{"product_id":"sarah-carpenter-botany-notebook","title":"Sarah Carpenter Botany Journal","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePerfect for journalling and planning, with cream lined pages, this beautiful journal features an illustration by artist Sarah Carpenter. Produced exclusively for the SS Great Britain, it tells the story of this historic steamship and its relationship to the Victorian botany craze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecreated in watercolour, the four orchid species featured on this journal were originally brought to the UK on board Brunel's ship. Victorian botanists used new technology - the Wardian Case - to transport exotic plants back to Europe. There they would fill the conservatories and glass houses of the wealthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe impact of this new trade in botany can still be felt today. Nurserymen like Thomas Lang also used steamships like the SS Great Britain to take native European crops and plants out to Australia. Intended to provide food, or perhaps make the British abroad feel more at home, these plants in their own way formed part of European colonisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the UK, many of the plant species now familiar to us first arrived on our shores as part of this Victorian fascination with botany. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover A5 Notebook\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CUSTOMWORKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43294974181532,"sku":"X-378","price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0480\/8759\/7212\/files\/SarahCarpenterBotanyJournalFrontCover.jpg?v=1711813804","url":"https:\/\/shop.bristoldockyards.org\/products\/sarah-carpenter-botany-notebook","provider":"Bristol Dockyards Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}