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A blog by Elena Maria Vidal.
Few of us could ever hope to match the prodigious output of Gertrude Jekyll. The
pioneering plantswoman, garden designer and writer used signature
colour and herbaceous borders to define country-house style in
properties in the UK and US. Gertrude Jekyll took influence from
her Arts and Crafts contemporaries, William Morris and John Ruskin, and
her association with William Robinson and Edwin Lutyens. Her gardens,
typically exuberant and emboldened by deft use of colour, embody the
words inscribed on her Munstead Wood gravestone designed by Lutyens: artist, gardener, craftswoman. (Read more.)
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Courteous comments are welcome. If a comment is not published, it may be due to a technical error. At any rate, do not take offense; it is nothing personal. Slanderous comments will not be published. Anonymity may be tolerated, but politeness is required.
I would like to respond to every comment but my schedule renders it impossible to do so. Please know that I appreciate those who take the time to share their thoughts.