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There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover, one feels a good deal of respect for it; without it the brain and the hand would be helpless.
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Gertrude Jekyll (8)
Birth: | 29th November, 1843 |
Death: | 8th December, 1932 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Garden Designer, Writer |
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Gertrude Jekyll was born in Mayfair, London, England. She was a British garden designer, artist, and writer. She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States. She wrote over 1,000 articles for magazines such as Country Life and William Robinson's The Garden. She wrote several books include: Wood And Garden, Roses for English gardens, Colour in the Flower Garden, Children and gardens, Old West Surrey, Arts and Crafts Gardens, and The Beauties of a Cottage Garden. She was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1897.
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