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Annie M Gulvin (18 June 1876 - 1972) was one of the first two women gardeners at the
In January 1896 Gulvin was appointed, with Alice Hutchins, by William Thiselton-Dyer, then Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens as the first women gardeners at Kew.
Gulvin and Hutchins were then joined by Gertrude Cope and Eleanor Morland. The women were employed on equal pay, and were made to wear the same brown woolen uniform as male gardeners, so as not to distract their male colleagues. However, due to the publicity this caused, skirts were then reinstated.
After a year working at Kew, Gulvin moved to the estate of Iscoed in Carmarthenshire, Wales in 1897 as head gardener. In 1899 Gulvin became head gardener in
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,10 ...
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Early life and education
Annie Gulvin was born Mary Ann Gulvin in 1876, the daughter of Charles Gulvin, a police constable, and Mary Ann Hooker. She was one of the first female students at the previously all-maleSwanley Horticultural College
Swanley Horticultural College, founded in , was a college of horticulture in Hextable, Kent, England. It originally took only male students but by 1894 the majority of students were female and it became a women-only institution in 1903.
Early hi ...
, and graduated top of her class. The Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.
The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nor ...
published rankings of its examinees, and in 1895 Gulvin placed first and won their Silver Gilt Medal.
Career
In January 1896 Gulvin was appointed, with Alice Hutchins, by William Thiselton-Dyer, then Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens as the first women gardeners at Kew.
Gulvin and Hutchins were then joined by Gertrude Cope and Eleanor Morland. The women were employed on equal pay, and were made to wear the same brown woolen uniform as male gardeners, so as not to distract their male colleagues. However, due to the publicity this caused, skirts were then reinstated.
After a year working at Kew, Gulvin moved to the estate of Iscoed in Carmarthenshire, Wales in 1897 as head gardener. In 1899 Gulvin became head gardener in Burstall, Suffolk
Burstall is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around west of Ipswich, it is part of Babergh district. The parish includes the hamlet of Burstallhill. Recorded in the Domesday Book as Burgestala / Burghestala. It is in the ...
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Personal life
Gulvin married Alan Turner, a solicitor, in 1900, and ceased to practise as a gardener. She had a son and daughter, and died in 1972, aged 95.References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gulvin, Annie 1876 births 1972 deaths Women horticulturists and gardeners English horticulturists Botanists active in Kew Gardens