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Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865) gardener, architect and designer of the Crystal Palace, began his career on 13th Nov 1823 when he entered the Horticultural Society’s Chiswick gardens as a labourer. Learn more in "Joseph Paxton in Chiswick"- https://t.co/8p6FhFHai7

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2020-11-13

Find out how we're digitising tens of thousands of botanic artworks and prints, historic photographs of Wisley, rare horticultural books, early nursery catalogues, and more from our collection.

https://t.co/10zqPYDnoj

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2020-10-22

Pears. Juicy, tempting fruits, by S. Bavay, 1847-50. This work is truly a pomological rarity as there are only three complete copies known of this work. One belongs to the Royal Horticulutral Society and another to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. https://t.co/mhCiPPagFt

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2020-10-13

Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865) gardener, architect and designer of the Crystal Palace. He began his career in 1823 when he became a labourer at the Horticultural Society’s gardens at Chiswick House. More in "Joseph Paxton in Chiswick"- https://t.co/8p6FhFHai7

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2020-07-20


Together they forayed into the horticultural hubbub. The vague sunlight coming through the trees confused their sense of direction.
"Look!" cried Opal, "That's fresh"
"I see hoof prints in the grass there!" Priscilla said. They pushed through the shrubbery..

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2020-06-24

🍎 Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of London.
LondonPrinted for the Royal Horticultural Society by Spottiswoode & Co.
https://t.co/L1I7M9KnHG

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2020-05-03

It's - a chance to rejoice in all things green & horticultural. 🌱

This painting captures the gardener & odd-job man at Paul Cézanne's house near Aix-en-Provence. He featured in many works between 1902 & 1906.⁣
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Paul Cézanne The Gardener Vallier c.1906

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2020-04-28

When Plants Attack! Scary Monsters 117th Hideous Horticultural Horrors Issue available direct from us at https://t.co/hM6S11kITW. Not currently in stores. Thanks for voting us Best Classic Horror Magazine for 2019 (3rd yr in row) . Details: https://t.co/EQYeu2loYB

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2020-04-26

The further north you go the more horticultural Jesus becomes. My favourite is the Janssens Wildens version:

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2020-04-13

In Germany, Auriculas are a symbol of home. Bear's Ear Primula, Magdalena Bouchard, ca. 1773–1793. From Hortus Romanus, vol. 1, Massachusetts Horticultural Society Library.

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2020-03-27

Curious about & their horticultural embellishments? Join our & Fellow and professor Ann Komara tomorrow at 7pm in ! Free Book Hill talk at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library: https://t.co/JcUQ3ypLwP.

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2020-03-11

"Making fruit attractive in print is not easy."

John Lindley, English horticulturalist and author of Pomologia Britannica (1841), is 's Scientist of the Day!

https://t.co/X0qbbZh52E


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2020-02-06

We have a number of events running in the plant centre over the coming weeks! For tickets to paid for events please contact 01483 211113 & select Opt. 4.

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2020-01-30

reginae (Showy Lady’s Slipper) is one of Tennessee’s rarest and most critically imperiled plants? It is by collectors, as it has low seed germination rates and slow maturation, making it very vulnerable to picking

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2019-07-25

This fellowship "has allowed me not only to access a diverse range of resources for my research, but also to interact with a dynamic community of scholars. I developed many new ideas for my project by working with the horticultural collections at Oak Spring.”-

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2019-07-23

Join for the July 11 opening of Topiary Tango, a playfully serious exhibition about the horticultural practice of trimming bushes into geometric shapes. Curated by Mark Zlotsky, the 2017 Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel Grant recipient: https://t.co/8IUuad6A1u

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2019-07-09

NEW! In a horticultural collaboration between and , a new tee has sprouted! We've got a limited run of this Pocket Plant tee available now! We do not recommend watering him, he gets very... bite-y. https://t.co/B6OzhcdAJy

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2019-04-18

April is The botanical magazine "Revue Horticole" (1829-1974), with botanical descriptions and beautiful was a practical horticultural guide for gardeners and amateurs. Explore it in via : https://t.co/psq4depFOY

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2019-04-10

Our talk on Weds 13 March at 13.15 is Whistler and Nature: Looking both ways from the industrial to the horticultural. Our speakers are Dr Patricia de Montfort, Curator, & Prof Clare A P Willsdon, joint authors of the book which accompanies the exhibition: https://t.co/Io8RSjiqsg

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2019-03-12

Who knows where a horticultural career will take you? After training as a gardener David Douglas became an intrepid plant collector in North America. He met a grisly end in Hawaii but don't let that put you off

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2019-03-08