page_title: Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women
section_title: Gardens
hierarchical_section_title: Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women / Gardens
caption_attribution_description: English: Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women, Old Limekiln Road, Ambler, Pennsylvania Demonstration kitchen and flower garden, From the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection at the Library of Congress.
context_page_description: The Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women was one of the first horticultural schools to be established by and for women in the United States, opening on February 10, 1911. As the second institution to provide women with a practical education in horticulture and landscape architecture, it made possible their entry into a professional field. Although some men were employed in faculty positions, the school's leadership was intentionally female. As of 1919, the board of trustees consisted of twenty-five prominent women citizens. All but the last director of the school were women.
  The school played a "unique role" in women's history and garden history. Members of the school were instrumental in the establishment of the Garden Club of America, the Woman's National Agricultural and Horticultural Association, the Woman's Land Army of America, and the publication of the Farmer's Digest. It served as a national and international model for other institutions, such as the Keisien School in Japan.
  In 1958, the school merged with Temple University Ambler and became co-educational.
context_section_description: The grounds were used by students and faculty to develop trial gardens of various styles.  In 1916, eight students under the supervision of Elizabeth Leighton Lee created the Colonial Revival garden as the first project in landscape architecture at the school. A naturalistic Woodland Garden of flowering trees, shrubs, and spring bulbs dates to the 1920s.  A Formal Perennial Garden was designed in 1931 by James Bush-Brown and Beatrix Farrand. This tradition continues today with gardens such as the Ernesta Ballard Healing Garden and the Albright Winter Garden on the Ambler campus.
caption: Kitchen garden, Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women, 1919
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