Famouse Women Garden Designers

Here we take a look at some of the pioneers.

Famouse women garden designers. There are many incredible women who have and are still dominating the world of gardening so for international women s day we ve listed some of the key female garden designers in british history that still influence the way we garden today alongside some of the top women garden designers who are currently succeeding in the industry. Gertrude jekyll is perhaps one of the most influential from this period a famous advocate of the arts and crafts style in gardens. Her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences estates and country homes public parks botanic gardens college campuses and the white house.

This is a list of people noted for their contribution to gardening either by working as gardeners or garden designers by occupation or by commissioning famous gardens. Women s success in this field is reflected in more recent schemes at our historic properties. By the late 19th century however a handful of women were able to become professional garden designers.

In 1997 a. It does not include the innumerable people who count gardening among their hobbies. Women have long been owners and creators of some of our most famous gardens but until the early 20th century it was virtually impossible for any woman regardless of her social background to enter the world of professional horticulture and garden design.