Ellen Hutchins Festival
@hutchins_ellen
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b 1785. d 1815. Ireland's first female botanist and botanical illustrator. specialised in cryptogams; mosses, liverworts, lichens and seaweeds.
Ballylickey. Co Cork. Ireland
Joined August 2015
RT @lorraineelizab6: Ellen Hutchins (17 March 1785 #Ballylickey House #Bantry Bay, Co. #Cork-9 Feb 1815, 29). Botanist; seaweeds, lichens,…
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RT @hutchins_ellen: Join us in Cork on Sat 8th Feb for a range of family-friendly activities as part of the @eriucc Open Day: look at liche…
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Join us in Cork on Sat 8th Feb for a range of family-friendly activities as part of the @eriucc Open Day: look at lichens under a microscope; write an 1800s-style letter with quill & ink; compose an 11-word seaweed poem; learn about leaves; and see the Ellen Hutchins Archives.
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OTD 1810: 'A very favourite spot by the rocky, woody side of a little waterfall particularly dear to me as the place of growth of . . . many mosses. I have spent many happy hours creeping among its rocks & never quitted it without regret.' - For more:
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OTD 1810 'Nothing delights me more than the sight of a great rock cover’d with a variety of mosses. In winter the rich shades of green they afford are very beautiful.' - Ellen Hutchins to Dawson Turner 05/01/1810 #botany #bryophytes
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RT @mybroadcasts: Tonight on "Mooney Goes Wild" (RTE Radio One at 10pm), I travel to Midleton in Co. Cork to meet Lichen expert, Paul Whela…
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RT @CienciaconArte: Ellen Hutchins (1785–1815) fue una pionera botánica e ilustradora. Especializada en algas marinas y líquenes. Su colec…
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@TrueColour100 Lovely painting but it's by Sue van Coppenhagen, not me. Sue is a regular at the Ellen Hutchins Festival, running botanical art workshops for adults and children. For more of her work see:
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Looking for Christmas presents for a nature lover? Visit our website to see our selection of botany books, cards, hand lenses, art pack, prints, etc. #botany #botanicalart #localhistory #westcork #irelandsfirstfemalebotanist
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RT @artscouncil_ie: "an act of friendship across centuries" Enjoy Holdfast by Annette Skade. Blooming from a single poem in @Channel_LitMa…
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@IrishRainforest Chilean Hard Fern (Blechnum cordatum). Mostly south western in Ireland. Distribution map; @BSBIbotany
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@RachaelPSpollen @tommillar_uk @IrishRainforest Polygala alpina is a species of the alps and pyrenees. If you're in Ireland, this is either Heath Milkwort (P. serpyllifolia) or Common Milkwort (P. vulgaris). Hard to be sure from your photo, but looks more like the latter.
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