Apr 18, 2013

Women in the garden



'Lady Jane' tulips in bloom

I find it interesting that in some old gardening books, the authors felt compelled to point out that women can indeed garden.

 J. B. Whiting wrote in his 1849 book, Manual of Flower Gardening for Ladies: With Directions for the Propagation and Management of the Plants Usually Cultivated in the Flower Garden:

“Gardening is not only one of the most innocent, but,

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