Frederick Frye Rockwell

Who was Frederick Frye Rockwell?

Frederick Frye Rockwell was an American author of gardening books, and an editor of numerous magazines and periodical columns pertaining to horticulture. Frye was a founder of Home Garden Magazine. His editing career included the positions of Sunday garden editor of the New York Times, senior editor of Flower Grower-Home Garden, and garden editor of Farm Journal, Town Journal, McCall's, and Living for Young Homemakers. He was also former national president of Mens Clubs of America, and a founder of the Men's Garden Club of New York. Frye was born in and died in. He first married Ethel Marjorie Hughan, of Brooklyn, New York, with whom he had three boys and a girl. They later divorced and he married Esther Grayson, his co-author on a number of books.