Okay, so sorry, but it was Bunny Mellon that helped 1st Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with the garden.And I left a very important ladies name out-so please, accept the apology I have (apologies, actually) however, this ought to me more than enough to help anybody "on the fence" to read and understand the immense knowledge these women had and the way they put them into practice. The stylings have come forward in History and the styles, no matter what year, have a lot to teach us. Women took this long journey. And other women took up the mantle when it was needed. Thank Goodness!
This is one of the most interesting things I've rad-when it comes to gardening, Beatrix Fararrand-and her collaboration with incredible Gertrude Jekyll. When Bunny Nelson help Jaqueline Kennedy finally finish it in 1961, ut was glorious. And all by women, save that one dapper gentleman who enjoyed color as well. Fast forward and we have fabulous Michelle Obama putting in a vegetable and fruit and herb garden, which was sustainable and part of her wider campaign to "get moving" and eat well. What a beautiful and thriving garden that became. Not to diminish anything else there, believe me. But the peoples house needs to reflect who "we the people" are. And we were a nation over overweight, even obese people who didn't know how to move in the way that would help them be healthier and live longer, and what you breathe and drink, too. Clean water comes to mind immediately! And nothing is better than fresh food straight out of the well-kept garden! I have picked tomatoes from my own garden and just stood in the sun with the juicy bits happily sliding down to my chin-it was heaven! And, she set up a fund for the garden to be kept in perpetuity! Perpetuity was over one hollow day in early January 2017. 2016, Nov. was only the begin the consecutive annus horriblibleness., and the garden was ripped from our Mother, the Earth. I am so glad to have found out more about these extraordinary women-and that their names came back into the vernacular. I'm sure I missed one, important, and I apologize. But true history is accurate history-and women have been wiped away for so many hundreds of years. Thank you always, in perpetuity, for bringing this awareness!
Okay, so sorry, but it was Bunny Mellon that helped 1st Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with the garden.And I left a very important ladies name out-so please, accept the apology I have (apologies, actually) however, this ought to me more than enough to help anybody "on the fence" to read and understand the immense knowledge these women had and the way they put them into practice. The stylings have come forward in History and the styles, no matter what year, have a lot to teach us. Women took this long journey. And other women took up the mantle when it was needed. Thank Goodness!
This is one of the most interesting things I've rad-when it comes to gardening, Beatrix Fararrand-and her collaboration with incredible Gertrude Jekyll. When Bunny Nelson help Jaqueline Kennedy finally finish it in 1961, ut was glorious. And all by women, save that one dapper gentleman who enjoyed color as well. Fast forward and we have fabulous Michelle Obama putting in a vegetable and fruit and herb garden, which was sustainable and part of her wider campaign to "get moving" and eat well. What a beautiful and thriving garden that became. Not to diminish anything else there, believe me. But the peoples house needs to reflect who "we the people" are. And we were a nation over overweight, even obese people who didn't know how to move in the way that would help them be healthier and live longer, and what you breathe and drink, too. Clean water comes to mind immediately! And nothing is better than fresh food straight out of the well-kept garden! I have picked tomatoes from my own garden and just stood in the sun with the juicy bits happily sliding down to my chin-it was heaven! And, she set up a fund for the garden to be kept in perpetuity! Perpetuity was over one hollow day in early January 2017. 2016, Nov. was only the begin the consecutive annus horriblibleness., and the garden was ripped from our Mother, the Earth. I am so glad to have found out more about these extraordinary women-and that their names came back into the vernacular. I'm sure I missed one, important, and I apologize. But true history is accurate history-and women have been wiped away for so many hundreds of years. Thank you always, in perpetuity, for bringing this awareness!
A true pioneer of landscape design. Very impressive… but not surprising as she was Edith Wharton’s niece.
Trueee good insight
I especially like how she used native plants-there are plenty of beautiful, exotic gardens, but the invasives are a real problem
So true!