Notable Gardens
The women profiled on this site created and transformed some of the most celebrated gardens in the world. Many of these gardens are open to the public today, and all of them played a significant role in garden history. Explore them below.
- Sissinghurst Castle GardenKent, England — Created by Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson from a ruined Elizabethan manor.
- Munstead WoodSurrey, England — Gertrude Jekyll's own garden and the laboratory for her planting theories.
- Dumbarton OaksWashington, D.C. — Beatrix Farrand's masterpiece, commissioned by Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss.
- The Beth Chatto GardensEssex, England — A living demonstration of ecological planting principles.
- Barnsley HouseGloucestershire, England — Rosemary Verey's influential garden of garden rooms.
- Warley PlaceEssex, England — The remnants of Ellen Willmott's grand horticultural estate.
- Hidcote Manor GardenGloucestershire, England — Lawrence Johnston's garden rooms, a key influence on Sissinghurst and modern garden design.
- Gravetye ManorSussex, England — William Robinson's estate, deeply connected to the wild garden movement and Gertrude Jekyll's influence.
- East Lambrook ManorSomerset, England — Margery Fish's cottage garden, now a Grade I listed garden.
- The MountLenox, Massachusetts — Edith Wharton's estate, where she put her garden design philosophy into practice.