Ralph Hancock (2 July 1893 - 30 August 1950) was a Welsh landscape gardener and author. Hancock built gardens in the UK in the 1920s, 30s and 40s and in the United States in the 1930s. A few are well known - the roof gardens at Derry and Toms in London and the Rockefeller Center in New York, the garden at Twyn-yr-Hydd House in Margam and the rock and water garden he built for Princess Victoria at Coppins, Iver, England.
Read more about Ralph Hancock: A Brief History, America and 'The Rock', The Roof Gardens At Derry and Toms, Family, The Chelsea Flower Show and World War II, The Latter Years, Books By This Author, See Also
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