Ruth Bancroft, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ruth Bancroft

American landscape architect

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1908

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 26-Nov-2017

Profession: architect, landscape architect

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ruth Petersson Bancroft (September 2, 1908 – November 26, 2017) was the creator of the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California. A native of the Bay Area, Bancroft began the xeric garden in the 1950s on land originally purchased by Hubert Howe Bancroft, the grandfather of Ruth's husband, Philip Bancroft.
The garden became the first in the United States to be preserved by The Garden Conservancy and has been open to the public since 1992.