Background
Norah Mary Madeline Bourke was born at the hill station of Ootacamund, India into an Anglo-Irish upper class military family, the niece of the 6th Earl of Mayo, the Governor-General and Viceroy of India.
Norah Mary Madeline Bourke was born at the hill station of Ootacamund, India into an Anglo-Irish upper class military family, the niece of the 6th Earl of Mayo, the Governor-General and Viceroy of India.
Lindsay spent her entire life socialising with the upper echelons of society this led to many commissions from a client base which included royalty, English nobility and American expatriates. Lindsay collaborated with Christopher Hussey in two Country Life articles that illustrated Sutton Courtenay in its final, mature phase. Nancy Lindsay (1896–1973) was the only daughter of Norah and Harry Lindsay and was greatly influenced by her mother"s love of gardening.
After his death in 1953 Johnston left his French garden Serre de la Madone to Lindsay.
She left a selection of her writings, paintings and plants to Oxford University. A small commemorative fund was established after her death to enable women to accompany plant-hunting expeditions led from the University.
The legacy from her career is the many plants which bear her name which includes Dianthus Nancy Lindsay. Listed below are a sample of gardens Lindsay influenced, advised, consulted and worked on
National Trust gardens;
Blickling Hall
Chirk Castle
Cliveden
Hidcote Manor
Mottisfont Abbey
Commercial and private gardens in the United Kingdom;
Cliveden Hotel
Ditchley Park
Faringdon Castle
Fort Belvedere
Gleneagles Hotel
Godmersham Park
Kelmarsh Hall
Mells Manor
Portuguese Lympne
Rhodes House
Trent Park
Overseas;
Bled Castle
Brdo Castle
Serre de la Madone
Villa Madama.