<p>Love From Kew is a postbag full of scribbled stories - tiny tales from visitors' lives are entwined with Kew's secrets in an imaginative and beautiful scrapbook of poetic postcard prose that sings with the spirit of the Gardens.Postcards let us look into lives - their scribbled stories are cryptic, funny and poignant. The everyday is captured in inky messages about birthdays, snow, exams, dancing, and love, written on picture postcards from Kew Gardens. Told with wonder and imagination, author Sophie Shillito entwines these tiny tales with secrets from the landscape which mumble through the turf and whisper in the bushes. Love From Kew offers a fascinating insight into this social anthropology and micro-history, revealing the human need to connect with Kew and the natural world, as well as the importance of communicating with loved ones - two themes that are ever more precious and valued in recent times.</p>

Love from Kew: A postcard scrapbook

History

Shillito, Sophie

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

<p>A stunning scrapbook of the fascinating history of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.\n'Hello Kew is a compilation of words and pictures that celebrates the long history of souvenir guidebooks at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and through them recreates the experience of visiting Kew through the ages. This beautifully curated album includes fascinating cuttings, charming pictures, and intriguing stories. It allows readers to time-travel through Kew’s ancient landscape, glimpsing history and discovering the Gardens. It is a keepsake from the past, a souvenir from a trip to a time before ours, a book that celebrates the glory of Kew. Packed full of fantastic archival imagery, including photographs, guidebooks, maps, postcards, ticket stubs and more, this beautiful gift book offers an in-depth view of the history of Kew.</p>

Hello Kew: A Souvenir Scrapbook

Europe

All The Little Places

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Blue Mark Books

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