Andrea Wulf

Talk at the International Center for Jefferson Studies, Monticello, Virginia, 13 May 2009 @ 4pm

 The US edition of The Brother Gardeners will be launched at the ICJS, Monticello. I will also be giving a talk on The Brother Gardeners. The event is hosted by the ICJS and the Benjamin Franklin House Foundation. The reception begins at 3.30 p.m and the talk at 4 p.m at the Jefferson Library.

Link to Monticello website

Link to Benjamin Franklin House Foundation website

Talk at Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities, Auburn University

On 4 June 2009 @ 3pm I will be giving a talk on The Brother Gardeners at the Special Collections and Archives at Ralph Brown Draughon Library at Auburn University, Alabama.

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Review The Oldie: The Brother Gardeners

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Talk at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington DC, 1 May 2009, 12-1pm

In conjunction with the publication of the The Brother Gardeners in the United States, I will give a lunchtime talk at the United States Botanic Garden in the grounds of the Capitol (12-1pm).

Link to the United States Botanic Garden

Talk American Friends of the Georgian Group, New York, 4 May 2009 @ 6pm

I will be giving a talk on The Brother Gardeners for the American Friends of the Georgian Group in New York at the Collectors Club (22 East 35th St, NY) at 6pm.

Link to the American Friends of the Georgian Group

Link to the Collectors Club

Talk at the Royal Geographical Society, 16 March 2009

As part of the Monday Evening Lectures, I will be giving a talk at the Royal Geographical Society, London at 6.30pm on The Brother Gardeners and the British obsession with gardens. 

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Review Notes and Records of the Royal Society: The Brother Gardeners

‘Andrea Wulf tells the fascinating story of the British obsession with gardens and plants … an absorbing and important story…Wulf brings alive the personalities and outlook of the great collectors and botanists … an entertaining read.’ Neil Chambers, Executive Director of the Joseph Banks Archive Project, Notes and Records of the Royal Society, 2008

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Westonbirt: BBC Countryfile, 2 November 2008, BBC1 @ 11am

To coincide with the wonderful autumn colours, I presented a piece for BBC Countryfile in Westonbirt , the National Arboretum. Much of our fiery autumn colour are foreign species, brought to Britain by intrepid plant hunters such as the American John Bartram. Here I’m telling their story.

 

Article Kew Magazine, The Seeds of Change, Autumn 2008 issue

The arrival of large quantities of tree seeds from America in the mid-1700s transformed British gardens, including Kew. Andrea Wulf tells the fascinating story of John Bartram, who gave our treescape a colourful American accent.

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