GARDEN National treasure
ertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) was one of the UK's most influential horticulturists. A plantswoman, designer and author, she created some 400 gardens, introduced at least 30 new varieties of plants to British gardens, and was one of the first women to be awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Victoria Medal of Honour (along with Ellen Willmott, in 1897). In the 1890s, she began a long professional collaboration with the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, when she commissioned him to design a house for her, Munstead Wood, near Godalming in Surrey. In the
