Olive Mary Edmundson (née Harrisson) (1881 - 1972) was a British horticulturalist who was denied a scholarship at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden in 1898.
[4] Her success was rejected by the Royal Horticultural Society, who only accepted men at the time.
[3] Harrisson was supported by Reverend William Wilks, then secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society.
[1][6] She looked after her daughter's garden that was in the grounds of a Friends meeting house in Settle, West Riding of Yorkshire.
[2] Her story emerged after a researcher at the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library discovered a document in the archives.