Katherine Astor
English gardens
Member since: 2013
Katherine Astor is a dedicated and knowledgeable gardener, noted lecturer and gracious hostess for private tours of English gardens. She has spent 31 years restoring the neglected seven-acre gardens of Kirby House, her home in Southern England. Katherine has welcomed many guests for outstanding garden tours ranging from country cottages to grand estates of architectural significance in England and Europe. She is Chairman Emeritus for the British Memorial Garden Trust that gave a garden in Lower Manhattan as the British contribution to the area devastated by the September 11, 2001 tragedy. Honorary Member since 2013.
