The Garden’s Trust New Research Symposium is an annual opportunity to share new and unpublished interdisciplinary research relating to garden history. It is open to all researchers and scholars, whether or not they are attached to an academic institution, and we welcome submissions from international scholars as well as those based in the UK. Since its launch in 2011, the symposium has hosted cutting-edge research from more than fifty researchers. The symposium this year will take place online on Saturday 23rd November 2024.
We welcome submissions from researchers approaching garden history and conservation from various academic disciplines and vocational backgrounds. Papers could, for example, include topics such as: explorations of little-known gardens, aspects of botany, ecology, horticulture, archaeology, social history, architecture, design, art history or sculpture.
Please send a 200/250-word abstract for a twenty-minute paper along with a brief biography to newresearchsymposium@thegardenstrust.orgby midnight (UK time) on Sunday 30June 2024.
MAVIS BATEY ESSAY PRIZE
Our annual essay competition is intended to encourage vibrant, scholarly writing and new research, especially by those who have not yet had their work published. It is open to any student, worldwide, registered in a bona-fide university or other recognised qualification-awarding institution of higher or further education or who has recently graduated from such an institution. Submissions must be 5,000 to 6,000 words on a topic of relevance to some aspect of garden history, which could include explorations of little-known gardens, or an aspect of botany, ecology, horticulture, archaeology, social history, architecture, design, art history or sculpture.
The prize includes an award of £500, free membership of the Gardens Trust for a year and consideration for publication in our peer-reviewed, scholarly journalGarden History. All previous winners have been accepted for publication, and often the best of the non-winning entries are invited to submit to the journal as well. Submissions for this year or any further enquiries should be sent to essayprize@thegardenstrust.org. The deadline for submissions is 6pm (UK time) Sunday, 8 September 2024.
