Series[UMA-SRE-20170026] CONTRACEPTIVES, CARS AND GARDENSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2017002600026Scope and ContentSubstantial cache of papers relating to the small woodland (about 1 acre) that tree expert Alan Mitchell designed for Germaine Greer at The Mills (Stump Cross) Essex and to the orchard of 'non-commercial fruit varieties' that Greer designed and planted at The Mills. Includes: Alan Mitchell's hand drawn plan and notes on Creating a Woodland at Mill Farm; Greer's hand drawn plan for The Mills house, vegetable garden, beehive, orchard, wood, copse of wild cherries; woodland planting plans on grid paper; faxes from Germaine Greer to Mr T Arnold, head gardener, Newnham College, with orders for trees; correspondence between Greer and Patricia Dodd of The Fruit Garden re apple trees; lists of apple varieties, hand annotated; Orchards a guide to local conservation (Common Ground, 1989); Brogdale - Our Heritage of Fruit pamphlet; list of apple trees grown at Girton College Orchards, Cambridge; Family Trees catalogue, Botley, Hampshire, proprietor Philip House. Correspondents: Angela King; Sue Clifford; Germaine Greer; Common Ground; Neil Sinden; R W Bramley; Head Gardener, Girton College; Helen Case; Brogdale Horticultural Trust; J.D.L. Wight; Hartshall Nursery Stock; Everad O'Donnell.Access StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2017.0026 Unit 0004
