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Humphry Repton was the last great English landscape designer of the 18th century, seen as the successor to Capability Brown. He helped clients visualize his designs through "Red Books" with watercolors showing before and after views. Repton designed many estates using his pioneering "Mixed Style" approach which incorporated elements like lawns, gardens, and arboretums. Many of Repton's garden designs at places like Ashridge and Tatton Park still exist today thanks to restoration work maintaining his vision of gradually transitioning spaces.

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Humphry Repton (21 April 1752 24 March 1818) The last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown.
He sowed the seeds of the more intricate and eclectic styles of the 19th century. Repton was born in Bury St Edmunds, UK. At age twelve he was sent to the Netherlands to learn Dutch and prepare for a career as a merchant. However, Repton was befriended by a wealthy Dutch family and the trip stimulated his interest in sketching and gardening. Repton's childhood friend James Edward Smith, encouraged him to study botany and gardening. He was given access to the library of Windham to read its works on botany.
In 1788, at the age of 36, he decided to take up the profession of landscape gardener. With no real experience of practical horticulture, he became an overnight success, due to his undeniable talent, but also to the unique way he presented his work. To help clients visualise his designs, Repton produced 'Red Books' with explanatory text and watercolours with a system of overlays to show 'before' and 'after' views. Clients loved the way they could visualize the schemes, by looking at the water-colours Repton produced to illustrate his proposals. Repton believed in making a transition from a terrace near the house, through a serpentine park to a distant view.
Repton advocated a gradual transition between house and grounds by means of terraces, balustrades, and steps. He was influenced by the Picturesque movement, which admired wild landscapes. Repton published three major books on landscape gardening: Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening (1795), Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening (1803), and Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening (1816).
Repton re-introduced formal terraces, balustrades, trellis work and flower gardens around the house in a way that became common practice in the nineteenth century. He also designed one of the most famous 'picturesque' landscapes in Britain at Blaise Castle, near Bristol. Repton impressed the Duke of Bedford with his Woburn plans and he had been given the job of designing the central garden area for Russell Square in London, at the heart of the Dukes development in Bloomsbury. In 1811 when thecarriage he was travelling in overturned, damaging his back and leaving him an invalid for the rest of his life, often confined to a wheel-chair. He died in 1818 and is buried at Aylsham.
LIST OF GARDENS One of Reptons drawings for Catton Park, showing his proposal for a new drive and picturesque cottages. Antony House Ashridge House Ashton Court Blaise Castle Broke Hall Clumber Park East India Company College now Haileybury Grovelands Park Hanslope Park Royal Pavilion at Brighton Russell Square, Bloomsbury St. John's Park, Ryde, Isle of Wight Tatton Park
Antony Garden Rode Hall Garden Woburn Abbey Garden Royal Pavilion Brighton
Hotel Endsleigh Gardens It was one of Repton's last projects before his carriage accident - and one of his favorites. The garden, which has a grass terrace overlooking the Tamar, is being restored.
ASHRIDGE GARDEN Ashridge gardens cover 190 acres and were originally designed by Humphry Repton in the early 19th century. The gardens are made up of a number of small gardens as well as a large lawn area leading on to avenues of trees affording views out to the old parkland. This is the garden for which the Mixed Style was first advocated, by Humphry Repton in his Red Book of 1813. Repton described his design as the 'child of my age and declining powers'. He proposed 15 different types of garden. After Repton's death, his proposals were adapted and implemented by Sir Jeffry Wyatville.
Ashridge Gardens spire view The Gardens are ideal for personal reflection and relaxation. Ashridge opens its gardens for tours for the public during August. Ashridges chefs also make excellent use of the new herb garden, fragrant with basil, rosemary, oregano, parsley, thyme and mint. The addition of new buildings at Ashridge in recent years has enabled the development of more contemporary gardens to complement the historical features.
As Repton wished, there is a notable mixture of features: an Italian garden, a circular Rose Garden, a Monk's garden and Holy Well, an Armorial Garden, a conservatory, a grotto and an avenues of Wellingtonias leading to an arboretum. Repton proposed the following elements for his pioneering Mixed Style garden: a Lawn; a Pleasure Ground; a Holy Well; a Pomarium; a Monk's Garden; an Arboretum; a Magnolia and American Garden; an Embroidered Parterre; a Grotto and Garden for Rock Plants; a Cabinet de verdure; a Mount Garden; a Rosarium and Fountain; Connecting Interior Walks; an Open Terrace and Exterior Walks. Many of these features became classic elements of Victorian garden design.
Work over the past ten years has led to the restoration of the Rosary, an Armorial Garden, the Italian Garden and the Flower Garden. The Italian Garden has been restored to its original design as has the arbour for the Rose Garden, which is now framed with laburnum trees. The designs were a mix of the sweeping 18th century landscaped garden and the more intimate Victorian flower garden. Repton included an uncluttered view across the lawn from the East Wing as this was where the private apartments of the family were, as well as 15 small gardens and features beyond the chapel. Most of Reptons garden design still remains today thanks to the tireless restoration work of our fantastic team of gardeners.
The Souterrein and Grotto Reptons tunnel of iron armatures hung with flints connecting his flower garden and an amphitheatre of a grotto in Hertfordshire puddingstone The Rosary A garden room encircled by a trellis and columns with swags devoted to the most precious of flowers, the rose Wyatville planted a yew hedge instead of trellis. There are eight radiating beds and a central water feature all of which were restored in 1998.
TATTON PARK Located in 1,000 acres of the most beautiful deer park, the former Egerton family home. It uncovers centuries of history at the Medieval Old Hall and has huge glorious Gardens. There are very special rare breed animals at their working Farm.
Japanese Garden showing the Shinto Shrine Tatton Park entrance
Tatton Park Gardens represents over 250 years of garden design history, with each generation of the family adding to them, and moving the park boundary back each time to accommodate their designs. The 50 acres feature the famous Japanese Garden, Italian, Rose and Tower Gardens while the Walled Kitchen Garden produces seasonal fruit and vegetables which are sold on-site and used in the Restaurant menus.
A nineteenth century house, by Samuel Wyatt, with park and garden. The estate layout has changed with many of the currents of taste in garden design. A Beech avenue survives from an early-eighteenth century design, Humphry Repton prepared a Red Book in 1791 and the transition from house to terrace to park is fundamentally Reptonian. The terrace garden south of the house was designed by Joseph Paxton, with Edward Milner in charge of the works. The Japanese garden and Shinto Shrine were made after 1910. The result is a good example of the Mixed Style. The 120-foot Pinery (1774) was restored and reopened in April 2007 by the Countess of Wessex.

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  • 1. Humphry Repton (21 April 1752 24 March 1818) The last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown.
  • 2. He sowed the seeds of the more intricate and eclectic styles of the 19th century. Repton was born in Bury St Edmunds, UK. At age twelve he was sent to the Netherlands to learn Dutch and prepare for a career as a merchant. However, Repton was befriended by a wealthy Dutch family and the trip stimulated his interest in sketching and gardening. Repton's childhood friend James Edward Smith, encouraged him to study botany and gardening. He was given access to the library of Windham to read its works on botany.
  • 3. In 1788, at the age of 36, he decided to take up the profession of landscape gardener. With no real experience of practical horticulture, he became an overnight success, due to his undeniable talent, but also to the unique way he presented his work. To help clients visualise his designs, Repton produced 'Red Books' with explanatory text and watercolours with a system of overlays to show 'before' and 'after' views. Clients loved the way they could visualize the schemes, by looking at the water-colours Repton produced to illustrate his proposals. Repton believed in making a transition from a terrace near the house, through a serpentine park to a distant view.
  • 4. Repton advocated a gradual transition between house and grounds by means of terraces, balustrades, and steps. He was influenced by the Picturesque movement, which admired wild landscapes. Repton published three major books on landscape gardening: Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening (1795), Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening (1803), and Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening (1816).
  • 5. Repton re-introduced formal terraces, balustrades, trellis work and flower gardens around the house in a way that became common practice in the nineteenth century. He also designed one of the most famous 'picturesque' landscapes in Britain at Blaise Castle, near Bristol. Repton impressed the Duke of Bedford with his Woburn plans and he had been given the job of designing the central garden area for Russell Square in London, at the heart of the Dukes development in Bloomsbury. In 1811 when thecarriage he was travelling in overturned, damaging his back and leaving him an invalid for the rest of his life, often confined to a wheel-chair. He died in 1818 and is buried at Aylsham.
  • 6. LIST OF GARDENS One of Reptons drawings for Catton Park, showing his proposal for a new drive and picturesque cottages. Antony House Ashridge House Ashton Court Blaise Castle Broke Hall Clumber Park East India Company College now Haileybury Grovelands Park Hanslope Park Royal Pavilion at Brighton Russell Square, Bloomsbury St. John's Park, Ryde, Isle of Wight Tatton Park
  • 7. Antony Garden Rode Hall Garden Woburn Abbey Garden Royal Pavilion Brighton
  • 8. Hotel Endsleigh Gardens It was one of Repton's last projects before his carriage accident - and one of his favorites. The garden, which has a grass terrace overlooking the Tamar, is being restored.
  • 9. ASHRIDGE GARDEN Ashridge gardens cover 190 acres and were originally designed by Humphry Repton in the early 19th century. The gardens are made up of a number of small gardens as well as a large lawn area leading on to avenues of trees affording views out to the old parkland. This is the garden for which the Mixed Style was first advocated, by Humphry Repton in his Red Book of 1813. Repton described his design as the 'child of my age and declining powers'. He proposed 15 different types of garden. After Repton's death, his proposals were adapted and implemented by Sir Jeffry Wyatville.
  • 10. Ashridge Gardens spire view The Gardens are ideal for personal reflection and relaxation. Ashridge opens its gardens for tours for the public during August. Ashridges chefs also make excellent use of the new herb garden, fragrant with basil, rosemary, oregano, parsley, thyme and mint. The addition of new buildings at Ashridge in recent years has enabled the development of more contemporary gardens to complement the historical features.
  • 11. As Repton wished, there is a notable mixture of features: an Italian garden, a circular Rose Garden, a Monk's garden and Holy Well, an Armorial Garden, a conservatory, a grotto and an avenues of Wellingtonias leading to an arboretum. Repton proposed the following elements for his pioneering Mixed Style garden: a Lawn; a Pleasure Ground; a Holy Well; a Pomarium; a Monk's Garden; an Arboretum; a Magnolia and American Garden; an Embroidered Parterre; a Grotto and Garden for Rock Plants; a Cabinet de verdure; a Mount Garden; a Rosarium and Fountain; Connecting Interior Walks; an Open Terrace and Exterior Walks. Many of these features became classic elements of Victorian garden design.
  • 12. Work over the past ten years has led to the restoration of the Rosary, an Armorial Garden, the Italian Garden and the Flower Garden. The Italian Garden has been restored to its original design as has the arbour for the Rose Garden, which is now framed with laburnum trees. The designs were a mix of the sweeping 18th century landscaped garden and the more intimate Victorian flower garden. Repton included an uncluttered view across the lawn from the East Wing as this was where the private apartments of the family were, as well as 15 small gardens and features beyond the chapel. Most of Reptons garden design still remains today thanks to the tireless restoration work of our fantastic team of gardeners.
  • 13. The Souterrein and Grotto Reptons tunnel of iron armatures hung with flints connecting his flower garden and an amphitheatre of a grotto in Hertfordshire puddingstone The Rosary A garden room encircled by a trellis and columns with swags devoted to the most precious of flowers, the rose Wyatville planted a yew hedge instead of trellis. There are eight radiating beds and a central water feature all of which were restored in 1998.
  • 14. TATTON PARK Located in 1,000 acres of the most beautiful deer park, the former Egerton family home. It uncovers centuries of history at the Medieval Old Hall and has huge glorious Gardens. There are very special rare breed animals at their working Farm.
  • 15. Japanese Garden showing the Shinto Shrine Tatton Park entrance
  • 16. Tatton Park Gardens represents over 250 years of garden design history, with each generation of the family adding to them, and moving the park boundary back each time to accommodate their designs. The 50 acres feature the famous Japanese Garden, Italian, Rose and Tower Gardens while the Walled Kitchen Garden produces seasonal fruit and vegetables which are sold on-site and used in the Restaurant menus.
  • 17. A nineteenth century house, by Samuel Wyatt, with park and garden. The estate layout has changed with many of the currents of taste in garden design. A Beech avenue survives from an early-eighteenth century design, Humphry Repton prepared a Red Book in 1791 and the transition from house to terrace to park is fundamentally Reptonian. The terrace garden south of the house was designed by Joseph Paxton, with Edward Milner in charge of the works. The Japanese garden and Shinto Shrine were made after 1910. The result is a good example of the Mixed Style. The 120-foot Pinery (1774) was restored and reopened in April 2007 by the Countess of Wessex.