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The Archives Hub provides a single point of access to 23,066 descriptions of archives held in 189 UK repositories. At present these are primarily at collection-level, although complete catalogue descriptions are provided where they are available. The Archives Hub forms one part of the UK's National Archives Network, alongside related networking projects.

A Bibliography of Garden History by Ray Desmond

The BBC Gardening web site has a wealth of information about gardening and plants, and includes a timeline of garden design history in the design section.

The British Lawnmower Museum is based in Southport, Lancashire, and is famous internationally famous. The web site includes photographs of historical lawnmowers and information about lawnmower racing.

The Central European Historic Garden Database provides access to over 1500 records of historic parks and gardens in Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. 

Coflein is the online database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW). It provides a wealth of information about the built environment heritage of Wales, and is available in Welsh and English.

Web site of the Country Life magazine. Includes online articles about countryside, architecture and culture.

England’s Past for Everyone is a local history project run by the Victoria County History. Volunteers throughout the country are working alongside authors and researchers to produce a whole range of new resources. From a series of books to learning resources for schools, it’s all about bringing local history to life.

Learn more about the people, places and times that have shaped the history of the county of Surrey.

Europa Nostra is the pan-European Federation for Cultural Heritage. It represents over 250 non-Governmental organisations in 45 countries in Europe.

Their web site contains a lot of information about heritage activities, campaigning, policy and initiatives to support and promote heritage. It includes information about the European Heritage Awards, and European Heritage Days.

Gardenvisit.com links information about places to information about garden and landscape design. There are many resources available on this website including information about locating and visiting gardens, what tours are available, finding nurseries, learning about garden designers, getting advice on garden and landscape design, landscape architecture and links to related publications.

This digital dossier was created by the Landscape Observatory of Catalonia and provides information about historic gardens, botanical gardens and other organizations associated with gardens and gardening in Catalonia, Spain, Europe and the rest of the world.

Gardens and people is a website featuring articles and information on garden history, garden design, art, plants and people.

The web site for the Gardens Illustrated magazine (published by the BBC) includes a searchable online index and a podcast.

The Hall & Duck Trust owns the world's largest collection of vintage lawnmowers, dating from the 1850s to the 1940s, and an extensive archive. The web site contains lots of information about the history and restoration of lawnmowers.

This website reflects the work of the Hampshire County Council in partnership with the Hampshire Gardens Trust who have been recording and researching historic parks and gardens in Hampshire. The records form the Hampshire Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

This website helps you explore the heritage of Lincoln from a new perspective - by giving you unprecedented breadth and depth of fascinating historical and environmental information, organised into 108 Character Areas.

Heritage Explorer is a website managed by English Heritage which provides resources for teachers such as images for learning, teaching activities, interactive activities, case studies and white board lessons.

Managed by English Heritage and working in collaboration with ALGEO and IHBC, the Heritage Gateway provides a single point of access to several of England's local and national historic environment records.

Historic Environment - Local Management (HELM) is a partnership project led by English Heritage and supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs. It aims to provide information and training to help the people who make decisions about the historic environment. The web site includes guidance and case studies.

The web site of the popular History Today magazine includes some online articles.

Images of England is a ‘point in time’ photographic library of England’s listed buildings, recorded at the turn of the 21st century. You can view over 300,000 images of England’s built heritage from lamp posts to lavatories, phone boxes to toll booths, mile stones to gravestones, as well as thousands of bridges, historic houses and churches.

The London Gardens Online Project, managed by the London Parks & Gardens Trust, aims to develop a dedicated web-based resource for information relating to London's historic parks, gardens and other green open spaces and to make this information freely available.

The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) provides resources for historians. These resources include online articles, free event advertising, MA/PhD study, training courses, an open-access library and more.

MAGIC provides a web-based interactive map of Great Britain that brings together a variety of information from different sources. It is a partnership project involving six government organisations who have responsibilities for rural policy-making and management. The partners are: Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), English Heritage, Natural England, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Communities and Local Government. It initially covered only England but now also includes information from the Coastal and Marine Resource Atlas.

The Milton Keynes Museum web site provides information about its collections and sites. It includes the collection of historical lawnmowers dating from the 1850s to the 1960s; and a re-created 19th century kitchen garden.  

The National Gardens Scheme was founded in 1927 to raise money for the nurses of the Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) by opening gardens of quality and interest to the public. The simple, but radical idea was to ask individuals to open up private gardens for 'a shilling a head'. At that time garden visiting was already a well established pastime, but only for a privileged few. In the first year 609 gardens raised over £8,000. A network of volunteer County Organisers was set up and by 1931 over 1,000 private gardens were open and Country Life magazine produced a handbook, known as "The Yellow Book" because of its bright cover.

Over many years a great deal has been published about the properties and collections in the care of the National Trust, yet to date no single record of those publications has been established. The following Bibliography is a first attempt to do just that, and provides a starting point for those who want to learn more about the properties and collections in the National Trust’s care.

The Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Archive is held by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency and contains a comprehensive record of over 700 historic parks, gardens and demesnes. Work on this archive was initiated by the NI Heritage Gardens Committee and the information was gathered through site inspection and map and documentary research and the records continue to be added to.

The web site of the Old Lawnmowers Club has information about the club and how to become a member. It is also a rich source of information on all things to do with vintage lawnmowers, including their history and restoration of machines.

Parks and Gardens of France aims to present all Parks and Gardens of France whether big or small, public or private open regularly or by appointment. Garden records are classified by region as well as by character. 

Plantlife is an organisation that speaks up for the UK's wild plants. The organisation carries out practical conservation work, manages nature reserves, influences policy and legislation, runs events and activities that connect people with their local wild plants and works with others to promote the conservation of wild plants for the benefit of all.

Richmondshire Museum is in Richmond, North Yorkshire. It was founded in 1974 by the Soroptimists of Richmond and the Dales; it opened its doors in 1978 in a former joiner's workshop, and has gradually grown ever since. Its web site includes information about where it is, the scope of its collections, and contact details.

The web site of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew contains a wealth of information about its historic plant collections, botanical science, plant conservation and biodiversity. It also provides information about its education work, together with downloadable resources for both students and teachers.

The Science Museum, London is renowned world-wide for its historic collections and inspirational exhibitions. Its web site includes contact details, information about its learning resources and collections, and has a wealth of online learning resources.

SCOTLANDSIMAGES.COM is a new images resource drawn from Scotland's national collections, making selected images available for licensed usage.

The Tyne and Wear Historic Environment Record online. This web resource is about the archaeology and historic environment of the county of Tyne and Wear. It includes educational resources for schools and local histories as well as the historic environment records.

TCPA guidance on garden cities

Web site of The English Garden magazine, with online articles, advice, pictures and forums.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is launching a Great Plant Hunt for primary-school children as part of its celebrations to mark the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin.

The Landscaper magazine is aimed at people professionally involved in landscaping and landscape design. Its web site includes online versions of its magazine.

The National Archives is the official archive of the UK Government. They help government departments manage their information more effectively and promote the re-use of public sector information.

Assembled by Woolerton Dodwell Associates, the successor practice to Thomas H Mawson & Son, the archive seeks to provide a resource for landscape historians, property owners and their advisors with guidance on the successful restoration and management of original T.H. Mawson schemes. The central archive includes documentation of all the works completed by T.H. Mawson, located at Mawson House, the office of Woolerton Dodwell Associates, only a short distance from T.H. Mawson’s first Lancaster office at High Street House.

Web site with reviews written by travellers.

The web site for the UKTV Gardens television channel includes articles, advice, and message boards about gardens and gardening.

The Unnetie Project is a searchable online archive of 10,000 digital images showing life in the rural and urban communities of North Yorkshire in the 19th and 20th centuries. These collections are held by North Yorkshire County Council Libraries, Archives and Arts, and the Dales Countryside Museum.

Founded in 1899 and originally dedicated to Queen Victoria, the VCH is an encyclopaedic record of England's places and people from earliest times to the present day.

This website contains images of bandstands and band concerts from around the UK. It also provides links to images of bandstands around the world.