Conference announcement: Natural History in the Age of Revolutions | 1776-1848 To explore themes connected broadly to the revolution in nature that began to be witnessed on a global scale in the decades around 1800. July 15. book below. Edwin Rose bit.ly/3Jup7XP

Great to welcome members of TORCH Oxford to Kew Gardens today to talk #research & see some of our fabulous #collections! Kew Gardens Library and Archives Mark Nesbitt Kew Science University of Oxford TheRuskinSchool Katherine Ibbett @eparpillee.bsky.social Nandini Das 𝑬𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒂 𝑽𝒂𝒊

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON BOTANICAL GARDENS - weekend programme of talks Oxford Continuing Education with The Gardens Trust 31/5-2/6/24 Speakers inc: India Cole Clare Hickman Sharon Willoughby Lindsay Sekulowicz Sara Louise Edwards Caroline Cornish Details: conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/botani… Kew Science Kew Gardens Library and Archives

Kicking off the University of Sussex - Wakehurst collaborative research project '#INCLUSION for #VISION_IMPAIRED VISITORS' with site visit. Great day - lots learnt. Thanks to Karis Jade Petty Harri Oliver, Hannah Macpherson & all at Blatchington Court Trust & East Sussex Vision Support

Reminder: PLANTING RESISTANCE: #BOTANICAL LEGACIES of the #AFRICAN #DIASPORA - talk by Judith Carney, author of "Black Rice", "In the Shadow of Slavery", etc. Kew Gardens 28/05/24 Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/planting-res…… NatSCA TEA | The Ethnobotanical Assembly The Linnean Society of London Kew Science Kew Gardens Library and Archives

FREE online lecture from SocHistColl : ISLAND #COLLECTING IN THE WEST #INDIAN OCEAN IN THE AGE OF #EMPIRE by Sarah Longair University of Lincoln, UK 23 May 2024, 18h BST Register: …hehistoryofcollecting.wildapricot.org/event-5582932 MGHG Kew Gardens Library and Archives RHUL GeoHumanities Kew Science Mark Nesbitt

TREE CULTURES at KEW: July 9 '24 FREE day of talks & discussion Kew Gardens from #arts_and_humanties researchers Tours of Kew trees & #xylarium Programme & booking: derby.ac.uk/events/latest-… Kew Science Kew Gardens Library and Archives University of Derby RHUL GeoHumanities RHUL Centre for Victorian Studies Assoc Gardens Trusts Forestry England

Congratulations to Maura C. Flannery for an Excellence in #Botany award from Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries for her wonderful #monograph - IN THE #HERBARIUM yalebooks.co.uk/book/978030027… Kew Science Kew Gardens Library and Archives RHUL GeoHumanities

And we share your excitement, Isobel! Well done!

Who knew? George #Orwell detested totalitarianism, loved growing #roses! See new review of Rebecca Solnit book 'ORWELL'S ROSES' by Caroline Cornish Journal of Historical Geography here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.… Kew Gardens Library and Archives Kew Science RHULGeography RHUL GeoHumanities

📢 Join Southampton Digital Humanities + Kew Gardens 25 June for a webinar on plant histories, curation of flora, and botanical records as access points to histories of people, longitudinal networks of science, and colonial access to land and natural resources. Register here forms.office.com/e/HaE7WaBBJq

One month to go to TREE CULTURES at KEW! Book here: derby.ac.uk/events/latest-….

CFP: "Displaying the British Museum: Past, Present, Future" conference British Museum 20-21 Feb 2025 Abstract & bio to: [email protected] Kew Gardens Library and Archives RHUL GeoHumanities MGHG

Such a fantastic day at #TreeCulturesatKew. Such a wonderfully diverse set of papers about the cultural importance of trees #planthumanities Huge thanks to Caroline Cornish Dr. Anna Burton (drannaburton.bsky.social) Dr Amanda Blake Davis (abdavis.bsky.social) Kim Walker Heather Craddock, & all the amazing speakers. And congratulations to...

Thanks to everyone who came to "Tree Cultures at Kew' today and made it a success! Such a wonderful day of arboreal papers and tree walks (despite the rain!)🌲🌳 Dr Amanda Blake Davis (abdavis.bsky.social) Plant Humanities UK Christina Harrison (Hourigan) Heather Craddock Shani Cadwallender 🍃 Kew Gardens et al! 🌳🌲

A treat to be at ‘Tree Cultures at Kew’, opened by Dir Kew Gardens Richard Deverell with insights from Shani Cadwallender 🍃 Dr Amanda Blake Davis (abdavis.bsky.social) Dr. Anna Burton (drannaburton.bsky.social) & more. Also a peek at some of the 35,000 wood specimens from Kew’s extraordinary Economic Botany Collection. Thank you, Caroline Cornish!

Well, it is official! 😆😁 The gallery I have been curating over the past few months with Wellcome Collection is open. The Kola Nut Cannot Be Contained is about the entangled global histories, vibrant traditions, and future innovations surrounding this small West African fruit.

Congratulations Heather!

5x15 PRESENTS: Merlin Sheldrake live Kew Gardens 26/9/24, 19h BST, author of bestseller #EntangledLife : how #fungi make our worlds #mycology #mycorrhiza #FungalHumanities Kew Science Kew Gardens Library and Archives RHUL GeoHumanities Book: eventbrite.co.uk/e/5x15-present…

ROUNDTABLE: Study of #collecting: past, present & future, 10/09/2024, 14-16h BST UCL IAS: Paula Findlen Anne Gerritsen Dr Anna Garnett Mark Carine Hélia Marçal UCL History of Art #collections #museums More: ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-a… Stanford University University of Warwick Natural History Museum Kew Gardens Library and Archives Petrie Museum