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	* Garden.		* Garden.
	* Gardens Trust.		* Gardens Trust.

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−	Capability Brown, real ~~known~~ Lancelot Brown (c.1715-16 – 1783), was an English landscape architect who designed more than 170 parks and came to be celebrated as ‘England’s greatest gardener’.	+	Capability Brown, real name Lancelot Brown (c.1715-16 – 1783), was an English landscape architect who designed more than 170 parks and came to be celebrated as ‘England’s greatest gardener’.

	The nickname ‘Capability’ stemmed from the tendency Brown had to inform clients that their property had ‘capability for improvement’.		The nickname ‘Capability’ stemmed from the tendency Brown had to inform clients that their property had ‘capability for improvement’.
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	* Hardy Plants and Plantings for Repton and Late Georgian Gardens (1780-1820).		* Hardy Plants and Plantings for Repton and Late Georgian Gardens (1780-1820).
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	Brown’s work can still be found at Croome Court, Blenheim Palace, Warwick Castle, Harewood House, Milton Abbey, in parts at Kew Gardens, and others.		Brown’s work can still be found at Croome Court, Blenheim Palace, Warwick Castle, Harewood House, Milton Abbey, in parts at Kew Gardens, and others.

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	* Garden.		* Garden.
	* Gardens Trust.		* Gardens Trust.
		+	* Hardy Plants and Plantings for Repton and Late Georgian Gardens (1780-1820).
	* Landscape architect.		* Landscape architect.
	* Landscape design.		* Landscape design.

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−	Capability Brown, real known Lancelot Brown (c.1715-16 – 1783), was an English landscape architect~~. He~~ designed ~~over~~ 170 parks and came to be celebrated as ‘England’s greatest gardener’.	+	Capability Brown, real known Lancelot Brown (c.1715-16 – 1783), was an English landscape architect who designed more than 170 parks and came to be celebrated as ‘England’s greatest gardener’.

	The nickname ‘Capability’ stemmed from the tendency Brown had to inform clients that their property had ‘capability for improvement’.		The nickname ‘Capability’ stemmed from the tendency Brown had to inform clients that their property had ‘capability for improvement’.

−	Brown’s style is characterised by smooth grass of the garden leading straight up to the house, trees scattered in groups, and serpentine lakes formed by small rivers. His style was so dominant that it almost completely supplanted the previous fashion for formally patterned styles of landscape gardening.	+	Brown’s style is characterised by the smooth grass of the garden leading straight up to the house, trees scattered in groups, and serpentine lakes formed by small rivers. His style was so dominant that it almost completely supplanted the previous fashion for formally patterned styles of landscape gardening.

	Brown’s work can still be found at Croome Court, Blenheim Palace, Warwick Castle, Harewood House, Milton Abbey, in parts at Kew Gardens, and others.		Brown’s work can still be found at Croome Court, Blenheim Palace, Warwick Castle, Harewood House, Milton Abbey, in parts at Kew Gardens, and others.

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Capability Brown, real known Lancelot Brown (c.1715-16 – 1783), was an English landscape architect. He designed over 170 parks and came to be celebrated as ‘England’s greatest gardener’.

The nickname ‘Capability’ stemmed from the tendency Brown had to inform clients that their property had ‘capability for improvement’.

Brown’s style is characterised by smooth grass of the garden leading straight up to the house, trees scattered in groups, and serpentine lakes formed by small rivers. His style was so dominant that it almost completely supplanted the previous fashion for formally patterned styles of landscape gardening.

Brown’s work can still be found at Croome Court, Blenheim Palace, Warwick Castle, Harewood House, Milton Abbey, in parts at Kew Gardens, and others.

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=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ===

* Garden.
* Gardens Trust.
* Landscape architect.
* Landscape design.
* The secret life of the Georgian garden.
* Worcester’s Georgian churches.

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