Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Gertrude Jekyll
![Gertrude Jekyll](/apics/gertrude-jekyll.jpg)
Born: November 29, 1843
Died: December 8, 1932 (aged 89)
Bio: Gertrude Jekyll was an influential British horticulturist, garden designer, artist and writer.
Known for:
- Colour in the Flower Garden (1908)
- Wood And Garden (1899)
- Gardens for small country houses (1912)
- Arts and Crafts Gardens
- Roses for English gardens (1902)