Dear Frances,
When I replied to your message I forgot to say that I did find reference to Scottish Gardeners in "A history of Manx Gardens" by the late Larch S Garrad. The author spoke in favourable terms about the Scottish gardeners. She mentioned "Lady Gardeners". I had been quite surprised when I found that my gg grandfathers sister had been a Manager Gardener and so I was interested to find that there were other women gardeners.
The book is a joy to have and an inspiration to me to visit.
Regads Denise Larcombe (nee Kermode)