
Constance Spry – More Than A Gardener – GI 25 038
12 June 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm BST
Tutor: Julie Verity BSc, PhD
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Constance Spry’s life is a rags-to-riches story. From humble beginnings, she became the flower decorator to Royalty and the crème-de-la-crème of society (most controversially the Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson). She described herself ‘first as a gardener’, but she was also a cook, an acclaimed writer, and educator. During the World Wars, she kept 70 women employed in her businesses. This course will explore her amazing life, personality and passions.
This is a reworking of the sold-out course from February 2022.
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