Christina Hourigan
PhD student
Department
Team
Specialism
Garden history, history of botany and horticulture, science and society
My main research interests are in the history and relevance of botanical gardens and specifically tree collections or arboreta. How and why were huge living collections planted at places such as at Kew, what was their relevance and how were they used by both science and society? I will be using Kew's vast archives, as well as many other resources, to investigate the history and global relevance of Kew's arboretum and landscape from the 1840s onwards. The project seeks to investigate the history of the arboretum at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and to consider the influence of this 320-acre site on arboreta, arboriculture and botany across the world.
- BSc Ecology
- MA Garden History
- Fellow of Linnean Society
- Member of Garden Media Guild
- Finalist for GMG Awards: 'Garden Book of the Year' for Remarkable Trees (2020)
Treasured Trees (2015)
Kew Publishing.
Co-authors Masumi Yamanaka and Martyn Rix. ISBN: 1842465864
The Botanical Treasury (2016)
Andre Deutsch in association with RBG Kew.
Editor Christopher Mills. ISBN: 0233004564
Bizarre Botany (2016)
Kew Publishing.
Co-author Dr. Lauren Gardiner. ISBN: 1842466143
Remarkable Trees (2019)
Thames and Hudson in association with RBG Kew.
Co-author Tony Kirkham. ISBN: 0500021929
The Botanical Adventures of Joseph Banks (2020)
Kew Publishing. ISBN: 1842467158
The making of a global arboretum: the case of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.