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Colvin received her training in [[garden design]] from [[Madeline Agar]] at [[Swanley Horticultural College]]<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/46400?docPos=4 Brenda Colvin at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]</ref> (now [[Hadlow College]], which continues to teach [[University of Greenwich]] courses in the subject). Agar and Colvin worked together on [[Wimbledon Common]].<ref>[http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden/wimbledon_common Garden Visits page]</ref> Colvin set up her own practice in 1922; not until 1969 was she joined by [[Hal Moggridge]] as partner; the firm continues under their joint names.<ref>[http://www.colmog.co.uk/people/#brenda_colvin Colvin & Moggridge page]</ref> |
Colvin received her training in [[garden design]] from [[Madeline Agar]] at [[Swanley Horticultural College]]<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/46400?docPos=4 Brenda Colvin at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]</ref> (now [[Hadlow College]], which continues to teach [[University of Greenwich]] courses in the subject). Agar and Colvin worked together on [[Wimbledon Common]].<ref>[http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden/wimbledon_common Garden Visits page]</ref> Colvin set up her own practice in 1922; not until 1969 was she joined by [[Hal Moggridge]] as partner; the firm continues under their joint names.<ref>[http://www.colmog.co.uk/people/#brenda_colvin Colvin & Moggridge page]</ref> |
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Colvin co-founded the Institute of Landscape Architects in 1929 (later the [[Landscape Institute]]), and became its president in 1951.<ref>[http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/people-and-places/womens-history/registered-parks-gardens/brenda-colvin/ English Heritage page]</ref> She wrote ''Land and Landscape'' (1947, revised 1970). In the 1960s Colvin shared an office with [[Sylvia Crowe]], later also president of the ILA (1957–1959).<ref name="Observer">{{cite news |last1=Alexander |first1=Rosemary |title=Anthony du Gard Pasley obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/15/anthony-du-gard-pasley-obituary |access-date=25 November 2021 |work=The Observer |date=15 November 2009 |language=en}}</ref> |
Colvin co-founded the Institute of Landscape Architects in 1929 (later the [[Landscape Institute]]), and became its president in 1951.<ref>[http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/people-and-places/womens-history/registered-parks-gardens/brenda-colvin/ English Heritage page]</ref> She wrote ''Land and Landscape'' (1947, revised 1970). In the 1960s Colvin shared an office with [[Sylvia Crowe]], later also president of the ILA (1957–1959).<ref name="Observer">{{cite news |last1=Alexander |first1=Rosemary |title=Anthony du Gard Pasley obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/15/anthony-du-gard-pasley-obituary |access-date=25 November 2021 |work=The Observer |date=15 November 2009 |language=en}}</ref> (In 1945, immediately after the end of WW II, Colvin offered a room in her Baker Street offices to Crowe from which Crowe could start a career in private practice.<ref>{{cite journal|title=In person: Lady in the landscape (an interview with Dame Sylvia Crowe by Sally Festing)|journal=New Scientist|date=18 January 1979|pages=180–182|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGfi6YsvAnoC&pg=PA181}} (See p. 181.)</ref>) |
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Colvin designed many gardens, e.g. with the socialite [[Norah Lindsay]] at [[Sutton Courtenay#Manor houses|the Manor House in Sutton Courtenay]], and at [[Burwarton]].<ref>[http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/people-and-places/womens-history/registered-parks-gardens/brenda-colvin/ English Heritage page]</ref> She also worked on industrial landscaping, e.g. around power stations, and the [[University of East Anglia]]. One of her most historically significant garden designs still remains at [[Aberystwyth University]] which is now listed,<ref>http://orapweb.rcahms.gov.uk/coflein//C/CPG164.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> the listing states "''The landscaping of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth campuses, particularly the earlier Penglais campus, is of exceptional historic interest as one of the most important modern landscaping schemes in Wales...One section of the Penglais campus was designed by the well known landscape architect Brenda Colvin and is one of the very few of her schemes to have survived. A number of women have played a key role in the development and planting of the whole site.''" |
Colvin designed many gardens, e.g. with the socialite [[Norah Lindsay]] at [[Sutton Courtenay#Manor houses|the Manor House in Sutton Courtenay]], and at [[Burwarton]].<ref>[http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/people-and-places/womens-history/registered-parks-gardens/brenda-colvin/ English Heritage page]</ref> She also worked on industrial landscaping, e.g. around power stations, and the [[University of East Anglia]]. One of her most historically significant garden designs still remains at [[Aberystwyth University]] which is now listed,<ref>http://orapweb.rcahms.gov.uk/coflein//C/CPG164.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> the listing states "''The landscaping of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth campuses, particularly the earlier Penglais campus, is of exceptional historic interest as one of the most important modern landscaping schemes in Wales...One section of the Penglais campus was designed by the well known landscape architect Brenda Colvin and is one of the very few of her schemes to have survived. A number of women have played a key role in the development and planting of the whole site.''" |
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Born | Brenda Gwyneth Stewart Colvin 8 June 1897 |
Died | 27 January 1981 Witney, Oxfordshire, England | (aged 83)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | landscape architect |
Brenda Colvin CBE (1897–1981) was a British landscape architect, author of standard works in the field and a force behind its professionalisation. She was part of the Colvin family, which had long ties to the British Raj.
Biography
Colvin was born in India where her father, Sir Elliot Graham Colvin, was a senior administrator in Kashmir and Rajputana. (His father, John Russell Colvin (1807 – 1857), was lieutenant-governor of the North-West Provinces during the Indian Mutiny, at the height of which he died.)
Colvin received her training in garden design from Madeline Agar at Swanley Horticultural College[1] (now Hadlow College, which continues to teach University of Greenwich courses in the subject). Agar and Colvin worked together on Wimbledon Common.[2] Colvin set up her own practice in 1922; not until 1969 was she joined by Hal Moggridge as partner; the firm continues under their joint names.[3]
Colvin co-founded the Institute of Landscape Architects in 1929 (later the Landscape Institute), and became its president in 1951.[4] She wrote Land and Landscape (1947, revised 1970). In the 1960s Colvin shared an office with Sylvia Crowe, later also president of the ILA (1957–1959).[5] (In 1945, immediately after the end of WW II, Colvin offered a room in her Baker Street offices to Crowe from which Crowe could start a career in private practice.[6])
Colvin designed many gardens, e.g. with the socialite Norah Lindsay at the Manor House in Sutton Courtenay, and at Burwarton.[7] She also worked on industrial landscaping, e.g. around power stations, and the University of East Anglia. One of her most historically significant garden designs still remains at Aberystwyth University which is now listed,[8] the listing states "The landscaping of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth campuses, particularly the earlier Penglais campus, is of exceptional historic interest as one of the most important modern landscaping schemes in Wales...One section of the Penglais campus was designed by the well known landscape architect Brenda Colvin and is one of the very few of her schemes to have survived. A number of women have played a key role in the development and planting of the whole site."
Her own garden was at Filkins in the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, now the office of Colvin and Moggridge. Sometimes the company opens it via the National Garden Scheme.
Partial list of listed gardens
- Steeple Manor, Steeple, Dorset (1924, GII)[9]
- Sutton Courtenay Manor, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire (1948–51, c.1960 GII)[10]
- Morgans Junior School, Hertford, Hertfordshire (1948–49, GII*)[11]
- Salisbury Crematorium, Salisbury, Wiltshire (1956–58, GII)[12]
Written work
- Trees for Town and Country, written with Jacqueline Tyrwhitt. London : Lund Humphries, 1947.
- Land and Landscape. London: John Murray, 1948. 2nd edition. 1970. ISBN 0719518008.
- Wonder in a World. London: The Cygnet Press, 1977.
Further reading
- Gibson, Trish (2011). Brenda Colvin: A Career in Landscape. ISBN 978-07112-3171-9.[13]
References
- ^ Brenda Colvin at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Garden Visits page
- ^ Colvin & Moggridge page
- ^ English Heritage page
- ^ Alexander, Rosemary (15 November 2009). "Anthony du Gard Pasley obituary". The Observer. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "In person: Lady in the landscape (an interview with Dame Sylvia Crowe by Sally Festing)". New Scientist: 180–182. 18 January 1979. (See p. 181.)
- ^ English Heritage page
- ^ http://orapweb.rcahms.gov.uk/coflein//C/CPG164.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Historic England, "Steeple Manor (1400620)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 December 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Sutton Courtenay (1001107)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 7 December 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Morgans Junior School (1119734)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 December 2017
- ^ Historic England, "Salisbury Crematorium (1410977)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 December 2017
- ^ Barnes, Shirley. "Review of Brenda Colvin: A Career in Landscape by Trish Gibson". Cornwall Gardens Trust.