Beatrix Farrand - http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9291866
A biography of a founder member of the American Society of Landscape Architects |
Carl Linnaeus - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html
A biography of the founder of modern botany |
Frederick Law Olmsted - http://www.newbedford.com/olmsted.html
Resources concerning the life and works of Frderick Law Olmsted, the greatest of 19th century American landscape architects. |
Frederick Law Olmsted, founder of landscape architecture - http://www.fredericklawolmsted.com/
The Life and Work of Frederick Law Olmsted. A selected bibliography and links to related sites. |
History of Horticulture - http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hort/history/093.html
Jekyll, Gertrude 1843-1935, short introduction to her life and work. |
Museum of History Gertrude Jekyll Room - http://www.compulink.co.uk/~museumgh/jekyll.htm
Garden designer and prolific writer on gardens and gardening with short biography. |
Sisley Garden Tours - http://www.sisley.co.uk/gardeners.shtml
An alphabetical directory of many gardening personalities down the ages. |
Thomas Mawson - http://www.visitcumbria.com/mawson.htm
A brief biography of his life from 1861-1933. His book, The Art and Craft of Garden Making, is widely accepted as the foundation of modern landscape architecture. |
Wikipedia: Fletcher Steele - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher_Steele
Open encyclopedia article on the influential American designer. |