Lorrie Alfreda Dunington-Grubb was an English landscape architect.
17 Facts About Lorrie Dunington-Grubb
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb moved to Canada in 1911 with her husband and business partner Howard Dunington-Grubb where they founded Sheridan Nurseries.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb was active in garden design, a writer and a patron of the arts.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb's childhood was spent in India, South Africa and Australia.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb attended Swanley Horticultural College in England where she studied garden design for two years.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb formed a partnership with H Selfe-Leonard, a gardener particularly known for his rock gardens, and they designed gardens throughout Britain.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb opened an office in London and practiced in Britain for several years, gaining a high reputation.
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In 1910 Lorrie Dunington-Grubb Dunington met Howard Grubb, a landscape architect, and the two married in the spring on 1911.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb worked on her own or with her husband on the design of private and public gardens, garden suburbs and town planning projects.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb became involved with the Women's Art Association of Canada around 1915 and was president of the association from 1925 to 1930.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb was an active member of the Lyceum Club of Toronto and the Heliconian Club, both devoted to women's involvement in the arts.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb belonged to societies such as the University Women's Club and the Council of Women.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb spoke on social issues such as urban congestion, the price of food, affordable lodgings for women and female magistrates in women's and children's courts.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb gave lectures on housing and town planning at the University of Toronto and on city beautification for the Ontario Department of Agriculture.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb wrote many articles on garden design for magazines such as Canadian Homes and Gardens, Maclean's and Woman's Century.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb caught tuberculosis, which forced her to slow down somewhat after 1928.
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Lorrie Dunington-Grubb died in Hamilton, Ontario, on 17 January 1945 at the Mountain Sanatorium.