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FOR MORE than a century presumptions regarding the gardener’s sexual identity have slowly undergone a sea change as perceptions about women gardeners have shifted from the commonly held belief of their being too delicate for dirt to the qualified notion of gardening as a suitable female occupation to their full admission as members of a now gender-irrelevant profession. Jumping the garden fence of Victorian values was a hurdle forward-thinking persons once had to encourage them to attempt. Later, a love of flowers and knowledge of plant form, color, and seasonal growth patterns opened the garden gate to a growing body of women who saw gardening as an art form. Gaining the same horticultural training and design skills as men, women at last were considered experts in the garden, putting them on an equal footing with their male peers. Throughout this long journey, ink from the pens of women garden writers never ceased to flow.