Gardener's notebook: the daffodil-obsessed horticulturist whose forgotten legacy has been rediscovered
by George Hudson
Mar 02, 2024
1 minute
Ellen Willmott is a name you’ve probably never heard of.
In her time she was one of the most famous and influential gardeners in England, but she and her garden have been almost lost to history.
Willmott lived at Warleyfrom 1875 to 1934, where she transformed the garden, growing hundreds of thousands of plants from all over the world.
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