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Rectory Wood.
Taken on May Day in Church Stretton, Shropshire. Rectory Wood once formed part of the grounds of the Rectory in Church Stretton. In around 1775 the owner, James Mainwaring, made great changes to create a designed woodland landscaped garden. It is believed that Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, a friend of Mainwaring and arguably the greatest british landscape gardener of the Georgian era, influenced the design here at Rectory Wood.
Lancelot Brown acquired the name "Capability" from his habit of telling clients that their gardens had "great capabilites".
Lancelot Brown, however, describled himself as a "place maker" not a landscape gardener.
The bluebells here are beautiful.
Rectory Wood.
Taken on May Day in Church Stretton, Shropshire. Rectory Wood once formed part of the grounds of the Rectory in Church Stretton. In around 1775 the owner, James Mainwaring, made great changes to create a designed woodland landscaped garden. It is believed that Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, a friend of Mainwaring and arguably the greatest british landscape gardener of the Georgian era, influenced the design here at Rectory Wood.
Lancelot Brown acquired the name "Capability" from his habit of telling clients that their gardens had "great capabilites".
Lancelot Brown, however, describled himself as a "place maker" not a landscape gardener.
The bluebells here are beautiful.