2024年10月4日 · Discover the rich history of women in gardening, from ancient agriculturalists to modern permaculture leaders. Explore how women have shaped gardens, landscapes, and sustainable practices across the centuries, continuing to lead in the gardening world today.

Women of all backgrounds and interests have shaped the course of American gardens. Browse videos, articles, a timeline, Learning Labs, and Story Maps from Smithsonian Gardens on women’s history in American gardening.

2021年8月25日 · Women from all backgrounds and interests have shaped the course of American gardens. Read on to learn about a few famous names – and some lesser-known garden heroes.

Gardening Women: Their Stories From 1600 to the Present is a 2010 book on social history and horticulture and women's historical role in gardening and garden design by author and journalist Catherine Horwood. It was first published in hardback by the British publisher Little Brown under their imprint Virago. [2]

2024年3月5日 · Women have long been at the forefront of gardening, whether passing agricultural traditions from generation to generation, organizing garden clubs and beautification societies, or — in some cases — making significant contributions to science and landscape design. Some of these plantswomen gained notoriety for their work.

Waheenee, also known as Buffalo Bird Woman, records traditional gardening techniques used among women of the Hidatsa people of the Great Plains in a series of interviews. A group of women from Georgia organizes the Ladies Garden Club of Athens, recognized as the first women’s gardening society of its kind in America.

2024年5月15日 · Exploring the pivotal role of women in urban gardening: Unearthing historical influences, celebrating pioneering gardeners, and examining the transformative impact on city landscapes. Discover their challenges, contributions, and legacy shaping sustainable urban living.

2023年7月24日 · From pioneers like Gertrude Jekyll and Beth Chatto to on-screen faces like Charlie Dimmock and Carol Klein, gardening women are hardly an unfamiliar sight. With their knees muddied, gloves donned, and sleeves rolled up, they get to work. They shear, prune, dig, design, and bring their gardens to blo

2024年5月15日 · Discover the transformative power of gardening in elevating women's lives worldwide. From fostering self-sufficiency and economic empowerment to nurturing mental well-being and advocating for change, home gardening is driving positive impact globally.

2022年3月23日 · However, men are not the only ones creating beauty and inspiring change in the garden. In honor of Women’s History Month, we are taking a look back at some of history’s greatest women growers, whose achievements in science and gardening are only just part of their great legacies. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)