Gertrude Jekyll

The love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies, but grows to the enduring happiness that the love of gardening gives.

Gertrude Jekyll (29 November 1843 – 8 December 1932) was an British garden designer, writer, and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the UK, Europe and the USA and contributed over 1,000 articles to Country Life, The Garden and other magazines.

Quotes

• The love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies, but grows to the enduring happiness that the love of gardening gives.
  • As quoted in Dig, Plant, and Grow! (2009) by Louise Spilsbury, p. 13

External links

• The Gertrude Jekyll Estate
• Restored Jekyll garden at Upton Grey
• Short biography of Jekyll from Emily Compost
• Online text of Gertrude Jekyll's Colour schemes for the flower garden (1921)
• Restored Jekyll garden at Durmast House, Burley, Hampshire, UK
• Jekyll garden in Woodbury CT, USA
• Gertrude Jekyll's garden designs @ Ward's Book of Days
• Times Obituary