WW2 in botanic gardens

Posts about WW2 and its impact on botanic gardens, a useful parallel with the impact of wartime on zoos in WW2.

Kew Gardens staff war memorial WW2 section

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One of the Kew Gardens staff war memorial WW2 section panels 

https://worldwarzoogardener1939.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/the-lost-gardeners-of-kew-in-world-war-two/

Individual staff stories from Kew Gardens WW2 

https://worldwarzoogardener1939.wordpress.com/2019/05/16/remembering-j-g-jack-mayne-16th-may-and-the-kew-gardens-casualties-of-1944/

https://worldwarzoogardener1939.wordpress.com/2019/06/22/remembering-cecil-george-last-of-kew-gardens-died-italy-ww2-22-june-1944/

https://worldwarzoogardener1939.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/remembering-e-h-robson-kew-gardens-coventry-parks-department-died-23-october-1944-italy-ww2/

Botanic Gardens in the Far East and Far East Prisoners of War (FEPOWS) including Singapore Botanic Gardens

https://worldwarzoogardener1939.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/the-lost-gardeners-of-kew-in-world-war-two/

https://worldwarzoogardener1939.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/remembering-zookeeper-and-gardener-far-east-pows-70-years-on-2015/

Melbourne Botanic Gardens Australia WW2 

https://worldwarzoogardener1939.wordpress.com/2015/02/25/54606/

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