Dr Adam Smith talks about “blessed plots”, gardening manuals and the 18th-century garden project at Furnace Park.
Category: gardening
Furnace Park garden project
“In a very special post Mark Bennett, whose PhD research deals explicitly with the representation of landscape in literature, responds to … More
Selling ‘The Garden’ in Eighteenth-Century Print Culture // Adam J. Smith
Selling ‘The Garden’ in Eighteenth-Century Print Culture ’In the first of two posts postgraduate researcher Adam J Smith discusses the … More
The Eighteenth-Century Medicine Man who Fascinated Virginia Woolf
‘Post-graduate researcher and current School of English MA student, Thomas Flint, who is working on the heritage garden at Furnace Park, … More
An Everyman’s Eden: Unearthing the History of Sheffield’s Allotments
Postgraduate researcher and current School of English MA Student, Jane Withers, who is working on the heritage garden at Furnace Park begins to dig … More
The heritage garden project at Furnace Park – from seeds to seedlings!
Seeds have arrived, but due to our limited potting shed space we are hoping that Sheffield gardeners, that may mean … More
Update from our friends at Woodbank Crescent Community Garden (an involuntary park)
Re-use of abandoned derelict land in suburban Sheffield as an informal park. Steeply sloped site (~900 m2) providing various ecological habitats, … More
Help give Furnace Park a spring clean!
On Saturday February 8th, 10am-4pm, we’ll be doing a Furnace Park spring clean. If you’re able to come along and … More
Micro-gardening, micro-habitats and other news
After a busy few weeks, the Furnace Park team is looking forward to its official opening event (details of which … More
Furnace Park – work underway
The landscape team have begun work at Furnace Park, dealing with the self-seeding trees, clearing the ground and getting everything … More
