Percy Stephen Cane
Encyclopedia
Percival Stephen Cane was an English
garden
designer and writer.
Cane was born and educated in Essex
, studying horticulture
and architecture
. He owned and published the magazines My Garden Illustrated and Garden Design (1930), and was an admirer of Harold Peto
's work.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
garden
Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...
designer and writer.
Cane was born and educated in Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, studying horticulture
Horticulture
Horticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...
and architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
. He owned and published the magazines My Garden Illustrated and Garden Design (1930), and was an admirer of Harold Peto
Harold Peto
Harold Ainsworth Peto was a British landscape architect and garden designer, who worked in Britain and in Provence, France.-Biography:...
's work.
Selected gardens
- Addis AbabaAddis AbabaAddis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia...
palace grounds - Caythorpe CourtCaythorpe CourtCaythorpe Court is a Grade II* listed former hunting lodge situated about one mile to the east of Caythorpe, Lincolnshire. It was originally built in 1901 for Edgar Lubbock, a brewer and banker, to the designs of Sir Reginald Blomfield. In 1946, it became the base for the Kesteven Agricultural...
- Dartington HallDartington HallThe Dartington Hall Trust, near Totnes, Devon, United Kingdom is a charity specialising in the arts, social justice and sustainability.The Trust currently runs 16 charitable programmes, including The Dartington International Summer School and Schumacher Environmental College...
- Falkland PalaceFalkland PalaceFalkland Palace in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, is a former royal palace of the Scottish Kings. Today it is in the care of the National Trust for Scotland, and serves as a tourist attraction.-Early years:...
- Hungerdown House, SeagrySeagrySeagry is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about south of Malmesbury and north of Chippenham. Its main settlements are the village of Upper Seagry and the hamlet of Lower Seagry....
- Hascombe CourtHascombe CourtHascombe Court is a the estate in Godalming, Surrey, best known for its vast garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll.-Historical Development:In 1906 Robert E A Murray, a descendant of the Duke of Atholl, employed the architect J D Coleridge to build him a house in a woodland clearing on a plateau above...
, GodalmingGodalmingGodalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France... - Mellerstain HouseMellerstain HouseMellerstain House is a stately home around 13 kilometres north of Kelso in the Borders, Scotland. It is currently the home of the 13th Earl of Haddington....
- Moundsmere Manor
- Sulgrave Manor
- Sutton ParkSutton ParkSutton Park, in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England, is one of the largest urban parks in Europe and the largest outside a capital city; it is larger than Richmond Park in London....
Selected writings
- Modern Gardens British and Foreign, Special Winter Number of "The Studio", 1926-27, London : The Studio, 1927.
- Garden design of to-day, London : Methuen, 1934.
- The Earth Is My Canvas, London : Methuen, 1956.
- The creative art of garden design, London : Country Life, 1967.
See also
- English gardeners
- British garden writers
- Landscape design history