ions into fact. Makins was a representative of that quintessentially English phenomenon, the safe pair of hands. Ever since his congratulatory First Class award from Christ Church College, Oxford, in 1925, he had made a success of more or less everything he had attempted. In a distinguished career, sorting out the Kennedy Memorial was a footnote at best, and one that does not even merit mention in his compendious Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry. Against a background of bureaucratic manoeuvring, Sir Roger had to choose a designer to whom the aesthetic challenges of the memorial site at Runnymede could be transferred. In search of such a person, a letter was sent out, twice, on the 15 April 1964: to Gordon Ricketts, the Secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA); and to the Secretary of the Landscape Institute — erroneously aggrandised in this instance to the Royal Institute of Landscape — Miss Alison Dale. Both were asked to ‘suggest the names of one or two consultants who would advise [Sir Roger Makins’s] committee on [...] matters connected with the memorial and site at Runnymede’. The RIBA wrote back with a shortlist of three — Peter Shepheard, Frederick Gibberd and Jellicoe. The Landscape Institute offered only one name, that of their co-founder and former president Geoffrey Jellicoe, though their incumbent president, L Milner White, also suggested ‘that in a matter of such public interest a competition for the design might be held’. Shrewd Sir Roger ignored this time-consuming and perilously open-ended option. Thus was sealed the fate of one of British landscape design’s best-known commissions. Jellicoe would go on to produce other highly regarded works, including the garden at Sutton Place (1980), the unbuilt Moody Gardens at Galveston, Texas (1984) and the gardens at Shute House in Dorset (1993). Though by no means a household name in 1964, he was already recognised in professional circles for his designs between the Wars at Pusey House and Mottisfont Abbey (1936–39); and after 1945 for his contribution to the Festival of Britain’s Lansbury Estate (1951) and theWater Gardens at Hemel Hempstead (1959). Yet even with these to his name, Geoffrey Jellicoe must have been pleasantly surprised by the ease with which the plum Kennedy Memorial commission fell into his lap. Makins met Jellicoe for the first time, at Runnymede, on Saturday 2 May 1964. Back at work the following Monday, the mandarin ventured into memorandum and letter to tell fellow civil servants that Jellicoe was ‘recommended to us as the best man for the job’, ‘not only willing but anxious to do the work’, and, very conveniently, that ‘his first thoughts are very much in line with [...] mine’. After the site visit, Jellicoe acted with equal celerity. He wrote to Makins on 4 May: ‘just to confirm, if confirmation is necessary, that I am very pleased and honoured to undertake the Kennedy Memorial at Runnymede. [...] Saturday morning itself was memorable!’ He asked for Makins’s permission to get a survey underway immediately; spent ‘a very wet figure 3. National Trust information panel outside the wicket gate sets out the official programme for the Kennedy Memorial (photograph by Jane Porter). studies in the history of gardens and designed landscapes: entwistle

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从共识到分歧——杰弗里·杰利科爵士肯尼迪纪念馆景观中不断变化的历史和意义

离子变成事实。马金斯是典型的英国现象的代表，安全的双手。自从 1925 年获得牛津大学基督教会学院颁发的一等奖以来，他的尝试或多或少都取得了成功。在他杰出的职业生涯中，整理肯尼迪纪念馆充其量只是一个脚注，甚至在他的简明牛津国家传记词典条目中都不值得一提。在官僚作风的背景下，罗杰爵士不得不选择一位设计师，他可以将 Runnymede 纪念馆的美学挑战转移给他。为了寻找这样的人，1964 年 4 月 15 日两次向英国皇家建筑师协会 (RIBA) 秘书戈登·里基茨 (Gordon Ricketts) 发出了一封信；还有景观学院的秘书——在这种情况下被错误地夸大了皇家景观学院——艾莉森·戴尔小姐。两人都被要求“推荐一两个顾问的名字，他们将就 [...] 与 Runnymede 的纪念馆和遗址相关的事项向 [罗杰·马金斯爵士的]委员会提供建议”。RIBA 回信了三人的入围名单——彼得谢泼德、弗雷德里克吉伯德和杰利科。景观研究所只提供了一个名字，即他们的联合创始人兼前任主席杰弗里·杰利科，尽管他们的现任主席 L 米尔纳·怀特也表示“为了公共利益，可能会举办一场设计竞赛”。精明的罗杰爵士忽略了这个耗时且危险的开放式选项。因此，英国景观设计最著名的委员会之一的命运就注定了。Jellicoe 将继续创作其他备受推崇的作品，包括萨顿广场的花园（1980 年）、德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿未建的穆迪花园（1984 年）和多塞特郡舒特楼的花园（1993 年）。虽然在 1964 年绝不是一个家喻户晓的名字，但他已经因其在 Pusey House 和 Mottisfont Abbey 战争（1936-39 年）之间的设计而在专业界得到认可。1945 年之后，他对英国兰斯伯里庄园节（1951 年）和赫默尔亨普斯特德水上花园（1959 年）的贡献。然而，即使有了这些，杰弗里·杰利科一定对梅花肯尼迪纪念委员会如此轻松地落入他的怀抱感到惊喜。马金斯于 1964 年 5 月 2 日星期六在 Runnymede 第一次见到了 Jellicoe。下周一回到工作岗位，这位普通话冒险进入备忘录和信件，告诉其他公务员，杰利科被“推荐给我们作为这份工作的最佳人选”，“不仅愿意而且渴望做这项工作”，而且非常方便的是，“他的第一个想法”非常符合 [...] 我的'。实地考察结束后，Jellicoe 也同样迅速地采取了行动。他在 5 月 4 日写信给马金斯：“只是为了确认，如果需要确认，我非常高兴和荣幸能够在朗​​尼米德承办肯尼迪纪念馆。” [...] 星期六早上本身就令人难忘！他请求马金斯同意立即进行调查。花了'一个非常潮湿的数字 3。检票口外的国民信托信息面板列出了肯尼迪纪念堂的官方计划（简·波特拍摄）。园林和景观设计史研究：entwistle “不仅愿意而且急于做这项工作”，而且非常方便的是，“他的第一个想法与 [...] 我的非常一致”。实地考察结束后，Jellicoe 也同样迅速地采取了行动。他在 5 月 4 日写信给马金斯：“只是为了确认，如果需要确认，我非常高兴和荣幸能够在朗​​尼米德承办肯尼迪纪念馆。” [...] 星期六早上本身就令人难忘！他请求马金斯同意立即进行调查。花了'一个非常潮湿的数字 3。检票口外的国民信托信息面板列出了肯尼迪纪念堂的官方计划（简·波特拍摄）。园林和景观设计史研究：entwistle “不仅愿意而且急于做这项工作”，而且非常方便的是，“他的第一个想法与 [...] 我的非常一致”。实地考察结束后，Jellicoe 也同样迅速地采取了行动。他在 5 月 4 日写信给马金斯：“只是为了确认，如果需要确认，我非常高兴和荣幸能够在朗​​尼米德承办肯尼迪纪念馆。” [...] 星期六早上本身就令人难忘！他请求马金斯同意立即进行调查。花了'一个非常潮湿的数字 3。检票口外的国民信托信息面板列出了肯尼迪纪念堂的官方计划（简·波特拍摄）。园林和景观设计史研究：entwistle 杰利科以同样的速度行动。他在 5 月 4 日写信给马金斯：“只是为了确认，如果需要确认，我非常高兴和荣幸能够在朗​​尼米德承办肯尼迪纪念馆。” [...] 星期六早上本身就令人难忘！他请求马金斯同意立即进行调查。花了'一个非常潮湿的数字 3。检票口外的国民信托信息面板列出了肯尼迪纪念堂的官方计划（简·波特拍摄）。园林和景观设计史研究：entwistle 杰利科以同样的速度行动。他在 5 月 4 日写信给马金斯：“只是为了确认，如果需要确认的话，我非常高兴和荣幸能够在朗​​尼米德承办肯尼迪纪念碑。[...] 星期六早上本身就令人难忘！他请求马金斯同意立即进行调查。花了'一个非常潮湿的数字 3。检票口外的国民信托信息面板列出了肯尼迪纪念堂的官方计划（简·波特拍摄）。园林和景观设计史研究：entwistle 花了'一个非常潮湿的数字 3。检票口外的国民信托信息面板列出了肯尼迪纪念堂的官方计划（简·波特拍摄）。园林和景观设计史研究：entwistle 花了'一个非常潮湿的数字 3。检票口外的国民信托信息面板列出了肯尼迪纪念堂的官方计划（简·波特拍摄）。园林和景观设计史研究：entwistle