History of gardening
This entry concerns the history of ornamental gardening considered as an amenity of civilized life, as a vehicle for style, for conspicuous show and even an expression of philosophy.
Historic gardeners
The following names, roughly in historical order, made contributions that affected the history of gardens, whether as botanist explorers, designers, garden-makers, or writers. Further information on them will be found under their individual entries.
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- Theophrastus
- Lucullus
- Tiberius
- Pliny the Elder
- John Tradescant
- Carolus Clusius
- Andre le Nôtre
- John Evelyn
- George London
- Henry Wise
- William Kent
- Lancelot "Capability" Brown
- Humphry Repton
- A. J. Downing
- Frederick Law Olmsted
- Joseph Paxton
- William Robinson
- Gertrude Jekyll
- Lawrence Johnston
- Edwin Lutyens
- Vita Sackville-West
- Russell Page
- Luis Barragan
- Gustav Ammann
- Lawrence Halprin
- Roberto Burle Marx
- Sylvia Crowe
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | The historical development of garden styles |
| ► | Historic gardeners |
| ► | Notable historic gardens |
| ► | References |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External links |
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