Home Guild Members Advolly Richmond FLS Specialities Book Author Lecturer Social Media Influencer Sound Broadcaster: National TV Broadcaster Writer: Consumer Magazines Writer: Trade & Professional Advolly Richmond FLS Garden History MA Full Member Biography Advolly Richmond is a plants and gardens historian, TV and radio presenter and independent researcher in social history. She lectures on garden history subjects from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries and contributes garden history features on BBC Gardener’s World and presents plant history profiles for BBC Radio 4’s Gardener’s Question Time. She is also the presenter of The Garden History Podcast, an A–Z. Through her RHS training and qualifications she went on to achieve an MA in Garden History from the University of Bristol. She lectures on a variety of subjects from 16th century through to the early 20th century. Her new book A Short History of Flowers: The stories that make our gardens, will be published February 2024. She is currently researching the life and achievements of Victorian botanist and plant collector the Rev. Thomas Birch Freeman (1809 – 1890). Additional Interests Advolly is a Royal Botanic Garden Kew Champion and a Fellow of the Linnean Society and enjoys the promotion of plant and garden history in all its branches and likes to encourage people to value their garden and landscape heritage especially historic public parks. She is a plant loving practical gardener with probably far too many roses and an ever growing collection of snowdrops. She can be found either lurking in the archives or the shrubbery. Talks Based in: Shrewsbury, Shropshire Distance willing to travel: Negotiable Virtual talks available: No Fees: On request Talks: Contact Details Contact Member × Send Message * indicates a required field Name* *required Phone Number* *required Email Address* *required Invalid email address Subject* *required Message* *required Please complete the Google reCAPTCHA