Gertrude Jekyll, 1843-1932 — Pioneer Garden Designer

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Biographical Information

• Family Background
• A Gertrude Chronology
• Brief Biography

Discussions

• Jekyll's Word-Painting

Works

• Paintings
• Gardens
• A Sampling of Jekyll's Books
• A Sampling of Jekyll's Photographs

Jekyll as historian of the technology of home and kitchen

• Rushlight: How the Country Poor Lit Their Homes
• The Evolution of the Fireplace
• What the housewife used to cook meals: fireplace hangers, pot cranes, fire and cup dogs, tongs and other implements

References

Bisgrove, Richard. The gardens of Gertrude Jekyll. Berkeley: University of California Press, [2000].

Brown, Jane. Gardens of a golden afternoon: the story of a partnership: Edwin Lutyens & Gertrude Jekyll. London: Allen Lane, 1982.

Festing, Sally. Gertrude Jekyll. London: Viking, 1991.

In nature's name: an anthology of women's writing and illustration, 1780-1930. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002.

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Last modified 15 August 2008