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The next seminar in our winter series will be on 12 February, with Kalina Prelikj's paper, 'Fifteen Years of New York City’s High Line: A Closer Look at its Impact on Urban Design'. This is an online only seminar. #gardenhistory @ihr.bsky.social
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Fifteen Years of New York City’s High Line: A Closer Look at its Impact on Urban Design
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February 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
thriftyhomegarden.bsky.social
Elegant yet enigmatic, foxglove has graced Britain’s hedgerows and gardens for generations.
thesarahcoles.co.uk/foxglove/

#Foxglove #BritishWildflowers #BotanicalFolklore #GardenHistory #MedicinalPlants #PoisonousPlants #PlantLore #WildflowerGardens #HeritagePlants #FolkloreUK
The Dark Allure of Deadly Nightshade. :@thrifyhomeandgarden
January 29, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Tall, elegant and quietly dangerous, foxglove has long held a place in Britain’s gardens and hedgerows.
thesarahcoles.co.uk/foxglove/

#Foxglove #Digitalis #BritishWildflowers #GardenHistory #BotanicalFolklore #PoisonousPlants #MedicinalPlants #WildflowerGardens #HistoricPlants #FolkloreAndNature
The allure of the foxglove. A garden favourite. @thriftyhomeandgarden
January 29, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Twisting, uncanny and steeped in folklore, the mandrake root has fascinated people for centuries.
thesarahcoles.co.uk/mandrake-root/

#MandrakeRoot #BotanicalFolklore #PlantLore #HistoricPlants #HeritageGardens #FolkloreAndNature #BritishFolklore #MedicinalPlants #PoisonousPlants #GardenHistory
The Magic and Mystery of the Mandrake Root. @thriftyhomeandgarden
January 29, 2026 at 1:34 PM
uhpress.bsky.social
Available now at an introductory discount (until the end of Feb) visit www.herts.ac.uk/uhpress/book... #GardenHistory
January 27, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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🌱 Snowdrops: winter’s first promise 🌱

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#Snowdrops #WintersFirstPromise #WinterGarden #SeasonalGardening #BritishGardens #GardenInspiration #GardenHistory #WoodlandGarden #EarlySpring #NatureNotes #UpTheGardenCompany #GardenJournal #QuietBeauty
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January 24, 2026 at 6:48 AM
histofgdlsem.bsky.social
The next seminar in our winter series will be on 29 January, with Laurence Pattacini's paper, 'Walking the River Edge: How Public Walks Enhanced the City’s Relationship with Water'. This will be a hybrid seminar. #gardenhistory
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Walking the River Edge: How Public Walks Enhanced the City’s Relationship with Water
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January 21, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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"A retired history-lover with a personal library of over 1,000 rare books, his apple varieties and techniques harken back to the golden age of cidermaking in England in the 17th and 18th centuries". #gardenhistory #wairarapa

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Cider's forgotten, ancient history
Dr Trevor Fitzjohn is the owner of Teepee Cider, a boutique, traditional method cider orchard and producer in the Wairarapa. A retired history-lover with a personal library of over 1,000 rare books, h...
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January 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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An upcoming talk at Dunedin Botanic Garden on their Peter Pan statue, which looks interesting! #gardenhistory
January 16, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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"Finishing touches being placed on the carved figure of a swan which will surmount one of the pylons at the new [Auckland] Domain gateway". New Zealand Herald, 18 March 1936, P10. #gardenhistory
January 14, 2026 at 9:20 PM
uhpress.bsky.social
This groundbreaking study uses archaeology and aerial imagery to reconstruct the stories of over 20 forgotten gardens across Hertfordshire.
If you love a good mystery buried in the landscape, this one’s for you.
Pre-order now.
#GardenHistory
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Lost Gardens of Hertfordshire
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January 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Our 2022 Xmas blog: The Auckland Wintergarden glasshouses came under threat in 1937, though not from some wartime enemy. Instead it was from Santa Claus, parachuting in to the Domain. Oh, ‘Chute! We look at Santa’s near miss... #gardenhistory

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Oh, ‘Chute! Santa’s near miss with the Auckland Wintergarden Glasshouses
By Ian Duggan Construction of the Wintergarden glasshouses in Auckland Domain was initiated during World War I. The Temperate (or Cool) House was erected first, between 1916 and 1921, for the year-…
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December 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
gardhistnz.bsky.social
“Although English Mistletoe may not have been seen by New Zealanders hanging from lamps and ceilings during the festive season, few have not heard about it”... We take a look at the history of European mistletoe in New Zealand. #gardenhistory

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Mistletoe: the Christmas Parasite in New Zealand
by Ian Duggan, Te Aka Mātuatua – School of Science, The University of Waikato The mistletoe species most associated with Christmas globally is Viscum album – the so-called European mistletoe – whic…
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December 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Set in 42 acres of countryside, @middetonhallgardens is a magnificent manor house with over 950 years of history. Visit www.middleton-hall.co.uk to find out more.

#MiddletonHall #DronePhotography #HistoricBuildings #UKHeritage #Warwickshire #MedievalToGeorgian #GardenHistory #HeritageRestoration
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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This beautifully illustrated book by Tom Williamson & Anne Rowe blends archaeology, aerial photography, and historical maps to reveal the county’s forgotten garden heritage.
Pre-order now!
#GardenHistory
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Lost Gardens of Hertfordshire
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December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
gardhistnz.bsky.social
The mysterious history of Aotearoa’s stolen statues, via The Spinoff #gardenhistory.

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Gone gnome: The mysterious history of Aotearoa’s stolen statues
Even gnomes aren't safe in this cruel, cruel world.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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The RHS Plant Collector Archive is a unique collection of papers associated with the 12 plant collectors and their journeys. For the first time they are now fully catalogued, digitised, and free for everyone to access #skystorians #gardenhistory #nineteenthcentury
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RHS Plant Collector Archive - 19th century papers
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November 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Islamic Gardens: A Paradise of Calming Symmetry #spiritualgardens #Charbaghdesign #Alhambragardens #Mughalgardens #waterfeaturesingardens #ShalimarBagh #Persiangardens #Islamicarchitecture #gardensymbolism #gardenhistory
Islamic Gardens: A Paradise of Calming Symmetry
Step Through a Gate, and the World Changes Have you ever stepped out of a noisy, chaotic city street and into a space so perfectly ordered and serene that your…
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November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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#Sintra #ParquesDeSintra #NationalPalaceofSintra #ArtHistoryJobs #ResearchOpportunity #CulturalHeritage #GardenHistory #RenaissanceStudies #MedievalStudies #MuseumJobs #HistoriansofInstagram #PortugalHeritage #PalacioNacionalDeSintra #JardinsRenascentistas #HistóriaDaArte #SintraPortugal
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November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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(4/4) #courtcultures #courtstudies #lacourte #hofkultur #residenz #environments #environmentalhistory #gardenhistory #huntinghistory #landscapehistory #humananimalhistory #architecturalhistory #medieval #earlymodern #renaissance #interdisciplinaryresearch
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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A fine day to visit the restored Japanese Garden in Fife. Dating from the early 1900’s, adventurer Ella Christie hired designer Taki Handa making it the first and only garden of its size and scale to be designed by a woman. 🌱🍁🌳💪 #autumn #Scotland #GardenHistory #JapaneseGardens
View over a small lake. The sky is blue and the day is still so the landscape is perfectly reflected in the water. In the distance there is a footbridge and a pagoda. The trees and shrubs are all different shapes, sizes and colours, and in the background you can see some hills.
October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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New blog: "The imaginary gardens described by Lewis Carroll include elements of old gardens, reflect the changing culture of the Enlightenment and, like all good art, they can perhaps challenge our perception of the world". #gardenhistory

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Alice’s Looking Glass Garden
by Peter Sergel The imaginary gardens described by Lewis Carrol include elements of old gardens, reflect the changing culture of the Enlightenment and, like all good art, they can perhaps challenge…
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October 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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On Day 2 we went to Raby Castle and looked at more recipe books and did more transcription. We also look at material from the Raby Castle Estate at the time the redcurrant was first grown there. We also enjoyed a tour of the gardens and getting to sample the famous redcurrant itself!
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Bundles of papers bound in pink tape. A person talking while walking down a garden path with other following. Two people standing in front of a redcurrant plant.
September 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The sundial in Hamilton’s Garden Place: "Generations of children have played on it, various vandals have bashed it, and thousands of people have gazed at its various dials without the slightest understanding of how it works".
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Hamilton’s Garden Place Sundial
By Lindsay Amner The sundial in Hamilton’s Garden Place has been an iconic fixture in the centre of the city since 1953.  Generations of children have played on it, various vandals have bashed…
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September 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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A number of figureheads from ships ended up as garden statuary in New Zealand in the early 20th Century. Here, in Part 3, we finish off our look at these items, including the stories of the America, Helen Denny, and others. #gardenhistory

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Ship Figureheads as Statuary in New Zealand Gardens, Part 3: the America, the Helen Denny, and others
Ian Duggan A number of newspaper reports were published in the early 20th Century on the figureheads of ships featuring as items of statuary in New Zealand gardens. In previous blogs we examined th…
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September 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM