Roger Turner

As the 300th anniversary of the garden designer, and local-Northumberland-boy-made- good, Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown approaches, the architect and historian Roger Turner will be giving an illustrated talk on the man who transformed the landscape of eighteenth century England. He was the most sought-after garden designer of his day yet his reputation declined almost to obscurity after his death. Discover what was so original about a style that had all the richest families in England clamouring for his attention.