Elizabeth Lawrence (May 5, 1904 – June 11, 1985), was an American

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writer and landscape architect. In 1932, she became the first woman to graduate with a degree in

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from (present-day)

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. She is best known for her columns and books on Southern gardening. Lawrence wrote for '' House & Garden'', ''

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'', and ''Southern Home and Garden'', and more than 700 columns for ''

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''. Her home in

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, the Elizabeth Lawrence House and Garden is recognized by the

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and is part of the

Wing Haven Gardens and Bird Sanctuary Wing Haven Gardens and Bird Sanctuary is a garden and habitat for birds and wildlife located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It includes the Elizabeth Lawrence House & Garden, which is the site of a garden writer’s living laboratory. The site a ...

Bibliography

Books

*'' A Southern Garden: A Handbook for the Middle South'' (1942) *''A Rock Garden in the South'' (1956) *''The Little Bulbs: A Tale of Two Gardens'' (1957) *''Gardens in Winter'' (1971) *''Lob's Wood'' (1971)

Posthumous publications

*''Gardening for Love: The Market Bulletins'' (1987) *''A Garden of One's Own'' (1997) *''Two Gardeners: A Friendship in Letters'' (2002)

Collections

*''Through the Garden Gate'' (1990), a collection of her weekly gardening column for The Charlotte Observer (1957-1971) *''Beautiful at All Seasons: Southern Gardening and Beyond'' (2007)

References

External links

A Southern garden, a handbook for the middle South (full text)Elizabeth Lawrence House and Garden
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