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Gertrude Jekyll
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Garden designer, artist, editor (1843-1932)
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Gertrude Jekyll was a British horticulturist, painter, non-fiction writer, and botanist. Born in London in 1843, she worked in the fields of horticulture and gardening. Her professional activity spanned from 1858 to 1932. She was a citizen of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Jekyll wrote in English and was a member of the British ethnic group.
She received the Veitch Memorial Medal and the Victoria Medal of Honour. Her notable works include *Naissance d'un Jardin*, *Lilies for English Gardens. a Guide for Amateurs*, *Gardener's Essential Gertrude Jekyll*, *Old English Household Life. Some account of cottage objects and country folk. With plates*, and *Color Schemes for the Flower Garden*. She died in Surrey on December 8, 1932.
Her archives and artist files are held at the Smithsonian Institution. Her works are also part of the collection at the Garden Museum.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Naissance d'un Jardin
- Lilies for English Gardens. a Guide for Amateurs
- Gardener's Essential Gertrude Jekyll
- Old English Household Life. Some account of cottage objects and country folk. With plates
- Color Schemes for the Flower Garden
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Key facts
- Born
- 29 November 1843, Mayfair, London, England
- Died
- 8 December 1932 (1932-12-08) (aged 89), Munstead Wood , Surrey, England
- Occupations
- Horticulturist garden designer photographer writer and artist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gertrude
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Surrey
- Occupation
- editor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- gardening
- Image
- Gertrude Jekyll portrait.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gertrude Jekyll
- date of death
- 1932-12-08
- date of birth
- 1843-11-29
- Commons Creator page
- Gertrude Jekyll
- P6944
- Gertrude Jekyll
- ethnic group
- British
- artist files at
- Smithsonian Institution
- start of work period
- 1858-01-01
- end of work period
- 1932-01-01
- archives at
- Smithsonian Institution
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Gertrude Jekyll, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Gertrude Jekyll VMH (/ˈdʒiːkəl/ 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 for magazines such as Country Life and William Robinson's The Garden. Jekyll has been described as "a premier influence in garden design" by British and American gardening enthusiasts.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gertrude Jekyll” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.