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Kew Gardens Senior Curator-Botanist. MA Museum Studies UCL. Lancashire lass in London. Herbarium Handbook editor #herbariumhandbook

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Joined September 2013
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RT @KewAfrica: A Herbarium is a very good place to make biodiversity visible. Sculptor Johanna Bolton displays her works on the fruits of R…
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RT @KewAfrica: This year's cohort of Museum Studies MA students from @ucl, visiting Kew #Herbarium and #EconomicBotany Collections. The vis…
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RT @Nat_SCA: Fab new blog out today all about the digitisation work happening at the National Herbarium of Ireland. A great example of part…
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4 months
Today the herbarium hosted welcoming tours to some of this years Youth Explainers @KewScience @kewgardens #conservation #curation #taxonomy
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RT @NaturalEngland: We cannot tackle the #ClimateCrisis without investing in nature. We very much welcome Ruth Davis as the UK’s first Spe…
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Clare Drinkell
4 months
How exciting for part of the beautiful Yorkshire Wolds to be designated AONB
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4 months
The statutory & public consultation to designate part of the Yorkshire Wolds as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) has officially launched! Have your say from today until midnight on the 13th January 2025. Read all about it 👇
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Wonderful! The autumn leaves are a great way to enjoy the trees🍁
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4 months
Beautiful autumn colours & can this help us to think about looking after our climate & environment too? Get your kids outside with paint colour charts and match leaves to the different shades.
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RT @NEYorksNLincs: The statutory & public consultation to designate part of the Yorkshire Wolds as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (A…
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RT @KewAfrica: And the plant identification #training continues in Guinea. It's the end of the first day of the #Tropical #Plant Family I…
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Clare Drinkell
5 months
New Kew Herbarium display spotlighting Jamaican naturalist and collector William Thomas March (1804-1872) #ReclaimingNarratives @MuseumsAssoc @KewScience
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14th & 15th September is your opportunity to visit behind-the-scenes of the wonderful Kew Herbarium collections
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6 months
Early career plants scientists - application now open to attend the Plant Taxonomy Skills course in Kenya 2025🌿
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7 months
@X Don't miss this very rare opportunity to visit the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Herbarium - purpose built to house the 7 million preserved plant specimens gathered from around the world over a span of 260 years ( 14-15 Sept 2024 #curation #herbarium
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@KewScience Thanks to this years UCL Museum Studies placement students for their contribution towards curating the Kew Herbarium
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7 months
RT @KewScience: This stunning 150-year-old bladderwort herbarium specimen is accompanied by two beautiful demoiselle damselflies! 💃🦟 It's…
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7 months
@TheGreenParty @sianberry congratulations Sian Berry 👍
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Clare Drinkell
7 months
RT @IainDarbyshire1: It’s a beautiful (and hope-filled) day in London - I’m so lucky to get to work in the amazing Kew herbarium every day,…
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8 months
RT @Nat_SCA: Inspiring new blog out today all about reawakening the herbarium @DU_Collections
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Clare Drinkell
8 months
Exciting opportunity for a herbarium support officer role…
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