In her lengthy career, she designed around 400 gardens. Most of them were family gardens, but she is also credited with several large parks. Her portfolio of work includes the two parks at Villa Tartini in Strunjan, the park at the Slovenian Forestry Institute in Ljubljana, the park in Brdo pri Kranju, a number of memorial parks abroad, and several public projects in Radeče and Hrastnik.

She also helped design the Volčji Potok Arboretum. Several years ago, she received a prize for her work in the town of Žiri and for her contribution to the landscaping culture.

Working the soil is the most important part
“My contact with the soil is the most important part. I want my clients to feel the garden, the earth, the soil. Digging your fingers into the soil means the world to me. Time stops and all your problems fade away when you check the soil for moisture, when you look at the plants. Working the soil helps,” she told Outsider magazine on her 100th birthday.

She was one of the few girls who studied architecture at the Ljubljana Technical Faculty, as there was no separate department of Landscape Architecture at that time. She graduated in 1937 under Professor Ivan Vurnik. Two years before the outbreak of World War II, she married Yugoslav Royal Guards Officer Mirko Krulc.

Her love of plants led her to become a landscape architect. After World War II, she helped Professor Jeglič (Ljubljana Biotechnical Faculty) design the Volčji Potok Arboretum. In 1957, she became a freelancer.

P. G.; translated by D. V.