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Curator's Talk - What Do We Do With Our Girls Exhibition
Join Alice Lloyd-Fitt as she tells the stories of the very first women gardeners in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens 1920s-1930s.
08 Oct 2023, 11:00 am – 11:30 am
Botanic Gardens Information Centre, Cnr &, Great King Street North, Dunedin North, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
“We came up with the idea of the uniform ourselves, just for the girls not the boys. Louie Eason lived with her elderly aunt who forbade her to wear trousers. Her aunt may have changed her mind if she saw her bending over the Frames” - Gretchen Williams
Who were these women? How did they end up working at the Dunedin Botanic Gardens? Join Alice Lloyd-Fitt as she tells the stories of the first women gardeners in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens 1920s-1930s.
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