Stories
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Appointments with plants
In our ‘always on’ culture, poet Elizabeth-Jane Burnett find a route away from screens – by following the ways of the trees and plants outside.
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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
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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.
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姜、蒜、葱 Ginger, garlic and spring onions
Nina Mingya Powles felt adrift in the UK, living thousands of miles from home. But nurturing familiar tastes and smells in her tiny balcony garden helped her roots begin to grow.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Tree planting, occasion not clear
Date: Mid 1930sReference: RET 1/8/7/18/2Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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Tree planting to commemorate the Coronation of George V in 1910
Date: 1910Reference: RET 1/8/7/18/1Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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Tree planting ceremony in Retreat grounds by Anthony William Tuke, and D. Elton Trueblood
Date: 1946Reference: RET 1/8/7/7/1Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
Tree Plantings
Date: 1910 - c 1930sReference: RET 1/8/7/18Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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Retreat Tree Books
Date: Early-mid 20th centuryReference: RET/2/2/13/5Part of: The Retreat Archive