Eleanour Sinclair Rohde

Born in 1881, she was a British gardener, garden designer, and horticultural writer whose work centered on the history, character, and sensory pleasures of gardens. She wrote extensively on gardening across the first half of the twentieth century, and is especially remembered for The Scented Garden.

Her writing stood out for making gardening feel personal and vivid rather than purely technical. Alongside practical interests, she was drawn to older garden traditions and helped preserve enthusiasm for historic flowers, herbs, and garden design.

Over the course of her career, she published around thirty gardening books between 1913 and 1948. She died in 1950, leaving behind a body of work that still appeals to readers who enjoy gardens not just as displays, but as lived and felt places.