First Female Professional Gardener to Get London Statue After 75 Parks Legacy
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📰 The quick summary: A bronze statue of Fanny Wilkinson, the UK’s first professional female landscape gardener who designed 75 London parks, will be unveiled in Wandsworth this July to honor her groundbreaking contributions to urban green spaces.
📈 One key stat: Wilkinson designed 75 public gardens across London over a 20-year period, creating vital green spaces in a rapidly industrializing and polluted Victorian city.
💬 One key quote: “Fanny was an incredibly important figure in her time – and she was really inspirational,” said Nicola Stacey, the director of Heritage of London Trust.
1️⃣ The big picture: A historically significant bronze statue of Fanny Wilkinson, the UK’s first professional female landscape gardener, will be unveiled this July in London’s Coronation Gardens. Created by sculptor Gillian Brett, the statue will honor Wilkinson’s remarkable legacy as a suffragist who designed 75 London parks during the Victorian era. The installation represents a meaningful effort to recognize women’s contributions to British history, especially those who pioneered professional paths for women. The Heritage of London Trust has partnered with Wandsworth council to place the statue atop a restored Victorian water fountain in one of the actual parks Wilkinson designed.
2️⃣ Why is this good news: This statue brings much-needed recognition to a pioneering woman who transformed London’s landscape during a time of increasing pollution and industrialization. Wilkinson not only created essential “green lungs” across the capital but also blazed a trail for women in professional landscape gardening by demanding equal pay and managing male workers in a male-dominated field. Her designs have stood the test of time, continuing to provide Londoners with beautiful public spaces over a century later. Beyond her gardening achievements, she advanced women’s rights through her work with the suffrage movement and helped establish the Women’s Land Army during World War I, leaving a lasting impact on multiple fronts.
3️⃣ What’s next: The bronze statue will be installed on July 3rd at the restored Victorian water fountain in Coronation Gardens, Wandsworth. The Heritage of London Trust hopes this commemoration will raise public awareness about Wilkinson’s significant but often overlooked contributions to London. The statue joins other efforts to recognize pioneering women in British history, including the 2022 blue plaque honoring Wilkinson.
Read the full story here: The Guardian – ‘She changed the face of London’: statue to be unveiled of suffragist gardener
