Stories
- Podcast
The Garden
We explore ideas of belonging and colonial legacies, guerrilla gardening in response to a tragic event, and the link between an urban nature reserve and a GP’s surgery.
- Article
Active pensioners, blooming gardens
To reach your 70s with over 300,000 Twitter followers or running a music festival is not the stereotypical image of retirement. But does this energetic engagement with life equal happiness?
- Article
The healing power of the physic garden
Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.
- Article
Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
Catalogue
- Books
Gardening and arthritis / Arthritis Research UK.
Arthritis Research UKDate: 2011- Books
- Online
Gardening à la mode--vegetables / by Mrs. De Salis.
De Salis, Mrs. (Harriet Anne)Date: 1895- Books
Gardening with arthritis : a booklet for patients.
Date: [1991]- Pictures
Gardening: methods of grafting on tree branches. Engraving by H. Mutlow.
Reference: 496872i- Pictures
- Online
Gardening: a man digging in a walled garden. Wood engraving.
Reference: 496871i