Christina Hourigan
@treeseeker.bsky.social
Historical Geography #planthumanities PhD student at Royal Holloway & RBG Kew researching the cultural history of arboretums. Book author, former magazine editor, gardener, cat servant
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Plant Perspectives
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Delighted to announce that our special issue of #PlantPerspectives @plantperspectives.bsky.social journal is NOW LIVE 🎊🎉🍾🥂
See:
whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
Great range of papers, poetry, narrative non-fiction, and book reviews on the #arborealhumanities 🌳
Huge thanks to @planthums-uk.bsky.social
See:
whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
Great range of papers, poetry, narrative non-fiction, and book reviews on the #arborealhumanities 🌳
Huge thanks to @planthums-uk.bsky.social
It was great to sign some copies of our new #book 'Among the Giants, a year in Kew's Arboretum' at #KewPublishing @rbgkew.bsky.social last week. It was such a joy to spend the seasons with Kew's Tree Gang and write about Kew's beautiful trees, arboriculture and climate resilience.
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
It was great to sign some copies of our new #book 'Among the Giants, a year in Kew's Arboretum' at #KewPublishing @rbgkew.bsky.social last week. It was such a joy to spend the seasons with Kew's Tree Gang and write about Kew's beautiful trees, arboriculture and climate resilience.
Huge thanks to the team at @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social and @sarahwhpress.bsky.social for creating such stunning designs for our special #arborealhumanities issue!
Check out all the beautifully crafted papers, poetry and reviews at whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/vie...
Check out all the beautifully crafted papers, poetry and reviews at whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/vie...
October 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Huge thanks to the team at @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social and @sarahwhpress.bsky.social for creating such stunning designs for our special #arborealhumanities issue!
Check out all the beautifully crafted papers, poetry and reviews at whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/vie...
Check out all the beautifully crafted papers, poetry and reviews at whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/vie...
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Very happy that my article on the ackee tree in Jamaica is out! Thanks to @treeseeker.bsky.social and @planthums-uk.bsky.social for editing this excellent special issue.
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www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...
October 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Very happy that my article on the ackee tree in Jamaica is out! Thanks to @treeseeker.bsky.social and @planthums-uk.bsky.social for editing this excellent special issue.
www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...
www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...
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It's here!!! 200 pages of #research articles, #narrative #nonfiction, #poetry & #reviews - all on #trees! Many thanks to @whitehorsepress.bsky.social, @treeseeker.bsky.social & all our contributors url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/9ZIoCojPZH...
September 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It's here!!! 200 pages of #research articles, #narrative #nonfiction, #poetry & #reviews - all on #trees! Many thanks to @whitehorsepress.bsky.social, @treeseeker.bsky.social & all our contributors url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/9ZIoCojPZH...
Check out the new issue of #PlantPerspectives on the #arborealhumanities! Including my own first published paper 🎉
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#envhum
#envhist
#history
#historicalgeography
#planthumanities
#culturalgeography
#RoyalHolloway
#KewGardens
#RGS
#Archives
#treebiographies
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#envhum
#envhist
#history
#historicalgeography
#planthumanities
#culturalgeography
#RoyalHolloway
#KewGardens
#RGS
#Archives
#treebiographies
Plant Perspectives
whp-journals.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Check out the new issue of #PlantPerspectives on the #arborealhumanities! Including my own first published paper 🎉
whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
#envhum
#envhist
#history
#historicalgeography
#planthumanities
#culturalgeography
#RoyalHolloway
#KewGardens
#RGS
#Archives
#treebiographies
whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
#envhum
#envhist
#history
#historicalgeography
#planthumanities
#culturalgeography
#RoyalHolloway
#KewGardens
#RGS
#Archives
#treebiographies
Delighted to announce that our special issue of #PlantPerspectives @plantperspectives.bsky.social journal is NOW LIVE 🎊🎉🍾🥂
See:
whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
Great range of papers, poetry, narrative non-fiction, and book reviews on the #arborealhumanities 🌳
Huge thanks to @planthums-uk.bsky.social
See:
whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
Great range of papers, poetry, narrative non-fiction, and book reviews on the #arborealhumanities 🌳
Huge thanks to @planthums-uk.bsky.social
Plant Perspectives
whp-journals.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Delighted to announce that our special issue of #PlantPerspectives @plantperspectives.bsky.social journal is NOW LIVE 🎊🎉🍾🥂
See:
whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
Great range of papers, poetry, narrative non-fiction, and book reviews on the #arborealhumanities 🌳
Huge thanks to @planthums-uk.bsky.social
See:
whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
Great range of papers, poetry, narrative non-fiction, and book reviews on the #arborealhumanities 🌳
Huge thanks to @planthums-uk.bsky.social
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📯Very excited to see the new HGRG Newsletter! There is a special section to the ICHG in China.
Events, publications, grants and reports all in this wonderful edition. Enjoy!!
📖 Read it here: hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@rgsibg.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @lghgseminar.bsky.social
Events, publications, grants and reports all in this wonderful edition. Enjoy!!
📖 Read it here: hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@rgsibg.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @lghgseminar.bsky.social
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September 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
📯Very excited to see the new HGRG Newsletter! There is a special section to the ICHG in China.
Events, publications, grants and reports all in this wonderful edition. Enjoy!!
📖 Read it here: hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@rgsibg.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @lghgseminar.bsky.social
Events, publications, grants and reports all in this wonderful edition. Enjoy!!
📖 Read it here: hgrg.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@rgsibg.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @lghgseminar.bsky.social
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The journal is co-presenting an online event with Oak Spring Garden Foundation on 8th October – 'Plants, Memory belonging'
Join us for some wonderful research on plants by writers, artists, and academics
Register here: www.osgf.org/programs-and... #envhist #envhum #PlantStudies
Join us for some wonderful research on plants by writers, artists, and academics
Register here: www.osgf.org/programs-and... #envhist #envhum #PlantStudies
September 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The journal is co-presenting an online event with Oak Spring Garden Foundation on 8th October – 'Plants, Memory belonging'
Join us for some wonderful research on plants by writers, artists, and academics
Register here: www.osgf.org/programs-and... #envhist #envhum #PlantStudies
Join us for some wonderful research on plants by writers, artists, and academics
Register here: www.osgf.org/programs-and... #envhist #envhum #PlantStudies
Fascinating talk by #author Sara Lodge on her #newbook about #Victorian #FemaleDetectives at #ChiswickBookFestival today! Can't wait to read it.
#History #publishing #research #archives #yaleuniversitypress
#History #publishing #research #archives #yaleuniversitypress
September 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Fascinating talk by #author Sara Lodge on her #newbook about #Victorian #FemaleDetectives at #ChiswickBookFestival today! Can't wait to read it.
#History #publishing #research #archives #yaleuniversitypress
#History #publishing #research #archives #yaleuniversitypress
#Historicalgeography #HGRG #RGS #planthumanities #envhum #Geography #history #archives
Call out for any events or news in the world of historical geography that you lovely people would like included in the next HGRG newsletter. Only a few days left before the autumn issue is published. Let me know!
Call out for any events or news in the world of historical geography that you lovely people would like included in the next HGRG newsletter. Only a few days left before the autumn issue is published. Let me know!
September 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#Historicalgeography #HGRG #RGS #planthumanities #envhum #Geography #history #archives
Call out for any events or news in the world of historical geography that you lovely people would like included in the next HGRG newsletter. Only a few days left before the autumn issue is published. Let me know!
Call out for any events or news in the world of historical geography that you lovely people would like included in the next HGRG newsletter. Only a few days left before the autumn issue is published. Let me know!
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The Call for Papers for 'Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive', a symposium at The National Archives in London, 4 December 2025, is now open!
Submission deadline: Friday 19 Sept
See the CFP and details about bursaries for speakers here: orlo.uk/Z8StS
#envhum #envhist
Submission deadline: Friday 19 Sept
See the CFP and details about bursaries for speakers here: orlo.uk/Z8StS
#envhum #envhist
August 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The Call for Papers for 'Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive', a symposium at The National Archives in London, 4 December 2025, is now open!
Submission deadline: Friday 19 Sept
See the CFP and details about bursaries for speakers here: orlo.uk/Z8StS
#envhum #envhist
Submission deadline: Friday 19 Sept
See the CFP and details about bursaries for speakers here: orlo.uk/Z8StS
#envhum #envhist
Reposted by Christina Hourigan
'Plant Perspectives' is co-presenting an online event with Oak Spring Garden Foundation on 8th October – 'Plants, Memory belonging'. See attached for more details; and you can register here: www.osgf.org/programs-and... @plantperspectives.bsky.social #envhum #plantstudies #envhist
September 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
'Plant Perspectives' is co-presenting an online event with Oak Spring Garden Foundation on 8th October – 'Plants, Memory belonging'. See attached for more details; and you can register here: www.osgf.org/programs-and... @plantperspectives.bsky.social #envhum #plantstudies #envhist
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I'll be hosting an online event on encountering extinction in the archives with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social as part of The National Archives' Research Routes series.
Come along to hear about researching animal histories in the archive!
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Come along to hear about researching animal histories in the archive!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extinction...
Extinction and hope: Navigating animal encounters in the archive
What hope can be found in encounters with animals in archival documents?
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September 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I'll be hosting an online event on encountering extinction in the archives with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social as part of The National Archives' Research Routes series.
Come along to hear about researching animal histories in the archive!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extinction...
Come along to hear about researching animal histories in the archive!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extinction...
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What is the most beautiful flowering tree in the world? Find out in my essay for Plant Perspectives, ed. by the wonderful Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan.
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What is the most beautiful flowering tree in the world? Find out in my essay for Plant Perspectives, ed. by the wonderful Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan.
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social
Happy #Publication Day to #AmongtheGiants, a year at the #Kew Arboretum. #OctopusBooks #KewPublishing #KewGardens #gardenhistory #trees #science #climateresilience #climatechange #urbantrees
Available at all good book stores now!
Available at all good book stores now!
August 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Happy #Publication Day to #AmongtheGiants, a year at the #Kew Arboretum. #OctopusBooks #KewPublishing #KewGardens #gardenhistory #trees #science #climateresilience #climatechange #urbantrees
Available at all good book stores now!
Available at all good book stores now!
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Here's a preview of the cover and contents of 'Plant Perspectives' 2.2, a special issue guest edited by Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan at Kew Gardens; forthcoming in October. #openaccess #subscribetoopen @rbgkew.bsky.social @plantperspectives.bsky.social #plantstudies
July 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Here's a preview of the cover and contents of 'Plant Perspectives' 2.2, a special issue guest edited by Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan at Kew Gardens; forthcoming in October. #openaccess #subscribetoopen @rbgkew.bsky.social @plantperspectives.bsky.social #plantstudies
Discount klaxon! My new #book is 25%off preorder this week only at #Waterstones #WPreorder.
Come with us and discover the fascinating work of #Kew's #TreeGang, the history of Kew's #Arboretum and #trees and how research is helping staff prepare the collection for #climatechange.
Come with us and discover the fascinating work of #Kew's #TreeGang, the history of Kew's #Arboretum and #trees and how research is helping staff prepare the collection for #climatechange.
July 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Discount klaxon! My new #book is 25%off preorder this week only at #Waterstones #WPreorder.
Come with us and discover the fascinating work of #Kew's #TreeGang, the history of Kew's #Arboretum and #trees and how research is helping staff prepare the collection for #climatechange.
Come with us and discover the fascinating work of #Kew's #TreeGang, the history of Kew's #Arboretum and #trees and how research is helping staff prepare the collection for #climatechange.
Reposted by Christina Hourigan
Coming this autumn!! #PLANT #PERSPECTIVES 2(2) special issue: #Tree #Cultures & #Arboreal #Humanities eds
@treeseeker.bsky.social & Caroline Cornish #research articles, narrative #non_fiction, #poetry & reviews whp-journals.co.uk/PP @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social
@treeseeker.bsky.social & Caroline Cornish #research articles, narrative #non_fiction, #poetry & reviews whp-journals.co.uk/PP @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Coming this autumn!! #PLANT #PERSPECTIVES 2(2) special issue: #Tree #Cultures & #Arboreal #Humanities eds
@treeseeker.bsky.social & Caroline Cornish #research articles, narrative #non_fiction, #poetry & reviews whp-journals.co.uk/PP @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social
@treeseeker.bsky.social & Caroline Cornish #research articles, narrative #non_fiction, #poetry & reviews whp-journals.co.uk/PP @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social
Here's my lovely co-author Carolyn Fry on Instagram doing the REVEAL:
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July 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Here's my lovely co-author Carolyn Fry on Instagram doing the REVEAL:
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Hot off the press! 🥳 Advance copies of my new book written with Carolyn Fry have just arrived!
Among the Giants, a year at the Kew Arboretum reveals season by season the amazing work of Kew's Tree Gang as they look after 11,000 trees & delves into the history of the arboretum. Pre-order now!! 💚
Among the Giants, a year at the Kew Arboretum reveals season by season the amazing work of Kew's Tree Gang as they look after 11,000 trees & delves into the history of the arboretum. Pre-order now!! 💚
July 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hot off the press! 🥳 Advance copies of my new book written with Carolyn Fry have just arrived!
Among the Giants, a year at the Kew Arboretum reveals season by season the amazing work of Kew's Tree Gang as they look after 11,000 trees & delves into the history of the arboretum. Pre-order now!! 💚
Among the Giants, a year at the Kew Arboretum reveals season by season the amazing work of Kew's Tree Gang as they look after 11,000 trees & delves into the history of the arboretum. Pre-order now!! 💚
On a similar theme of tree loss in a landscape, here's a beautiful piece from the wonderful #Arnoldia magazine...
'Its absence is not emptiness. It is a space now filled with memory, with gratitude...everything meaningful leaves a mark' - Maureen Danahy
arboretum.harvard.edu/arnoldia-sto...
'Its absence is not emptiness. It is a space now filled with memory, with gratitude...everything meaningful leaves a mark' - Maureen Danahy
arboretum.harvard.edu/arnoldia-sto...
A Maple in Memoriam - Arnold Arboretum
There once stood a grand old tree, planted in 1881, whose roots reached deep into the soil and deeper still into the hearts of those who passed beneath its broad […]
arboretum.harvard.edu
July 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
On a similar theme of tree loss in a landscape, here's a beautiful piece from the wonderful #Arnoldia magazine...
'Its absence is not emptiness. It is a space now filled with memory, with gratitude...everything meaningful leaves a mark' - Maureen Danahy
arboretum.harvard.edu/arnoldia-sto...
'Its absence is not emptiness. It is a space now filled with memory, with gratitude...everything meaningful leaves a mark' - Maureen Danahy
arboretum.harvard.edu/arnoldia-sto...
An important read and vital question. How do we help people appreciate the #cultural and social value of #trees as well as their biological value?
BBC News - The #SycamoreGap case has shed light on a deeper issue with trees - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - The #SycamoreGap case has shed light on a deeper issue with trees - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Sycamore Gap case has shed light on a deeper issue with trees
The felling has prompted calls for stricter legal protections for other trees and drawn attention to wider issues
www.bbc.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
An important read and vital question. How do we help people appreciate the #cultural and social value of #trees as well as their biological value?
BBC News - The #SycamoreGap case has shed light on a deeper issue with trees - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - The #SycamoreGap case has shed light on a deeper issue with trees - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Heatwaves leave London's trees under extreme stress
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Heatwaves leave London's urban forest under extreme stress
Three heatwaves and a lack of rain have left London's trees struggling - but what can be done?
www.bbc.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
BBC News - Heatwaves leave London's trees under extreme stress
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...