By 1919 he was established as a garden architect in London, and within a decade had built up a great reputation. He received several large commissions after World War 2, working mainly in large private gardens. He also produced several books on garden design from the 1920s to the 1960s. He was the winner of eight gold and three silver medals at Chelsea. He gained the Royal Horticultural Society Veitch medal in 1963 and continued to work until 1972. He died in Oxfordshire in 1976.
Sources:
Johnson, Charlotte, ‘Cane, Stephen Percival (1881–1976)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press, 2004) < http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/46397> [accessed 7 Dec 2007]
Hadfield, Miles, et. al., British Gardeners: A Biographical Dictionary (London: A. Zwemmer, 1980), pp. 58-59.
Associated Places
- Amwell Grove and Amwell Pool
- Aughentaine
- Chestham Park
- Dartington Hall
- Ditchingham Hall
- Falkland Palace
- Gardens of Westfield House
- Hascombe Court
- High Wall
- King George's Park, Wandsworth
- Llannerch Hall
- Lower Sandhill
- Monteviot House
- Sharnden
- Sharpham House
- Sibbersfield House
- St Ann's Hill
- Stoneleigh Abbey
- Sutton Park, Sutton on the Forest
- The Vern
- Woburn Abbey