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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · 7d

Huge thanks to the team at @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social and @sarahwhpress.bsky.social for creating such stunning designs for our special #arborealhumanities issue!
Check out all the beautifully crafted papers, poetry and reviews at whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/vie...

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Heather Craddock @hcraddock.bsky.social · 7d

Very happy that my article on the ackee tree in Jamaica is out! Thanks to @treeseeker.bsky.social and @planthums-uk.bsky.social for editing this excellent special issue.

www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...

Image of the fruit and seeds of the ackee tree in front of leaves.

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 9d

It's here!!! 200 pages of #research articles, #narrative #nonfiction, #poetry & #reviews - all on #trees! Many thanks to @whitehorsepress.bsky.social, @treeseeker.bsky.social & all our contributors url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/9ZIoCojPZH...

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · 9d

Check out the new issue of #PlantPerspectives on the #arborealhumanities! Including my own first published paper 🎉
whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index

#envhum
#envhist
#history
#historicalgeography
#planthumanities
#culturalgeography
#RoyalHolloway
#KewGardens
#RGS
#Archives
#treebiographies

Plant Perspectives

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · 9d

Delighted to announce that our special issue of #PlantPerspectives @plantperspectives.bsky.social journal is NOW LIVE 🎊🎉🍾🥂

See:
whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
Great range of papers, poetry, narrative non-fiction, and book reviews on the #arborealhumanities 🌳

Huge thanks to @planthums-uk.bsky.social

Plant Perspectives

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Patrícia Silveira @patriciasgeo.bsky.social · 19d

📯Very excited to see the new HGRG Newsletter! There is a special section to the ICHG in China.
Events, publications, grants and reports all in this wonderful edition. Enjoy!!
📖 Read it here: hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@rgsibg.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @lghgseminar.bsky.social

hgrg.org.uk

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Plant Perspectives Journal @plantperspectives.bsky.social · 21d

The journal is co-presenting an online event with Oak Spring Garden Foundation on 8th October – 'Plants, Memory belonging'

Join us for some wonderful research on plants by writers, artists, and academics

Register here: www.osgf.org/programs-and... #envhist #envhum #PlantStudies

Poster for the event Plants, Memory Belonging

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · 25d

Fascinating talk by #author Sara Lodge on her #newbook about #Victorian #FemaleDetectives at #ChiswickBookFestival today! Can't wait to read it.
#History #publishing #research #archives #yaleuniversitypress

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · 26d

Yes please!!

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · 27d

#Historicalgeography #HGRG #RGS #planthumanities #envhum #Geography #history #archives
Call out for any events or news in the world of historical geography that you lovely people would like included in the next HGRG newsletter. Only a few days left before the autumn issue is published. Let me know!

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Heather Craddock @hcraddock.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Call for Papers for 'Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive', a symposium at The National Archives in London, 4 December 2025, is now open!

Submission deadline: Friday 19 Sept

See the CFP and details about bursaries for speakers here: orlo.uk/Z8StS

#envhum #envhist

Image of Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company workshops with smoke escaping from tower. Reference: CO 1069/280 from The National Archives, UK.

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The White Horse Press @whitehorsepress.bsky.social · 29d

'Plant Perspectives' is co-presenting an online event with Oak Spring Garden Foundation on 8th October – 'Plants, Memory belonging'. See attached for more details; and you can register here: www.osgf.org/programs-and... @plantperspectives.bsky.social #envhum #plantstudies #envhist

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Heather Craddock @hcraddock.bsky.social · 29d

I'll be hosting an online event on encountering extinction in the archives with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social as part of The National Archives' Research Routes series.

Come along to hear about researching animal histories in the archive!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extinction...

Extinction and hope: Navigating animal encounters in the archive

What hope can be found in encounters with animals in archival documents?

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · 29d

Excellent! Have booked!

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · Aug 31

www.positive.news/society/capi...

Capital grains: the urban trees getting a second life

Furniture maker Bruce Saunders co-founded Fallen & Felled to give a second life to urban trees destined for the chipper

www.positive.news

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Kate Teltscher @kateteltscher.bsky.social · Aug 26

What is the most beautiful flowering tree in the world? Find out in my essay for Plant Perspectives, ed. by the wonderful Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan.
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social

Front and back cover of Plant Perspectives vol 2.2 with image of installation 'Of the Oak' by Marshmallow Laser Feast in Kew Gardens 2025 on the cover.

Amherstia nobilis, hand-coloured lithograph by Maxim Gauci, based on drawing by Vishnuprasad from Nathaniel Wallich, Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 1 (1830).

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · Aug 14

Happy #Publication Day to #AmongtheGiants, a year at the #Kew Arboretum. #OctopusBooks #KewPublishing #KewGardens #gardenhistory #trees #science #climateresilience #climatechange #urbantrees

Available at all good book stores now!

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The White Horse Press @whitehorsepress.bsky.social · Jul 28

Here's a preview of the cover and contents of 'Plant Perspectives' 2.2, a special issue guest edited by Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan at Kew Gardens; forthcoming in October. #openaccess #subscribetoopen @rbgkew.bsky.social @plantperspectives.bsky.social #plantstudies

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · Jul 28

Find out more about 'Among the Giants' here:

www.waterstones.com/book/among-t...

Among the Giants by Kew Gardens | Waterstones

Buy Among the Giants by Kew Gardens from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · Jul 28

Discount klaxon! My new #book is 25%off preorder this week only at #Waterstones #WPreorder.
Come with us and discover the fascinating work of #Kew's #TreeGang, the history of Kew's #Arboretum and #trees and how research is helping staff prepare the collection for #climatechange.

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · Jul 28

Has been such a joy to work with you on this and get a new #ArborealHumanities network going! Thank you to all contributors for your fantastic work. And huge thanks to @whitehorsepress.bsky.social for helping us to put this together.

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · Jul 28

Coming this autumn!! #PLANT #PERSPECTIVES 2(2) special issue: #Tree #Cultures & #Arboreal #Humanities eds
@treeseeker.bsky.social & Caroline Cornish #research articles, narrative #non_fiction, #poetry & reviews whp-journals.co.uk/PP @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social

'Of the Oak' 2025: digital art installation by Marshmallow Laser Feast @rbgkew.bsky.social

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · Jul 25

Here's my lovely co-author Carolyn Fry on Instagram doing the REVEAL:

www.instagram.com/reel/DMiF7ng...

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · Jul 25

Hot off the press! 🥳 Advance copies of my new book written with Carolyn Fry have just arrived!
Among the Giants, a year at the Kew Arboretum reveals season by season the amazing work of Kew's Tree Gang as they look after 11,000 trees & delves into the history of the arboretum. Pre-order now!! 💚

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · Jul 15

On a similar theme of tree loss in a landscape, here's a beautiful piece from the wonderful #Arnoldia magazine...

'Its absence is not emptiness. It is a space now filled with memory, with gratitude...everything meaningful leaves a mark' - Maureen Danahy

arboretum.harvard.edu/arnoldia-sto...

A Maple in Memoriam - Arnold Arboretum

There once stood a grand old tree, planted in 1881, whose roots reached deep into the soil and deeper still into the hearts of those who passed beneath its broad […]

arboretum.harvard.edu

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