Events Calendar
Naoko will be giving talks at the following dates:
<2022>
• 24 February－Naoko is speaking about ‘Cherry’ Ingram and the latest news of cherry blossoms in the UK and Japan at 6pm on Thursday, 24th February via zoom for the Oxfordshire Gardens Trust. Click here to sign up→https://ogt.org.uk/2021/12/11/24-february-lecture-collingwood-cherry-ingram-and-the-japanese-cherry-tree/
• 17 March- Lecture at Sherbourne ihstory Society
• 30 March - Cherry Blossom talk at RHS Wisley Gardens @7pm.
• 9 April- Talk at Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire, South Wales @5:30pm
<2021>
Zoom Talks
•26 March--Webinar organized by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. (in Japanese)
•7 April -- Talk for a fundraising event of The Grange in Benenden, Kent.
•14 April--Talk for Highgate Hawkhurst Women's Institute.
•23 April--Talk for Japan Association in the UK (in Japanese)
https://bit.ly/3uFsYrC https://bit.ly/324AWhH
<2020>
•25 January--lecture for the Sutton Garden Garden Trust
• 6 March --cherry planting ceremony at the Earl of Cranbrook's estate in Great Glemham, Suffolk
•23 March --talk in Amsterdam---cancelled
•29 April --keynote speech at the Lantern Lighting Ceremony in Washington DC---cancelled
•9 April ---talk at the Japan House---postponed
•17 April---talk at the Birmingham Botanical Garden- 'The Englishman who changed the face of spring'---cancelled
•7 May---talk at the Chipping Literary Festival at 11:30 am---cancelled
• 9 May--talk at the Alde Valley Spring Festival in Suffolk---cancelled
The event at the Alde Valley Spring Festival in Suffolk is now organized as a Zoom talk and will take place on Saturday 13 June 2020 at 4pm (GMT). The talk is free of charge but registration is needed. email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
<2019>
- 11th March – Words by the Water, Cumbria
- 22nd March – Daiwa Foundation London
- 24th March , 6.30-7.30pm – Glasgow Aye Write
- 7th April – Books on sale at The Grange in Kent for their open gardens event
- 23rd May – John Sandoe’s Chelsea Flower Show Stand (Naoko will be there for book signing)
- 4th June, 7pm - Garden Museum, London https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/events/plant-journeys/
- 6th June, 6:30-8pm - John Sandoe Bookstore. Details here: https://johnsandoe.com/event/naoko-abe-on-cherry-ingram-the-man-who-saved-japanese-cherries/
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28th June – Benenden School Arts Festival https://www.benenden.school/news/arts-festival-2019
- 29/30th June – Wealden Literary Festival https://wealdenliteraryfestival.co.uk/event/naoko-abe-cherry-ingram-the-englishman-who-saved-japans-blossoms/
- 10th July Dartington Literary Festival ---Ways With Words https://www.wayswithwords.co.uk/festivals/ways-with-words-festival-of-words-and-ideas-at-dartington-hall-24/events/cherry-2379
- 19th July – Buxton Festival https://buxtonfestival.co.uk/whats-on/the-literary-salon-naoko-abe
Awards and citations given to the 'Cherry' Ingram (The Sakura Obsession) book
The Nihon Essayist Club Award 2016 (for the original Japanese version)
BBC Radio4: ‘Book of the Week’, March 2019
The Sunday Times: Best Gardening Books, 2019
NPR's Science Friday: Best Science Books, 2019 (for The Sakura Obsession--the U.S version)
The Irish Times: Best Gardening Books, 2019
PopMatters: Best Non-Fiction Books, 2019
The Daily Mail: Best Books for Nature Lovers, Christmas 2019
Woodland Trust: Best Books of the Year, 2019
The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) :Award of excellency in History, October 2020 (for The Sakura Obsession)
Reviews on the 'Cherry' Ingram book
The Guardian --'Cherry' Ingram by Naoko Abe review--an obsession with Japan's blossoms.... by Christopher Harding---- click here to continue
The Spectator --The Englishman Who Saved Japan’s Blossoms by Claire Kohda Hazelton click here to continue
The Economist--The Englishman who helped safeguard Japan's cherry trees--click here to continue
The Financial Times-- A Colossus among the cherry trees by Robin Lane Fox---click here to continue
The Sunday Times--The man who saved spring --click here to continue
The Times Scotland--The botanist who saves a tree--- and a nation's soul -- click here to continue
The Times--’Cherry' Ingram : The Englishman Who Saved Japan's Blossoms by Naoko Abe review--flowers of the Kamikaze---click here to continue
The Daily Telegraph--How one man saved Japanese cherries---click here to continue
The Washington Post-- Yoshino aren't the only cherry out there. It's worth knowing, and growing, these others -- by Adrian HIggins --click here to continue
The WallStreet Journal--' The Sakura Obsession' Review: New Life for a Tree--click here to continue
The Daily Mail ---Glorious eccentric who made Britain Blossom ---click here to continue
The Daily Express--Collngwood Ingram What would spring be without cheries on top? click here to continue
The Japan Times --An homage to the British saviour of Japan's cherry blossoms-- click here to continue
The Lady--The man who saved Japanese Cherry Blossoms---click here to continue
The Country Life--Bond of blossoms The cultural history of the Japanese ornamental cherry tree makes for a gripping read--click here to continue
Natural History Magazine--The Sakura Obsession---click here to continue
The Sunday Express--Set against the narrative arc of Japanese history, ---click here to continue
Booklist --- It's rare for a tree to be so closely associated with a nation's identity--click here to continue
Hastings Independent Press-- The Japanese Connection--click here to continue
The Irish News-- Casual Gardener: how Japan's Iconic trees were saved by 'Cherry' aid--- click here to continue
Manhattan Book Review--The Sakura Obsession: The Incredible Story of the Plant Hunter Who Saved Japan's Blossoms--- click here to continue
Kirkus review-- The story of the connection that linked one man, one flower, and two countries--- click here to continue
