Editing Gertrude Jekyll (section)

{{Short description|British garden designer and writer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Gertrude Jekyll
| image = Gertrude Jekyll portrait.jpg
| alt = painting of an old woman with glasses and grey hair in a chair, by lamplight
| caption = Portrait of Jekyll by [[William Nicholson (artist)|William Nicholson]], painted October 1920; commissioned by [[Edwin Lutyens]], donated to the [[Tate Gallery]] in 1921.
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 29 November 1843
| birth_place = Mayfair, London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1932|12|08|1843|11|29}}
| death_place = [[Munstead Wood]], Busbridge, Surrey, England
| known_for =
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Horticulture|Horticulturist]]|[[garden design]]er|photographer| writer and artist}}
}}

'''Gertrude Jekyll''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|VMH}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|iː|k|əl}} {{respell|JEE|kəl}}; 29 November 1843 – 8 December 1932) was a British [[Horticulture|horticulturist]], [[garden design]]er, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist.<ref name="ChicagoTribune">{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/02/26/in-bloom-again/ | title=In Bloom Again: Gertrude Jekyll's Cult Status Is In Full Flower | newspaper=Chicago Tribune | date=26 February 1989 | access-date=3 June 2012 | author=Van Matre, Lynn}}</ref>  She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, and wrote over 1000 articles<ref name="ChicagoTribune" /> for magazines such as [[Country Life (magazine)|''Country Life'']] and [[William Robinson (gardener)|William Robinson]]'s ''The Garden''.<ref>Bisgrove, Richard. ''The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll.''London: Frances Lincoln, 2006.</ref> Jekyll has been described as "a premier influence in garden design" by British and American gardening enthusiasts.<ref name="ChicagoTribune" />