Anthony du Gard Pasley
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Anthony du Gard Pasley (10 August 1929 – 2 October 2009[1]) was a garden designer and landscape architect, who created many private gardens in Britain, Switzerland, southern France and other parts of Europe.[1] He was known for his control of space and his extensive plant knowledge.[1][2]
He was born in Ealing and grew up in Sherborne. Of Irish descent,[2] his grandfather William was a Dublin-born watercolourist, inventor and inheritor of the family engineering company.[2] His father Rex was a metallurgist[1] who became a production engineer at aircraft company Handley Page during the Second World War.[2] Pasley was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon. He undertook his national service in the army,[1] and served in the Royal Army Service Corps for 16 years.[2] In 1955 he prevented the demolition of Great Maytham Hall.[3] In 1964, he bought Romanoff Lodge in Tunbridge Wells, which he saved from demolition.[4]
Pasley studied under Brenda Colvin, then worked for Colvin and Sylvia Crowe.[1][2] He worked in the design department of landscapers Wallace and Barr for four years, winning a gold medal for a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show,[5][1] then returned to work for Crowe.[6] He was senior associate at Sylvia Crowe and Associates from 1967 to 1972,[7] where he worked on large landscape projects such as American air-bases, new towns, power stations and roads.[5][2]
He taught Rosemary Alexander,[8][9] and in 1983 helped her establish the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden,[1] where he was one of the principal lecturers.[10] He also lectured at the Regent Street Polytechnic,[5] the Northern Polytechnic, the School of Architecture in Canterbury, and the Inchbald School of Design in London.[2][1] He was a principal judge for the Chelsea Flower Show, an active member of the Garden History Society, an active member of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society,[6] an early member of the Landscape Institute, and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers.[5] He wrote for Country Life, The Observer newspaper, and the Architectural Review.[5][2]
He was president of the Paisley Family Society for 15 years.[2] For the last 17 years of his life he had homes in Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, and Moffat in Scotland.[1] He was always exquisitely dressed, with a moustache and monocle.[1][2]
Selected gardens[edit]
- Birnam, Kent[11]
- Chilstone Show Gardens, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells[12]
- Dornden, Tunbridge Wells[13]
- Hole Park, Kent[14]
- Old Place Farm, High Halden[15][1][6]
- Parsonage Farm gardens at Kirdford[16][1][6]
- Pashley Manor, East Sussex[2][1][6]
- The Postern, Kent[14]
- St Clere Farms, Kemsing[17]
- Wadhurst Park, Sussex[18]
Books[edit]
- Du Gard Pasley, Anthony (1977). Summer flowers. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 0713910062.
- Alexander, Rosemary; Du Gard Pasley, Anthony (1987). The English gardening school : a complete course in garden planning and design. London: Joseph. ISBN 0718127730.
- Du Gard Pasley, Anthony (2013). Garden and landscape: the lectures of Anthony du Gard Pasley. Chichester: Packard Publishing. ISBN 9781853411359.
Bibliography[edit]
- Isles-Buck, Emma (2017). Pasley: memories of Anthony du Gard Pasley, garden designer and landscape architect 1929-2009. Exeter: Emma Isles-Buck. ISBN 1527211053.
- Brookes, John (Winter 2009). "John Brookes remembers Anthony du Gard Pasley, 1929-2009". Hortus (92).
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Alexander, Rosemary (15 November 2009). "Anthony du Gard Pasley obituary". The Observer. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Casely, Gordon (30 November 2009). "Anthony du Gard Pasley, obituary". The Herald. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Sale of the Century?". The Lutyens Trust. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ Redwood, Fred (28 August 2016). "Romanoff Lodge: the Gothic 'gingerbread' house from 1852". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Anthony du Gard Pasley". www.packardpublishing.com. Packard Publishing. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Anthony du Gard Pasley, 1929–2009". The Gardens Trust. 7 February 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Anthony Du Gard Pasley". Parks & Gardens. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Sandhill Farm House, Petersfield: An educational masterpiece from the founder of the English Gardening School". Country Life. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ Byrne, Ciar (July 2020). "How To Get the Wow Factor" (PDF). The Lady. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ Rasmussen, Lisa (24 May 1992). "Horticulture's Class Act: The English Gardening School". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Dover" (PDF). April 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "About Chilstone". Chilstone. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ Glass, Nigel (1980). "Visit to four Kent gardens, 10 May 1980". Garden History. 8 (2): 10. ISSN 0307-1243.
- ^ a b "A Review of the Kent Compendium's list of Historic Parks and Gardens for Tunbridge Wells Borough, Appendix 1, Draft" (PDF). April 2010.
- ^ "Kent Gardens Trust - Past Years' Events". www.kentgardenstrust.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Insight into 'extraordinary' man who helped create Kirdford gardens". www.midhurstandpetworth.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Exploring Kent's Past". webapps.kent.gov.uk. Kent County Council. 25 January 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "The New House, including orangery, Millennium Pavilion, terraces and all hard landscaping by John Outram Associates, Wadhurst (1457638)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 November 2021.