When Johannesburg businessman Harald Schulz received an invitation to exhibit 1,000 Consol Solar Jars in Warwickshire, the UK, at a memorial to English landscape architect Lancelot "Capability" Brown, he jumped at the idea. But after travelling to London to meet Laurent Louyer of lighting consultancy Creatmosphere, which is devising a series of lighting effects for the exhibition at Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park, Schulz realised the jars wouldn’t work well in the UK’s autumn sunshine. The exhibition, called In Light: Illuminating Capability Brown’s Landscape is part of tercentenary celebrations to honour the man known as "England’s greatest gardener" and runs from October 29 to November 13. Brown, who often told his aristocratic clients their gardens had "great capabilities", died in 1783 and is credited with introducing the country estate garden style — often with undulating lawns, clumps of trees and focal points, such as bridges and classical temples — that came to be seen ...
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