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• - The famous fully-restored 1908 Gertrude Jekyll garden in Upton Grey, Hampshire.
  
• - An article about the English garden author and designer, from the Christian Science Monitor.
  
• - National organisation representing garden trusts. Activities, articles and archive of newsletters.
  
• - Discovery and restoration of a 19th-century fernery on the Island of Bute in the Clyde Estuary.
  
• - An alphabetical directory of many gardening personalities down the ages.
  
• - Association celebrating walled kitchen gardens. Background, advice, pictures, events and register of gardens.
  
• - Society promoting the study of the history of gardening and the conservation of historic gardens. Publications, research, archives and book reviews.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Illustrations from manuscripts and early printed books dig into the story of gardening. Includes games.
  
• - Biography of botanical explorer, 1909-l958.
  
• - Educational resource for teachers and children, from the London Parks and Gardens Trust.
  
• - A leading nineteenth century botanist, plant collector, close friend of Charles Darwin and director of Kew Gardens.
  
• - 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.
  
• - A searchable database of Historic Parks and Gardens in the UK.
  
• - Charity set up to link everyone concerned with the preservation, restoration and management of historic parks and gardens. Includes an archive of magazine articles.