Elizabeth Lawrence (writer)

Elizabeth Lawrence (May 5, 1904 – June 11, 1985), was an American horticulture writer and landscape architect. In 1932, she became the first woman to graduate with a degree in Landscape Architecture from (present-day) North Carolina State University.[2] She is best known for her columns and books on Southern gardening.[3] Lawrence wrote for House & Garden, The American Home, and Southern Home and Garden, and more than 700 columns for The Charlotte Observer.[4]

Elizabeth Lawrence
Born(1904-05-27)May 27, 1904
Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
DiedJune 11, 1985(1985-06-11) (aged 81)
Edgewater, Maryland, U.S.
OccupationWriter, landscape architect
Notable worksA Southern Garden: A Handbook for the Middle South[1]

Her home in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Elizabeth Lawrence House and Garden is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places and is part of the Wing Haven Gardens and Bird Sanctuary.[5]

Bibliography

Books
  • A Southern Garden: A Handbook for the Middle South (1942)
  • A Rock Garden in the South (1956)[6]
  • The Little Bulbs: A Tale of Two Gardens (1957)
  • Gardens in Winter (1971)[7]
  • Lob's Wood (1971)

Posthumous publications
  • Gardening for Love: The Market Bulletins (1987)[8]
  • A Garden of One's Own (1997)[9]
  • 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)[10]
  • Beautiful at All Seasons: Southern Gardening and Beyond (2007)[11]

References
  1. "A Southern Garden (2001 reprint)". UNC Press. The University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. "Elizabeth Lawrence". The Cultural Landscape Foundation. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. "Lawrence, Elizabeth House and Garden". Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. "Elizabeth Lawrence House & Garden". Wing Haven. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. Davyd Foard Hood (January 2006). "Elizabeth Lawrence House and Garden" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  6. "A Rock Garden in the South (1990 reprint)". Duke University Press. Duke University Press. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  7. "Gardens in Winter". Claitor's. Claitor's Law Books and Publishing. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  8. "Gardening for Love". Duke University Press. Duke University Press. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  9. "A Garden of One's Own". UNC Press. The University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  10. "Through the Garden Gate". UNC Press. The University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  11. "Beautiful at All Seasons". Duke University Press. Duke University Press. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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