Gertrude Jekyll: Difference between revisions

 

== Awards ==

Jekyll was awarded the [[Victoria Medal of Honour]] of the [[Royal Horticultural Society]] in 1897 and the [[Veitch Memorial Medal]] of the society in 1929. Also in 1929, she was given the George Robert White Medal of Honor of the [[Massachusetts Horticultural Society]].<ref name=dnb>Michael Tooley (2004). [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37597 Jekyll, Gertrude (1843–1932)]. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford University Press. {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/37597}}</ref><ref name="CL">{{cite web | url=http://www.countrylife.co.uk/news/article/439437/Great-British-garden-makers-Gertrude-Jekyll.html | title=Great British Garden-Makers: Gertrude Jekyll | publisher=Country Life Magazine | date=23 January 2010 | accessdate=3 June 2012 | author=Desmond, Steven}}</ref>

 

Jekyll is buried in the churchyard of [[Busbridge Church]], formerly known as St John the Baptist, Busbridge, [[Godalming]], next to her brother and sister-in-law, Herbert Jekyll and his wife, the artist, writer and philanthropist [[Agnes Jekyll]]. The monument was designed by [[Edwin Lutyens]].<ref name="Historic England - Busbridge War Memorial">{{cite web |url= https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1044531|title= Busbridge War Memorial| author= <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | website= [[Historic England]] | accessdate= 13 December 2015 }}</ref>

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