Richard Woods (1715-1793): Master of the Pleasure Garden

First full biography of Richard Woods, the landscape designer, examining his work and restoring him to the attention he merits.

A contemporary of the famous landscape designer "Capability" Brown, Richard Woods has never received the recognition he deserves: in contrast to Brown, he emphasised the pleasure ground and kitchen garden, with a more pronounced use of flowers than was general among the landscape improvers of his time. He liked variety and incident in his plans and, where he was emp...