Joseph Marryat senior

Garden

Wimbledon House

Wimbledon (Surrey)

Description

The garden at Wimbledon House was largely created by Charlotte Marryat, the wife of Joseph Marryat, after his death in 1824: he had begun to 'improve' the 100 acre grounds between 1815 and 1824. Charlotte Marryat was the third woman to be elected a fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society, c. 1830.

Catherine Horwood, Gardening Women: Their Stories from 1600 to the Present (Hachette Digital, 2010)

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