The Founder of the Landscape Architecture Profession Requires a New Blue Plaque

Why did the London County Council get Jane and John Claudius Loudon so wrong? The Blue Plaque at 3-5 Porchester Terrace gives incorrect birth dates for both of them wrong  and its “tag-line” barely scratches the surface of their 19th-century revolution. John and Jane weren’t just “horticulturalists.” They were the nineteenth centuries greatest “Urban Visionaries.”

From inventing the diagonal-stay bridge and predicting AI “automated lawyers” to laying the foundation for modern Landscape Architecture and the Crystal Palace—their legacy is a 60-million-word epic of “Improvement.”

Join the Gardens Trust for an upcoming symposium as we explore the 40+ innovations of this power couple—from Sci-Fi futurology to the intercepting sewers of London.

Let’s gather the evidence to give the Loudons the plaque they actually deserve. Register here for the Loudons Symposium: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-loudon-celebration-tickets-1986162337016

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