Christina Hourigan

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.

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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 🎉
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#KewGardens
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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

Poster for the event Plants, Memory Belonging

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

Yes please!!

#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!

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

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

Extinction and hope: Navigating animal encounters in the archive What hope can be found in encounters with animals in archival documents?

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!

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Excellent! Have booked!

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

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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).

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

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Find out more about 'Among the Giants' here:

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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.

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.

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

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:

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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!! 💚

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 […]

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...

The Sycamore Gap case has shed light on a deeper issue with trees The felling has prompted calls for stricter legal protections for other trees and drawn attention to wider issues

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
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Heatwaves leave London's urban forest under extreme stress Three heatwaves and a lack of rain have left London's trees struggling - but what can be done?

BBC News - Heatwaves leave London's trees under extreme stress
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Wandsworth park unveils statue of female landscape gardener The bronze statue of Fanny Wilkinson is installed on an Edwardian drinking fountain in Wandsworth.

Statue to "first British female landscape designer" placed in Wandsworth.

BBC News - Statue of professional female gardener unveiled
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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: three giant rams float over the English countryside.

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.

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