Beatrix Havergal
| Beatrix Havergal | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Grace Beatrix Helen Havergal 7 July 1901 Roydon, South Norfolk |
| Died |
1980 (aged 79) Waterperry, Oxfordshire |
| Occupation | horticulturalist |
Beatrix Havergal (1901-1980) was an English horticulturist.
In 1932 Beatrix Havergal founded Waterperry School of Horticulture, a residential horticultural college for women. For many years Havergal won gold medal for her exhibit of Royal Sovereign strawberries at Chelsea Flower Show.[1] When she retired as principal in 1971, Waterperry School of Horticulture closed, though there remain gardens and a nursery there.[2]
She was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society Veitch Memorial Medal and Victoria Medal of Honour in 1965.[3]
References
- ↑ Waterperry - History
- ↑ 'Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire', in Julia Brittain, Plants, People, and Places, 2006.
- ↑ "Beatrix Havergal (1901 – 1980)". Illuminated Letters. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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