Elizabeth Lawrence (writer) explained

Elizabeth Lawrence
Birth Date:	1904 5, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Death Place:	Edgewater, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation:	Writer, landscape architect
Notableworks:	^[1]

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]

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

• (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]

External links

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

Notes and References

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