Museum of History Gertrude Jekyll Room -- http://www.compulink.co.uk/~museumgh/jekyll.htm Garden designer and prolific writer on gardens and gardening with short biography.
History of Horticulture -- http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hort/history/093.html Jekyll, Gertrude 1843-1935, short introduction to her life and work.
Thomas Mawson -- http://www.visitcumbria.com/mawson.htm A brief biography of his life from 1861-1933. His book, The Art and Craft of Garden Making, is widely accepted as the foundation of modern landscape architecture.
Frederick Law Olmsted, founder of landscape architechture -- http://www.fredericklawolmsted.com/ The Life and Work of Frederick Law Olmsted. A selected bibliography and links to related sites.
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