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Mary Elizabeth Burton - A Head Gardener’s Story

Mary Elizabeth Burton was the head gardener at Mavisbank for 38 years from 1896 to 1934, not an unusual story today perhaps, but Mary is believed to be the first female head gardener appointed in Scotland. She was a pioneer in Scottish horticulture, who, with her quiet determination and perseverance, paved the way for so many women gardeners in the early twentieth Century.