Famouse Women Garden Designers

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.

Famouse women garden designers. It does not include the innumerable people who count gardening among their hobbies. 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. 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.

Kristina taylor s new book women garden designers. In 1997 a. 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. By the late 19th century however a handful of women were able to become professional garden designers. Beatrix jones farrand was a landscape gardener and landscape architect in the united states.