Gertrude Jekyll

Podcast: The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast · The History Chicks | AIRWAVE

Opublikowano: 2026-09-25

Gertrude Jekyll could turn her hand to anything; deeply involved with the Arts and Crafts movement, she mastered dozens of specialties in her quest to explore the relationship between human lives and their environments. As her eyesight failed, she turned to large scale endeavors, and changed how the world thought about gardens; turning them from formal displays into living, breathing works of art. She used color, texture, and shape like a painter on a large, ever-changing canvas. Gertrude’s innovations within her finished gardens - and decades of written work - made her an inspiration fo...