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Books > Gardening > Specialized gardening methods
Humphry Repton (1752-1818) remains one of England's most
interesting and prolific garden and landscape designers. Renowned
for his innovative design proposals and distinctive
before-and-after images, captured in his famous "Red Books,"
Repton's astonishing career represents the link between the simple
parklands of his predecessor Capability Brown and the more
elaborate, structured, and formal landscapes of the Victorian age.
This lavishly illustrated book, based on a wealth of new research,
reinterprets Repton's life, working methods, and designs, and
examines why they proved so popular in a rapidly changing world.
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