Laura Mayer holds a PhD on eighteenth-century architectural and landscape patronage from the University of Bristol. Her article on Capability Brown’s transformation of Alnwick Castle won the Garden History Society essay prize in 2010 and she is working with Timothy Mowl on The Historic Gardens of England: Northumberland. She also wrote Capability Brown for Shire.

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• Introduction: Capability Brown’s LegacyReinventing ReptonThe Red BooksPicturesque PressuresTheory and PracticeThe GardenesqueFurther ReadingPlaces to VisitIndex

Laura Mayer holds a PhD on eighteenth-century architectural and landscape patronage from the University of Bristol. Her article on Capability Brown’s transformation of Alnwick Castle won the Garden History Society essay prize in 2010 and she is working with Timothy Mowl on The Historic Gardens of England: Northumberland. She also wrote Capability Brown for Shire.

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• Introduction: Capability Brown’s LegacyReinventing ReptonThe Red BooksPicturesque PressuresTheory and PracticeThe GardenesqueFurther ReadingPlaces to VisitIndex

Laura Mayer holds a PhD on eighteenth-century architectural and landscape patronage from the University of Bristol. Her article on Capability Brown’s transformation of Alnwick Castle won the Garden History Society essay prize in 2010 and she is working with Timothy Mowl on The Historic Gardens of England: Northumberland. She also wrote Capability Brown for Shire.

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• Introduction: Capability Brown’s LegacyReinventing ReptonThe Red BooksPicturesque PressuresTheory and PracticeThe GardenesqueFurther ReadingPlaces to VisitIndex