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Botanic Gardens and Arboreta (38)
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Finlay, Ian Hamilton (7)
Jekyll, Gertrude (6)
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  Museum of Garden History http://www.museumgardenhistory.org/
The recreation of a historic knot garden and the history of British gardens and plants are included as is a virtual visit to several exhibits at the museum.
  British Library: Lost Gardens http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/tours/lostgardens/
Illustrations from manuscripts and early printed books dig into the story of gardening. Includes games.
  Joseph Dalton Hooker http://www.jdhooker.org.uk/
A leading nineteenth century botanist, plant collector, close friend of Charles Darwin and director of Kew Gardens.
  Sisley Garden Tours http://www.sisley.co.uk/gardeners.shtml
An alphabetical directory of many gardening personalities down the ages.
  Garden History Society http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org/
Society promoting the study of the history of gardening and the conservation of historic gardens. Publications, research, archives and book reviews.
  Walled Kitchen Gardens Network. http://www.walledgardens.net/
Association celebrating walled kitchen gardens. Background, advice, pictures, events and register of gardens.
  The Association of Garden Trusts http://www.gardenstrusts.org.uk/
National organisation representing garden trusts. Activities, articles and archive of newsletters.
  Ascog Hall Victorian Fernery and Gardens http://www.ascoghallfernery.co.uk/
Discovery and restoration of a 19th-century fernery on the Island of Bute in the Clyde Estuary.
  The Pulham Legacy http://www.pulham.org.uk/
James Pulham and Son were eminent landscape gardeners of the 19th and early 20th centuries, remembered for the spectacular rock gardens they created in many country estates and RHS Wisley.
  London Parks Discovery Project http://www.parkexplorer.org.uk/
Educational resource for teachers and children, from the London Parks and Gardens Trust. Covers the boroughs of Enfield, Greenwich, Newham, and Wandsworth only.
  Historic Gardens Foundation http://www.historicgardens.org/
Charity set up to link everyone concerned with the preservation, restoration and management of historic parks and gardens. Includes an archive of magazine articles.                       
  Upton Grey Garden http://website.lineone.net/~uptongrey.garden/
The famous fully-restored 1908 Gertrude Jekyll garden in Upton Grey, Hampshire.
  Francis Kingdon-Ward http://www.geocities.com/tooleywatkins/fkwbiog1.html
Biography of botanical explorer, 1909-l958.

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