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Name
  
Percy Cane

Died
  
1976, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Percival Stephen Cane (1881–1976) was an English garden designer and writer.

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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.

Selected gardens

  • Addis Ababa palace grounds
  • Caythorpe Court
  • Dartington Hall
  • Falkland Palace
  • Hungerdown House, Seagry
  • Hascombe Court, Godalming
  • Mellerstain House
  • Moundsmere Manor
  • Sulgrave Manor
  • Sutton Park

    • 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.

    • References

    Percy Stephen Cane Wikipedia
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