Gertrude Jekyll was a difficult child. Her father called her a ‘queer fish’; she infuriated her mother by clumping through the best rooms of their Surrey country house in her gardening boots. As a ...

Gertrude Jekyll, Artist, Gardener and Craftswoman, was born in 1843. She was in her 40s when she bought this pair of men's boots and was still wearing them, much repaired, at the time of her death ...

Recently unearthed plans of a garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll have been preserved and donated to go on display. The plans for Warren Hurst in Ashtead, which have been donated to the Surrey ...

A former home of a doctor who helped Winston Churchill overcome a speech impediment is on the market for £4.5 million ...

The Metropolitan Police have suggested that burglary victims should plant 17 kinds of shrub in their gardens in a bid to ...

The plans have been preserved before going on display at the Surrey History Centre in Woking Recently unearthed plans of a garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll have been preserved and donated to go ...