"Charles and Theresa entertained many friends at ‘Woodlands’ including , , , Henry James, Thomas Croft, and members of the Lushington family who also lived locally. Edward Burne-Jones was particularly keen to visit. He had previously stayed with his friend Stanhope at neighbouring ‘Sandroyd House’ which had been built in 1860 for the pre-Raphaelite painter by the architect , and visited the lovely fir woods in the surrounding area. Theresa’s garden was much admired by those in her circle, it comprised a terrace with planters, beds and borders of hardy plants and a in which she also grew culinary herbs."
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Theresa Earle
(née Villiers; published as Mrs. C. W. Earle; 8 June 1836 – 27 February 1925) was a British horticulturalist, garden writer, and author of a book on lacto-vegetarian dieting.
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