Jean Stevens
Horticulturalist who registered some 391 iris hybrids in her lifetime.
Horticulturalist who registered some 391 iris hybrids in her lifetime.
Eliza Scidmore traveled through Alaska’s Inside Passage in 1883. Her articles and travel logs shared the grandeur and adventure of Alaska with western tourists, ushering in a new era of travel and tourism to the Alaska territory.
Beatrix Farrand was an acclaimed landscape gardener whose designs can still be enjoyed in many cultivated spaces today. Among the existing examples of her work are the terraced garden rooms of Dumbarton Oaks, and the carriage roads of Acadia National Park. She also worked with both Ellen and Edith Wilson to design a First Lady’s Garden for the East Wing of the White House.
Martha King was New Zealand’s first resident botanical artist.
New Zealand social worker, educationist and horticulturist
One of Australia’s most highly regarded twentieth-century garden designers and writers.
Irish botanical and landscape painter
Irish botanist and horticulturist
Irish plantswoman and horticulturalist
Principal of Alexandra College, Dublin, horticulturist, and social activist