Elizabeth Lawrence

Elizabeth Lawrence (1904-85) was the first woman to receive a degree in landscape architecture from the North Carolina State College School of Design. Her gardens in Raleigh and Charlotte, where she always welcomed visitors, provided the background for her books and newspaper columns. Through the Garden Gate , a collection of her newspaper columns, was published in 1990, and A Garden of One's Own: Writings of Elizabeth Lawrence was published in 1997.

Elizabeth Lawrence (1904-85) was the first woman to receive a degree in landscape architecture from the North Carolina State College School of Design. Her gardens in Raleigh and Charlotte, where she always welcomed visitors, provided the background for her books and newspaper columns. Through the Garden Gate , a collection of her newspaper columns, was published in 1990, and A Garden of One's Own: Writings of Elizabeth Lawrence was published in 1997. See less