Pioneering Women in Horticulture

This is a journey through time highlighting some of the most revered women in horticulture. Celebrating their achievements, often in adversity, from the hugely influential Duchess of Montrose on Arran, to the forthright attitude of Mary Elizabeth Burton, Scotland’s first female head gardener & the audacious exploits of Maria Sibylla Merian culminating in some observations and analysis of the current plight and issues faced from women in horticultural modernity’