Ruth Bancroft

Ruth Bancroft (born 2 September 1908) is an American landscape and garden designer and the creator of Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California.

Biography
She was born Ruth Petersson in Boston, Massachusetts to Swedish immigrants and moved to California when she was a baby. Her interest in gardening began when she was a teenager.

 

She created the Ruth Bancroft Garden in 1971 and it is still growing to this day and is a popular tourist attraction. She turned 108 in September 2016.

== References==

*The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California: Creation in 1971, and Conservation

*About: History

*Digging Deep

*1910 Census Records: Ruth M Petersson

*1920 Census Records: Ruth M Peterson