Indoor Plant lecture

Thanks to Advolly Richmond for a fabulous Zoom talk yesterday on the Social History of Indoor Plants. We roamed from nosegays and strewn herbs through tulipmania, pteridomania and window terraria to today’s fascination with unusual Monstera and the return of the macrame plant holder!

The lecture was not recorded but you can find more information on Advolly’s website (especially her podcast on K for the Kentia Palm) and in books such as Potted History by Catherine Horwood and The Hidden Histories of Houseplants by Maddie and Alice Bailey.