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Major accessions to repositories in 2023 relating to Horticulture |
Local
- City of Ely Horticultural Society: minutes, correspondence, cash books, accounts, records of show entries and winners, photographs, newsletters and other papers 1986-2020 (2609)
- Mark Anthony Bassano, (c1765-1853), grocer: letters c1832-1861 (D8488)
- Dumfries and District Flower Club: records nd (1561)
- Bearsden Horticultural Society: scrapbooks, newscuttings, annual show papers, published history 1947-2013 (Acc 2023/7)
- Dyffryn Gardens, St Nicholas: scrapbook compiled by the Traherne family covering the period 1938-1939; reports of plans for Dyffryn Gardens to be used for other purposes, 1943; newspaper cutting, 1995; scrapbook compiled by Joan Kruger (nee Warburton), wife of Harry Kruger, Head Gardener at Dyffryn Gardens 1963-1975 1938-1995 (D1900)
- Marie Smith (fl2023), visual artist: artist book of handbound bleached cyanotype prints (33) showing the Horniman Museum and Gardens and plants in the Nature Walk, part of a series In Conversation with Anna Atkins (1799-1871), botanist and photographer, made as an outcome from a residency at The Horniman Museum & Gardens, in response to Atkins and the popular cyanotype process that she is known for 2023 (ARC/MUS/004)
- Forest East Garden Club: minutes, correspondence and records of membership, visits and speakers c1970-2010 (DE10554)
- Hardy Plant Society, Nottingham: newsletters (c1974-1992, 2013-2022), publications, articles by Audrey Widdison (1975-6), plus various letters and related papers 1974-2022 (10344)
- Mary West, (fl1990-2023), collector, Westhorpe Village, Southwell: scrapbooks, including Queen's Platinum Jubilee, death, and King's Coronation (2018-2023); photographic record of flora and fauna in Westhorpe and surrounding areas (c2004-2023); material from an exhibition for the King's Coronation celebration in Westhorpe (2023) other material relating to Westhorpe Hall, Westhorpe Estate - farming and racehorses, Westhorpe cricket, Westhorpe stories and legends, Westhorpe plants and trees, Westhorpe history and events; and Westhorpe Poetry Group: history, poems and events (2009-2023) [RESTRICTED ACCESS] 2004-2023 (10421)
- John Evershed (1864-1956), astronomer, and Mary Acworth Evershed (1867-1949), astronomer and Dante scholar, of High Broom, Moon Hall Road, Ewhurst: copy diaries, photographs and papers relating to Kashmir, where John Evershed was Director of the Kodaikanal Observatory, and relating to Ewhurst, including garden diary and visiting cards from High Broom c1913-2000 (10541)
- Epsom Garden Society: records including minutes, programmes and newsletters, 1930s-2020s, and records of Epsom Garden Flower Club (later the Flower Arrangement Section of Epsom Garden Society), 1960s-2010s c1930-2023 (10497)
- Radway Garden Club: minutes, accounts and event material incl the papers of Radway Horticultural Society 20th cent (CR5234)
- Harden Beck Horticultural Society: minute book 1937-1939 (WYB871)
University
- Poppleton Road Allotment Association: records incl minutes, corresp, membership information; details of annual shows and tenancy agreements 1975-2016 (2023/111)
- Mary Law, horticulturalist: album of memorabilia for the Horticultural Education Association Conference in Holland, includes photographs, postcards, itinerary and attendance lists, handwritten and typed notes about the trip 1955
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