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Friends of the Landscape Archive at Reading

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Friends of the Landscape Library & Archive at Reading FOLAR

FOLAR is a lively Friends group dedicated to raising the profile and use of the Landscape Institute archive and library housed at The Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL)

PAST ACTIVITIES

Like to talk? Like to listen? We’ve two FREE places for our #oralhistory training TOMORROW @TheMERL Reading. Part of our Telling Stories project we will train you to go out & record interviews with key players in landscape architecture/desi
Excellent evening last week at our #PioneeringWomenInLandscapeArchitecture part 1 event @KU_Arch_Land Super line up of speakers inc #DianaArmstrongBell who mesmerised us with her work & particular approach to landscape design. The work of #SusanJ
Just over a week to go for our Pioneering Women in Landscape Architecture event @ku_archland Landscape photographer #susanjellicoe will be one of the pioneers discussed. Pics by her of Harvey’s Roof Garden, Guildford ©️MERL/ LI. Free event
FOLAR (@thelandscapearchive)looks forward to being a partner in this exciting project looking at the landscape of infrastructure. This project will run over a couple of years & we will keep you posted on progress. More project information at http
Pioneering Women in Landscape Architecture? FOLAR is delighted to present an evening of lively talks on the subject-from great past practitioners such as Brenda Colvin to contemporary people such as Diana Armstrong Bell, whose work is illustrated (wi
Hiss....Jellicoe, the subconscious, serpents & postmodern landscape design - @thelandscapearchive talk by @TomTurner18 in partnership with @the.merl @UniofReading 8 Oct 12-1pm FREE. Limited spaces- reserve your ticket https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Announcing free FOLAR lunchtime talk: ‘Jellicoe, the subconscious, serpents & postmodern landscape design’ by Tom Turner in partnership with @the.merl Tuesday 8 October. Tom writes that “Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe used to say that he
FOLAR Committee member @karen_fitzsimon recalls nine inspiring landscape women over the 90 years of the @landscapeinstitute in current 90th birthday issue of Landscape journal. pp 50-56. The archives of some of these inspiring women are held @the.mer