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"Frederick Law Olmsted, founder of landscape architecture" - The Life and Work of Frederick Law Olmsted. A selected bibliography and links to related sites.

Beatrix Farrand - A biography of a founder member of the American Society of Landscape Architects

Carl Linnaeus - A biography of the founder of modern botany

Frederick Law Olmsted - "Resources concerning the life and works of Frderick Law Olmsted, the greatest of 19th century American landscape architects."

History of Horticulture - "Jekyll, Gertrude 1843-1935, short introduction to her life and work."

Museum of History Gertrude Jekyll Room - Garden designer and prolific writer on gardens and gardening with short biography.

Sisley Garden Tours - An alphabetical directory of many gardening personalities down the ages.

Thomas Mawson - "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."

Wikipedia: Fletcher Steele - Open encyclopedia article on the influential American designer.