Comments
from Mr. PGC: Throughout
history, many people have made lasting contributions to the
world of plants. In these pages, we hope to pay tribute to
some of them. Our concentration will be primarily on those
who have introduced plants to the gardening world, those who
have helped spread the word about gardening and those who
have made significant contributions to landscaping and
landscaping design around the world.
This list will be constantly growing as we add
new names. If you have someone who you think should be on
the list, please send us an
Email.
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Sir Harold
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 Often
cited as the
most celebrated gardener of the seventeenth century, Le Nôtre
was considered an
architectural genius. His influence was huge in every country
in
Europe, and he was chiefly responsible for the abolition of the
Gothic types of pleasances (secluded spaces), replacing them by vast gardens with
impressive avenues, canals, etc. He is often referred to as "the
most copied and celebrated landscape designer in western
history."
André Le Nôtre was a man of very
humble birth since his father, Jean Le Nôtre was a lowly under-gardener
at the Tuileries
in
Paris. His father ultimately became head gardener, and
André worked under him as a young man. Le Nôtre did not achieve fame until
relatively late in his life.
The French formal style itself is attributed to
André Le Nôtre who was known for his very formal and geometrical
gardens including those at the
Palace of Versailles. His landscapes were all on the very
large scale with a strong central axis, framed vistas
and formal parterres (gardens on various levels).
The gardens at Chatsworth and Wrest in
England
are after his style.
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 Nesfield was a 19th century artist and garden designer
who was associated with rose
gardens at the
Royal
Botanic Gardens at Kew,
Inverary Castle (Argyll, Scotland), Balcaskie (Fife), Castle Howard
(Yorkshire), Whitley Court (Worcestershire) and the
yew hedge maze
at Somerleyton Hall (Suffolk).
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Harold George Nicolson was a British diplomat and author of more
than 125 books, including political essays, travel accounts and
mystery novels. In 1913 he married the poet and novelist
Vita
Sackville-West and together they purchased and developed
Sissinghurst, one of the world's great gardens, in Kent,
England.
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 French ambassador to
Portugal whose name was used for the genus,
Nicotiana
(tobacco).
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 Nuttall
was an English botanist who came to
North America to explore for new
plants between 1808 and 1841. He explored the Great Lakes basin
and part of the areas previously covered by the
Lewis
and Clark
expeditions earlier in the 19th century.
He named the
barberry genus,
Mahonia (Oregon Grape Holly), after
Bernard M'Mahon.
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