Helen Ekins

Helen Ekins (9 November 1879 – 4 June 1964) was a British horticulturist and educational administrator associated with Studley College which trained women in agriculture, in Warwickshire.

Her father was a pharmaceutical chemist and she was one of the first students at St Albans High School for Girls.

After she left school she spent an unusual decade dedicating her spare time to growing vegetables and volunteering for work.

[1] In 1909 there was mutual benefit to herself and Studley College for Women when she became a full-time student of horticulture.

In 1934 the college offered a degree course of the University of London leading to a BSc in horticulture.