1926. Gardening career By 1937, Ashberry had closed Atalanta Ltd. for business and moved into an entirely different field of work: miniature gardens. She started a business in Kensington producing landscapes in ordinary window boxes which she sold to elderly and disabled gardeners and those living in flats. The Second World War brought a necessary return to engineering for Ashberry, but in 1945 she was able to purchase a cottage in Chignall Smealy and resume her miniature gardening business. In this field she was better known as Anne Ashberry and became famous for her nursery and designs. She exhibited at Chelsea Flower Shows, The Festival of Britain Exhibition and on television. She published 7 books, starting with Miniature Gardens in 1952. A film about miniature gardens featuring Ashberry was made by British Pathé in 1952. Other notable books included Bottled Garden and Fern Cases (1964) and Alpine Lawns (1966). Ashberry died in Chelmsford, Essex on 2 September 1990, aged 96. References 1894 births 1990 deaths British women engineers 20th-century British engineers 20th-century British women British horticulturists Women's Engineering Society Jewish engineers