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Gertrude Jekyll VMH (/ ˈ dʒ iː k əl / JEE-kəl; 29 November 1843 – 8 December 1932) was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, and wrote over 1000 articles [1] for magazines such as Country Life and William ...
Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) created or gave advice on more than 400 gardens in the UK, Europe and America; her influence on garden design has been pervasive to this day. She spent most of her life in Surrey, England, latterly at Munstead Wood, near Godalming.
Gertrude Jekyll (born Nov. 29, 1843, London—died Dec. 8, 1932) was an English landscape architect who was the most successful advocate of the natural garden and who brought to the theories of her colleague William Robinson a cultivated sensibility he lacked.
Jan 20, 2023 · Like the woman it was named for, ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ is award-winning, twice voted Britain’s favorite rose, the winner of the RNRS 2002 James Mason Award, and the recipient of the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Gertrude Jekyll became iconic and was the subject of many reference materials too.
Nov 29, 2018 · Gertrude Jekyll (pronounced jee-kill) was perhaps the most influential Arts & Crafts garden designer of the early 20th century. Having designed around 400 gardens in the UK, Europe and America, Jekyll’s planting schemes, harmonious colour palettes and use of traditional crafts remain the quintessential essence of English style.
Distinguished English garden designer and expert on plants who has had a profound and continuing influence on English and American horticulture. Name variations: (nickname) Aunt Bumps. Pronunciation: JEE-kl.
Gertrude Jekyll, garden designer and author, was born on 2 November 1843 in London, the fifth of seven children of Edward Jekyll and his wife, Julia, née Hammersley.
