Woodroffe, Fleeta Brownell 1894-1990.

Garden writer and editor Fleeta Brownell Woodroffe graduated from Drake University in 1918. She became a regular contributor to Better Homes and Gardens (1919), and also provided free-lance work to a number of publications during this time. She was eventually named garden editor (1942-1959) for Better Homes and Gardens. Woodroffe was also employed by the Des Moines Register as garden writer and editor (1940-1984). As a writer, she traveled around the world exploring and writing about new and exotic gardens. As editor, she pushed the use of full-color photographic prints in her magazines at a time when color photographic images were still uncommon. She wrote and supervised the publication of the first edition of the Better Homes and Gardens Garden Book. In addition, her gardening column appeared weekly in the Des Moines Register for 44 years.