# Dorothy Hewer

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English herb farmer (1888–1948)

Dorothy Hewer Born (1888-03-16)16 March 1888 South Hornsey Died 1 March 1948(1948-03-01) (aged 59) Seal

**Dorothy Gertrude Hewer** (16 March 1888 – 1 March 1948) was an English herb farmer, herbalist, and writer.

## Life

Hewer was born in 1888 [South Hornsey](/source/South_Hornsey). Her parents were Annie Martha ([née](/source/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names) Everard) and Joseph Langton Hewer. Her father was a doctor and she was educated at [North London Collegiate School](/source/North_London_Collegiate_School) and [Bedford College, London](/source/Bedford_College%2C_London). She graduated in 1911.[1]

[Maud Grieve](/source/Maud_Grieve) became her friend and she had done leading work in growing herbs during the [Great War](/source/Great_War) when the UK's traditional sources were difficult to access. Grieve had been the president of The British Guild of Herb Growers and in time she would publish *A Modern Herbal* in 1931.[2][3]

Maud Grieve's older husband's health became a concern and she decided to move away from herb production and training. She gave most of her stock to Hewer. Hewer had started her herbal farm three years before near [the Kentish village of Seal](/source/Seal%2C_Kent)[4] where she became known for her "Seal" lavender. Hewer had been inspired by Grieve and by the work of the gardening writer [Eleanour Sinclair Rohde](/source/Eleanour_Sinclair_Rohde). Grieve had closed her training school and she encouraged Hewer to take on a few women helpers. These helpers or trainees said that they were made very hard by Hewer. One of these was [Margaret Brownlow](/source/Margaret_Brownlow).[1]

The herb farm's crop of culinary and medical herbs supplied Hewer's mail order business and a shop she bought in North Audley Street, London.[1] The sale volumes increased during the war and she published her book on [herbology](/source/Herbal_medicine) in 1941 titled *Practical Herb Growing*. Margaret Brownlow returned to work for her in 1943 and after Hewer died in 1948 in [Seal, Kent](/source/Seal%2C_Kent), Brownlow took over the Herb Farm.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ppp_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ppp_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ppp_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-ppp_1-3) Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004). ["The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/74452). *[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)* (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/74452. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/ref:odnb/74452](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F74452). Retrieved 20 February 2023. (Subscription, [Wikipedia Library](https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/partners/88/) access or [UK public library membership](https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public) required.)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Grieve1971_2-0)** Maud Grieve (1 June 1971). [*A Modern Herbal: The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs, & Trees with All Their Modern Scientific Uses*](https://books.google.com/books?id=REy8Yiyf2HEC). Courier Corporation. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-486-22799-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-486-22799-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Editor's Introduction - A Modern Herbal](https://web.archive.org/web/20080906125618/http://www.the-tree.org.uk/BritishTrees/MrsGrieve/mgintro.htm) The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with their Modern Scientific Uses. Mrs. M. Grieve F.R.H.S. Edited and introduced by Mrs. C. F. Leyel

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Desmond, Ray (25 February 1994). [*Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers*](https://books.google.com/books?id=thmPzIltAV8C&dq=Practical+Herb+Growing.+Dorothy+Hewer&pg=PA338). CRC Press. p. 338. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-85066-843-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85066-843-8).

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