
Advolly Richmond
Advolly is a plants, gardens and social historian based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire (where Village Water’s office is based). A fellow of the Linnean Society, she is also a Champion for the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. She lectures and writes on a range of historic subjects from the 16th to the 20th century and is currently teaching A Social and Cultural History of Italian Renaissance Gardens at the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford. Advolly’s new book ‘A Short History of Flowers: The stories that make our gardens,’ was published in March 2024. She also contributes garden history features on BBC’s Gardener’s World, writes for Scribehound Gardening and produces ‘The Garden History Podcast.’
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