WHelen Vickroy Austin was an American journalist, essayist, horticulturist, and suffragist.
WGrace Helen Ballard, also known as Grace Helen Wilson and born Grace Helen Ranken, was a British horticulturist known for her hellebore hybrids.
WIris Bannochie was a Barbadian horticulturalist who was the leading expert on horticulture on the island of Barbados.
WJelena de Belder-Kovačič was a Slovenian-Belgian botanist and horticulturist, who worked extensively on the taxonomy and preservation of plant specimens, gaining an international reputation for her development of the Kalmthout and Hemelrijk Arboreta. Several varieties of plants she cultivated were recognized with awards from the Royal Horticultural Society in London and she was elevated to Baroness by Albert II of Belgium for her contributions to dendrology.
WPamela Cunningham Copeland was an American horticulturist and historical preservationist, known for her philanthropy. Her home and gardens became Mt. Cuba Center, a public garden and research center for Appalachian Piedmont flora that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
WCaroline Coroneos Dormon, also known as Carrie Dormon, was an American botanist, horticulturist, ornithologist, historian, archeologist, preservationist, naturalist, conservationist, and author from Louisiana.
WOlive Fitzhardinge (1881–1956) was an Australian rose breeder, the first to patent her work. Her four surviving roses are held in Australian collections. Her roses were well received in the 1930s but after the Second World War favoured styles of roses changed significantly.
WDame Elizabeth May Gilmer was a New Zealand social worker, educationist and horticulturist. She chaired the Lady Galway Patriotic Guild.
WBeatrix Havergal (1901-1980) was an English horticulturist.
WAmelia Egerton, also known as Lady Amelia Hume, was a British horticulturalist. She and her husband, Sir Abraham Hume, 2nd Baronet, are best known for their rare plant collection at Wormleybury and their introduction of many rare plant species into England.
WCharlotte Knight, known after her marriage as Charlotte, Lady Rouse-Boughton, was an English horticulturalist who bred the Waterloo cherry.(Also known as the early black cherry).
WSnježana Kordić ; born 29 October 1964) is a Croatian linguist. In addition to her work in syntax, she has written on sociolinguistics. Kordić is known among non-specialists for numerous articles against the puristic and prescriptive language policy in Croatia. Her 2010 book on language and nationalism popularises the theory of pluricentric languages in the Balkans.
WNorah Lindsay was a socialite garden designer who between the World wars became a major influence on garden design and planting in the United Kingdom and on the Continent.
WCorinne Lawton Mackall Melchers was an American painter, humanitarian, and gardener. She was the wife of painter Gari Melchers and maintained their Belmont estate after his death. As a gardener and rosarian, Melchers was an early supporter of the Historic Garden Week and heavily involved with the restoration of the grounds of the Kenmore plantation. She led humanitarian efforts during World War I and World War II. Melchers initiated the creation of the Stafford County Health Association and the hiring of the first Stafford County nurse. Melchers helped establish the Mary Washington Hospital and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She served on the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
WAnna Buck Nickels was an American cactus collector and florist. She was for many years one of the most important collectors, cultivators, and popularizers of the cactus of Mexico and southern Texas. The standard author abbreviation A.B.Nickels is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
WElza Polak was a Yugoslav horticulturist and gardener. She is considered one of the pioneers of modern horticulture in Croatia.
WAlexandra Eleonora "Nora" Pöyhönen was a Finnish horticulturist and school director.
WHortensia del Prado was a Dutch noblewoman and horticulturalist whose garden in Middelburg was featured by the poet Jacob Cats.
WElsie Reford was a pioneer of Canadian horticulture, creating one of the largest private gardens in Canada on her estate, Estevan Lodge in eastern Quebec. Located in Grand-Métis on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, her gardens have been open to the public since 1962 and operate under the name Les Jardins de Métis and Reford Gardens.
WEleanour (Sophy) Sinclair Rohde (1881–1950) was a British gardener, garden designer, and horticultural writer. She authored thirty books on gardening between 1913 and 1948, and is best known for her book, The Scented Garden, published in 1931.
WKatherine Olivia "Kate" Sessions was an American botanist, horticulturalist, and landscape architect closely associated with San Diego, California, and known as the "Mother of Balboa Park."
WTheodosia Burr Shepherd was an American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in plant breeding. Called the "Flower Wizard of California", and "The Pioneer Seed-grower", Theodosia was the first woman in California and possibly in the United States to hybridize flowers.
WEdna Margaret Walling was one of Australia's most influential landscape designers.
WSusana, Lady Walton, born Susana Valeria Rosa Maria Gil Passo, was the Argentinian wife of the British composer Sir William Walton (1902–1983). She was a writer and the creator of the gardens of La Mortella on the island of Ischia, Italy.
WCynthia Westcott was an American plant pathologist, author, and expert on roses. She published a number of books and handbooks on horticulture and plant disease. Her work was also featured in The New York Times, House and Garden, and The American Home. Westcott was nicknamed "the plant doctor" after her first book of the same name.