Gardeners and Designers

Beatrix Farrand - - A biography of a founder member of the American Society of Landscape Architect.

Carl Linnaeus - - A biography of the founder of modern botan.

Fletcher Steele Landscape Architect - - Biographical information on the pioneer modernist designer, from the SUNY Faculty.

Frederick Law Olmsted - - Resources concerning the life and works of Frderick Law Olmsted, the greatest of 19th century American landscape architects.

Frederick Law Olmsted, founder of landscape architechture - - The Life and Work of Frederick Law Olmsted. A selected bibliography and links to related sites.

History of Horticulture - - Jekyll, Gertrude 1843-1935, short introduction to her life and work.

Museum of History Gertrude Jekyll Room - - Garden designer and prolific writer on gardens and gardening with short biography.

Penelope Hobhouse Reaps What She Sows - - An article about the English garden author and designer, from the Christian Science Monitor.

Sisley Garden Tours - - An alphabetical directory of many gardening personalities down the ages.

Thomas Mawson - - A brief biography of his life from 1861-1933. His book, The Art and Craft of Garden Making, is widely accepted as the foundation of modern landscape architecture.