Todd longstaffe gowan biography definition

Todd Longstaffe-Gowan is the president of the London Parks and Gardens Trust. A landscape architect with an international practice based in London, he has advised on many public and private historic gardens, including National Trust and English Heritage historic landscapes.

Longstaffe-Gowan, Todd – CEEH

He lectures widely on landscape history and design both in Britain and abroad, and holds a variety of advisory roles, including gardens adviser to Historic Royal Palaces.

I read that you hate the label �landscape architect�. Why is that?

I don�t hate it so much as I find it a curiously unflattering description on account of the fact that so much of the work of many landscape architects is rather lacklustre.

People can, of course, call me what they want. I�m not too hung up on titles.

You have worked on some amazing projects; is there one that stands out?

Hampton Court, where I�ve collaborated with Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) for over twenty years. It is a vast and very diverse landscape and we�ve made a c