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This Friday, join Matt Westbrook for the final #SilentOrchidSummerSchool talk - Matt and orchid-authority Philip Seaton will discuss the significance of the Odontoglossum crispum, one of the world's most beautiful orchids🌸 Tickets available: eventbrite.co.uk/e/silent-orchi…

Orchids growing at Glasnevin. These images were taken from lantern slides in the library’s archives. Matt Westbrook

A great way to end the #silentorchidsummerschool with a fascinating talk by botanical artist Deborah Lambkin who discussed her role as RHS Orchid Committee artist. The school has created a wonderful group of people with many areas of research, all linked by an interest in orchids

As Orchidelirium—orchid mania—swept Victorian England, growing demand for rare and showy orchids created a class of professional orchid hunters. daily.jstor.org/plant-of-the-m… via JSTOR Daily

.Matt Westbrook received an Engine Micro Bursary to show his project ‘Mr Chamberlain’s Orchids’. Read more about the project on our editorial pages newartwestmidlands.co.uk/editorial/mr-c…

You can now read all the texts that were written for The Silent Orchid Summer School by clicking on the link in my bio. The online school was an adapted response to the COVID lockdown restrictions and delivered as part of the University of Birmingham’s Arts &Science festival.

Today seems like a good day for a ghost story... The first Ghost Orchid to be recorded in Britain was found in July 1854 by Mrs Anderton Smith in Herefordshire. Not recognising it, she picked it, and it was sent away to be identified. (1/12) (This image, from 1978, c/o A.Wake)

Sales team at Microsoft Teams right now #lockdown

Day 2 of the #StirchleyStaycation #Stirchley. #BeilbyRoad orchard and #NewlandsRun both cleared and mulched. Looking forward to the third picnic of the week on Wednesday. Do join us at 10 am in #HazelwellNutGrove tomorrow.

Back at the #FourSeasons #FruitPergola ChamberlainHighburyTrust. We have now successfully grafted, grown-on and cared for many of the historical trees on site. This winter we look forward to recreating the pergola!

We've been back ChamberlainHighburyTrust #FourSeasons to care for the #ChamberlainPergola again today. #FruitPergola #SummerPrune #HOCCIC

Our #creativeenvironments workshop is shortly getting underway! I'm really excited to hear about some fantastic projects, and think together about creative methods in environmental research Arts and Humanities Research Council UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities Brigstow Institute …aginingthepacific.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/upcoming-event…

Presenting about orchids with Matt Westbrook in #CreativeEnvironments Workshop at University of Bristol.

Enjoyed presenting about the Silent Orchid Festival and Summer School with Camilo Uribe-Botta in #CreativeEnvironments Workshop at University of Bristol.#CreativeEnvironments

With the weather getting warmer, many of us will be spending more time outdoors. Ticks & the potential risk of #LymeDisease shouldn’t prevent you from enjoying the outdoors, but there are some things you can look out for & do to avoid being bitten #BeTickAware #BeLymeAware

Rodney Graham’s work convinced me to take art seriously. I am so sad at his death. Life can’t find the words. 🖤

Exhibition opens tonight!