It was great to sign some copies of our new #book 'Among the Giants, a year in Kew's Arboretum' at #KewPublishing @rbgkew.bsky.social last week. It was such a joy to spend the seasons with Kew's Tree Gang and write about Kew's beautiful trees, arboriculture and climate resilience.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

📯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

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

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

#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!

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

'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

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...

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

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!

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

Find out more about 'Among the Giants' here: www.waterstones.com/book/among-t...

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.

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

Here's my lovely co-author Carolyn Fry on Instagram doing the REVEAL: www.instagram.com/reel/DMiF7ng...

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!! 💚

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...

An important read and vital question. How do we help people appreciate the #cultural and social value of #trees as well as their biological value? BBC News - The #SycamoreGap case has shed light on a deeper issue with trees - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Heatwaves leave London's trees under extreme stress www.bbc.com/news/article...

Statue to "first British female landscape designer" placed in Wandsworth. BBC News - Statue of professional female gardener unveiled www.bbc.com/news/article...

Really looking forward to #GardensandEmpires conference tomorrow at @britishlibrary.bsky.social with @rbgkew.bsky.social and @englishheritage.bsky.social and @planthums-uk.bsky.social. Such a good programme of speakers!

Absolute Units returns!!! In this ep, we speak to environmental historian @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social about her research into pigs in medieval England. Topics include: taking your hogs for a walk, the Hapsburg chin of domestic pigs, Babe 2, and so much more. merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

I absolutely love this article from @plantperspectives.bsky.social about the web of memories and human connections with birch trees in the author's life. Beautiful. whitehorsepress.blog/2025/05/22/b...

📓 Naturalists' Notebooks is still open! Join us Fri 25 July, 4–5pm, for a curator-led tour with our Head of Collections. Explore how notebooks shaped centuries of natural science — and maybe bring your own. 🎟 Book now: buff.ly/d6pXgGs

A wonderful day for my first visit to The Yorkshire Arboretum. So many interesting trees related to Kew's collections. Loved their interpretation tagline 'Stories Trees Tell'!

Interesting paper just highlighted in The Times on how Chinese temples were/are refuges for rare #trees. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Today is BIG Saturday! We’ve got loads to chose from so if you haven’t already head over to out programme page to see what there is for you! Don’t forget our family open day in Hackney!😍🌳

Spent a lovely morning sharing tree tales from Kew's #Archives for the #UrbanTreeFestival in London. From paving the city's streets with sweet gum and jarrah wood to conserving our native black poplar. Kew's Archive is a rich seam of reports, maps, correspondence, scrap books and more 🌳🌲🌴💚

Our Library & Archive teams are hosting a show-and-tell session on 12 May as part of @urbantreefest.bsky.social! 🌳 Come along to see great materials all to do with Kew's trees. It's first come first serve, so make sure to book soon! ⏰ #KewLA Find out more 👇 urbantreefestival.org/trees-in-kew...

Come along to this next Monday @kewgardens Library and Archives for some intriguing tales about trees and beautiful illustrations on show. urbantreefestival.org/trees-in-kew...

A long time ago in a manuscript far, far away.... Happy #StarWarsDay! – #MayTheFourthBeWithYou, always.

🐦🎶 Tomorrow is #DawnChorusDay - a perfect opportunity to wake up early and enjoy the beauty of early morning birdsong. As dawn emerges, songbirds start singing to attract a mate and mark their territory. Top tip 💡 Use the Merlin Bird ID app to improve your bird ID skills!

Uganda's shea nut trees under threat as charcoal favoured instead of beauty creams - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In June, I'll be giving a talk at The Armitt on Elizabeth Gaskell's depictions of getting lost or 'wildered' on the Lakeland fells in her short fiction. For anyone Lakes based/interested, all are welcome: armitt-library-and-museum-centre.arttickets.org.uk/armitt-libra...

#NewBook Looking forward to delving into this... #trees #planthistory #culture #ecology #planthumanities

Huge news today that the Darwin papers in our #KewLA #Archive collection are being added to the @unesco.org Memory of the World Register! 🗃️ Take a look at the writings of a young Charles Darwin with our Senior Archivist & Records Manager, Kiri 👇

Take another view of Easter chocolate with botanical prints of Theobroma cacao - the cocoa plant. 1. Maria Sibylla Merian, Insectorum Surinamensium, 1719 2. Hermann Adolph Koehler, Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887-97 3. Berthe Hoola Van Nooten, Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java, 1863-4

Fabulous evening at the Private View of the new Kew #exhibition The Power Of #Trees! Including 20 new works of art by the #Bedgebury Florilegium Society. Wonderful variety of pieces of #art across the different galleries. New book out for the exhibition including a history of Bedgebury by ME!!!

Yes please!

“England’s non-woodland trees have been mapped for the first time, using cutting-edge methods of laser detection and satellite imagery” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Really recommend this new small exhibition in Kew's Library Reading Room exploring shifts in the practices of 18 and 19C botany and how indigenous knowledge was used and acknowledged #BotanicalRevolutions #Archives #Kew

14/100 I’ve got a new #blog post out today! It’s about the research I did during my time with @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social and touches on #nineteenthcentury death and using data in historical research www.lucy-brewer.com/blog/salvati... #100daysofPhD #PhDSky #PhDChat #AcademicSky

Lovely story about saving a special suburban tree - in Adelaide - and why we all need (more) trees around our homes and in our daily lives www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Beautiful #spring #blossoms on the Yoshino cherries at #Kewgardens today 😍