fiona davison

During lockdown(s) I have been researching garden history's forgotten feminists. The pioneering 'lady gardeners' who tried to build careers in horticulture. I will tweet some of their remarkable stories in the hope someone can help fill in the gaps 🤞

Sorry. Am not very good at this Xitter leaving/social media management malarkey. Forgot to mention I am on Instagram/threads @fionadavison65

I am afraid I have decided not to post or spend time on this site. I know there are good people here but I have come to the conclusion that, as currently managed, it is being used as a tool to destroy our community cohesion and spread hate.

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Come and work with us and our fabulous collections! Exhibition Co-ordinator role @RHSLibraries rhsocli.webitrent.com/rhsocli_webrec…

@StephenGParker @adamfrostdesign Fantastic - I am looking forward to speaking there in a couple of weeks time!

Exciting news! The Italian Garden at Gt. Ambrook will be featured on @gardenersworldtv this Friday on BBC2 at 8pm as part of their series on garden restorations @adamfrostdesign . You can get to see this significant Edwardian and queer garden that I have championed for years..

Could you be the 2025 Artist in Residence for The Plant Review magazine? 🎨 Open to all, enter by 30 September 2024 for the chance to receive a £1,000 commission to have your art featured on the front page of our quarterly magazine. Find out more: rhs.org.uk/competitions/a…

Come and join our team at @RHSWisley ! We're looking for a volunteer for Sundays in the library. A great chance to get our collection used by members and visitors, meet people and be a part of our Wisley team! More info here: bttr.im/jq85x

OTD 20 July1866 Ada Salter née Brown born in Raunds,Northants Social reformer,environmentalist,pacifist & Quaker Pres. of Women's Labour League & Pres. of National Gardens Guild In London one of 1st women councillors & the 1st woman mayor 1st Labour woman mayor in British Isles

What if I told you there was a single intervention we could deliver in our cities that would cool them during heatwaves, reduce flooding, scrub pollutants from the air, boost biodiversity, improve public health, and even reduce crime? You wouldn't believe me. But it's true.

A great team, location, interesting challenges, looking forward to working closely with the successful candidate as part of the forward thinking Science management team @RHSWisley

Looking forward to being part of these #celebrations today in #Rochester A #sensory garden is such a fitting tribute to Rochester’s Vera Conway Gordon. She was President of the local NUWSS branch of #suffragists campaigning for women’s voices to be heard & votes to be counted.

The Italian Garden at Great Ambrook: Summer Series: expert talks + Prosecco = a good Friday night, held at a gorgeous lost gay garden in South Devon. Please come; please spread the word Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-italian-… @artsandculturex @jcphall @fjd65 @DevonGardens

@UNKBiol106 Hope you enjoy them. And nice jade plant - I have had mine for 40 years, despite nearly killing it several times 😄

Books delivered today included 2 from @fjd65! Been looking forward to these! Ignore the other mess in my office. They get a nice home with my jade plant 🌱

Gardens could be dangerous places in the 1970s. Containers 'made of asbestos cement for outdoor or indoor use' 😱 leaflet found in the Lindley Library today @RHSLibraries

This Friday! Fiona Davison (@fjd65) at Brockwell Park Greenhouses talking about the radical lives of early women gardeners. Some tickets left: brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk/event/books-in…

Looking forward to speaking about my book An Almost Impossible Thing this Friday at the lovely Brockwell Community Glasshouses. Tickets still available brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk/event/books-in…

#OtD 13 Jul 1906 plumber Ben Cunningham and 14 unemployed workers marched onto a piece of unused municipal land in Plaistow, London, and began cultivating food to feed the unemployed. Police eventually managed to evict them the following month stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8480/t…

@mygardentalkst1 @woodwise @YaleBooks Hope you enjoy them all!

Some interesting reading over the next couple of weeks … Some note taking is in order methinks 😀👍🏼 @fjd65 @woodwise @yalebooks

We are bringing some of the best botanical authors to the Barn to talk about their new and acclaimed books. On Fri 19 July we will be joined by Fiona Davison (@fjd65). Fiona will be talking about her acclaimed book, An Almost Impossible Thing. Book here: buff.ly/3zJIOt2

#OTD Birth of William Barron, nurseryman, garden design, tree transplanter. Carte de visite from the Lindley Library.