Johanna Lausen-Higgins

garden history horticulture plants and gardens not necessarily in that order, all views my own

[Johanna Lausen-Higgins @rbgedipgh]

Dunbar’s Close Gardens is one of Edinburgh’s much loved small public parks. The Mushroom Trust has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic self-employed gardener on a freelance basis for c.370 hours/per annum at £25/hour. Deadline 12 April https://t.co/P8vUky1wDN

[Pedro Jiménez Mejías @pjimmej]

Some of these even contain some handwritten parts! A reminiscent of the time when the use of printing press was not widespread yet!

[Johanna Lausen-Higgins @rbgedipgh]

Students' Stories: "George Herbert Cave" by Dean Blake, 3rd Year Horticulture with Plantsmanship student at RBGE - https://t.co/Q7PHZkzjLO @TheBotanics

[The Gardens Trust @thegardenstrust]

🙆🏾‍♀️Celebrating 2 influential #Women in #GardenHistory for #Internationalwomensday
#IWD2023
#IWD
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📷 courtesy of Wikimedia & MERL/AR COL Brenda Colvin Collection

[Verity Burke @DrVerityBurke]

Plz share 🪺 Final session for this season of the #UnnaturalHistoryMuseum 🪹 A free event on the vital topic of decolonising NHMs, with academics, curators and artists https://t.co/FFTsQnChE3 #museums

[Mark Nesbitt @Economicbotany]

Out! A thought-provoking road map for 🌻Plant Humanities 🫂 for @ahrcpress from @RHGeoHumanities @KewScience. Led by Felix Driver & @CarolineCornis1, thanks also to 63 interviewees! TL;DR Botanic gardens are an ideal site for #PlantHumanities https://t.co/SDvuseDBmx 1/3

[Plant Humanities UK @PlantHums_UK]

#Interdisciplinary Research @KewScience is on the map! Visit our new webpage to find out what we do, who we are, and how we can help you with #arts, #humanities, and social science research @kewgardens https://t.co/ku0bC6a5yT @Kew_LAA @RHGeoHumanities @RHULGeography @ahrcpress

[Plant Humanities UK @PlantHums_UK]

So excited that 'WOMEN IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE: A SOURCEBOOK' is out 28/2 @UCLpress #OpenAccess 52 contributors from #GLAM & #HEI #archives #manuscripts #images #specimens #artefacts @Kew_LAA @KewScience @RHULGeography @musgalhistgroup #womeninSTS https://t.co/8pcnG6M75A

[Johanna Lausen-Higgins @rbgedipgh]

Becky Cross BSc Horticulture with plantsmanship student explores the history of Stumperies and rooteries - https://t.co/KakRumrFEF featuring @TheBotanics rootery from 1930s

[BotanicsStories @BotanicsStories]

Apple Hunting in Scotland @TheBotanics https://t.co/kC38GWpAGI

[Bethan 🍏🐝🌱 @bethan_gardener]

Gutted to be saying goodbye to our Garden History Diploma cohort without walking round a garden with them but talks about George Forest/decolonising botany & local designer Mawson's Rydal Hall garden from @ABIANDTOMS was a nice treat. Bye bye @rbgedipgh! See you soon @ccalland2!

[Garden Museum @GardenMuseumLDN]

Online event tomorrow! @AdvollyR shares the fascinating story of British-African botanist and plantsman Thomas Birch Freeman 🌿

Join us online at 6.30pm tomorrow: https://t.co/6PLDebfVPX

[Johanna Lausen-Higgins @rbgedipgh]

#InternationalWomensDay check out this great database for women in botany from Uni Regensburg https://t.co/1lAsWiNjmO it covers more than 10.000 women working on botany: botanists, collectors, artists, translators, horticulturalists, patrons and fictional persons.

[Johanna Lausen-Higgins @rbgedipgh]

@Fluffy_LeMonde Yes still upright! Hope you and yours are well too? Xx

[Maxine Ross @Fluffy_LeMonde]

Oooh this is one for @rbgedipgh 🍍🍍😍

[Johanna Lausen-Higgins @rbgedipgh]

Great @BotanicsStories post Margaret Gatty, Victorian seaweed collector by Kateryna Sydorova. Love Gatty's advice: ‘Any ‘rational being’ should leave silks, lace, and jewelry behind.’ https://t.co/lk2YJmHfT8

[Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @TheBotanics]

Illustration has been key to the communication of botanical information for hundreds of years and provides a beautifully accessible way of illuminating the natural world around us.

Discover this year's Diploma in Botanical Illustration exhibition at: https://t.co/y3xPIHH7g5

[Leonie Paterson @leonie_paterson]

#ExploreYourArchive #Home: #InverleithHouse @theBotanics was home to 3 of our Regius Keepers from 1878- the house was so damp when J.H.Balfour moved in the Scot. Cryptogamic Soc. named the organisms on the walls! His notes are in our new resource pages: https://t.co/hhELDHJTve

[Midlothian Council @midgov]

18th century Mavisbank is one of #Midlothian’s oldest, historic buildings. @HistEnvScot and @LandmarkTrust are looking for your views on restoring this derelict building and bringing the surrounding landscape back to life. Have your say at: https://t.co/ljsyigToAL