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Tag Archives: Jyll Bradley

Mr Roscoe’s Garden: A Political History

Here at a sense of place we’re big appreciators of William Roscoe and all he did for the City of Liverpool and, well, for humanity generally. Helping to get the Transatlantic Slave Trade stopped, at considerable physical and financial risk to himself was no mean feat after all. We followed his life, interests and achievements …

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Posted bySarah HortonOctober 7, 2014February 8, 2018Posted inGardening, History, Liverpool, Natural worldTags: Andrew Hubbard, biological classification, Calderstones, camellias, Carl Linnaeus, Chelsea Physic Garden, Croxteth Hall, Edge Lane, Frank Horton, Greenhill Nursery, Harthill Gardens, Harthill glasshouses, International Garden Festival, Jyll Bradley, Kew, Linnaean System, Liverpool Botanic Garden, Liverpool Central Library, Liverpool's Botanic Collection, Militant Tendency, Mr Roscoe's Garden, orchids, Postcode Honey, Sefton Park Palm House, Stephen Lyus, Sudley House, taxonomy, The Shipperies Exhibition, The Stranger in Liverpool, transatlantic slave trade, walled garden, Wavertree Botanic Gardens, William Roscoe7 Comments on Mr Roscoe’s Garden: A Political History

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