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
- Archives and manuscripts
Gardens from window
Amiss, Audrey, 1933-2013Date: c.1950s-2000sReference: PP/AMI/C/3/11/11Part of: Audrey Amiss Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Gardens and Grounds
Date: Early to mid 20th centuryReference: RET 1/8/2/8Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Gardens and Grounds Expenditure figures
Date: 1921-1926Reference: DGH1/4/5/1Part of: Records of Crichton Royal Hospital- Archives and manuscripts
Gardens and Grounds, 20th century
Date: 20th centuryReference: RET/2/2/13Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Gardens on the west side of the Retreat, near West Villa and the Nurses’ Home including views of terraces and herbaceous borders
Date: Late 19th century - early 20th centuryReference: RET 1/8/2/8/14Part of: The Retreat Archive