Ivy&Pear @pear_ivy
Musings from an artist's studio Worcestershire Joined March 2024-
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Eliot Hodgkin, 'May', from 'The Months', 1951. The first broad bean, strawberry and cherry, as well as flowers I always associate with May - apple blossom, hawthorn and lily-of-the-valley.
"Every library represents a piece of us. Don't let them take us apart, piece by piece, book by book. In times when we need to get together we need our libraries more and more" - Benjamin Zephaniah
Don't forget to vote today! ⏳ Polls open for the #PCCElection at 7am and close at 10pm. ✅ Make sure you bring photo ID, you won't be able to vote otherwise. 📍 Find out where your polling station is: wheredoivote.co.uk Visit malvernhills.gov.uk/voting-and-ele… for more information.
#Beltane is the Gaelic May Day festival marking the beginning of #summer "Passage” (2007) by German installation artist Cornelia Konrads #womensart
From artwork to archives, herbarium samples to books to photographs. Explore collections of @The_RHS , spanning over 500 years of gardening history and science. Digitised and free to search online for the first time. An incredible resource! collections.rhs.org.uk
We are in love with these images - come and see our new exhibition! Open today.
A bookshop is a sanctuary. There are few other shops we enter & feel the change from outside to inside so acutely. Few other shops where the inside is also our own interior. Few other shops that hold us so gently, shelter us so strongly & maybe also change us so completely.
'Nasturtium' pattern c.1933, a design of Clarice Cliff (1899 – 1972), influential English ceramic artist and designer #WomensArt
Whatever the weather, there's plenty going on in The Malverns this week 🌦️ Highlights include: 🎶 Regal Folk Festival 🍿 Mary Poppins anniversary showing @MalvernTheatres 🌸 The Picton open garden 🧑🌾 Great Malvern Farmers Market visitthemalverns.org/events/ #visitthemalverns
A year ago today we launched #PlantAtlas2020: the most in-depth survey ever undertaken of the British & Irish flora. Website free to browse for info on 3,495 wild plant species: plantatlas2020.org Book published by @PrincetonNature Find out more: bsbi.org/plant-atlas-20…
"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind." - Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own. Woolf's writing table by photographer Gisèle Freund #WomensArt
Visit our Botanical Arts and Crafts exhibition today (Friday 5 April) to watch a botanical artist at work and chat to her about the techniques she uses to bring plants to life on the page. @winterbournehg #botanicalart
Georgia O’Keeffe Black Petunia & White Morning-Glory II. 1926 #WomensArt
Not long left to get your photos in! 📸 Entries for our annual calendar competition close on Tuesday 9th April. If you have captured some lovely landscapes or wonderful wildlife across Worcestershire, be sure to submit your snaps 👇 worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/photography-co…
For this week's column I wrote about Dame Laura Knight who depicted marginalised sitters, collaborated with @CadburyUK and found inspiration in the Midlands! Run don't walk @worcestermuseum to see her illuminating retrospective ruthmillington.co.uk/laura-knight/
😆Brilliant!
Eliot Hodgkin, 'April', from 'The Months', 1951, exquisite camellias juxtaposed new potatoes, radish, and a daisy lifted from the lawn.
🌷 🐣 This #Roman brooch has leapt right out of #Oxfordshire and into our hearts 🐰 Featuring enamelled decoration, it's a pawsitively enchanting little running bunny, symbolising fertility, spring and renewal. Hares bounded into Britain before the Romans, who observed that Iron…
Tove Jansson (Finnish, 1914–2001), Moomin and the Mymble paint an #Easter egg #womensart
Ryann Kim @ryann_kim7822
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Sam Gamblin 💙 @samkinggamblin
309 Followers 770 Following Charity manager of @umhanuk She/her. Likes: equality, flora and fauna, comedy, sunshine. Proud @GiveUsAShout volunteer
Fruit & Nut Village @fruitnutvillage
2K Followers 778 Following Fruit & Nut Village - a charity bringing communities together through perennial food growing! #BalsallHeath #DruidsHeath #Stirchley [email protected]
NoviaPartridge @Z7ksfQ4v674B363
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BSBI: Botanical Socie.. @BSBIbotany
43K Followers 36K Following Supporting British & Irish #wildflowers & the #BSBImembers who record them. Tweets by [email protected] #PlantAtlas2020 #NewYearPlantHunt #WildFlowerHour
Melanie Lehmann @MelanieLannery
1K Followers 2K Following
Alexandra Shaw @asureshawthing
84 Followers 91 Following An Aussie in England … doing a bit of this and a bit of that. I stand with Palestine 🇵🇸
Paul Hollingdrake @phollingdrake
319 Followers 614 Following BSL/English Interpreter, geek, vegan, equality enthusiast, bi guy, solarpunk, and dad. Displays of incompetence likely due to ADHD chaos times. He/him/they
Rosie Hollingdrake �.. @rosiepillar
222 Followers 744 Following BSL/English interpreter, Mother, Feminist, Bisexual visibility campaigner, Deaf Rights activist. Signname: r on cheek. Interests:signlanguages,art,architecture
Journal of Art in Soc.. @artinsociety
59K Followers 4K Following Philip McCouat writes in-depth articles on art, history and social change in the Journal of Art in Society at https://t.co/E4Lj24cgQi
The HalfShire Hundred @halfshiretales
977 Followers 810 Following Roaming the old West Midland Shires - heritage, landscape, churches. For West Mercia. By Lisa. 📸 my own.
Tyn y Berllan @tynyberllan
185 Followers 424 Following Fruit tree nursery and (forthcoming) cidery based in Wales
Jeni Neale @botanicaljen
103 Followers 30 Following
Anthonela Catto @anthonela_catto
769 Followers 1K Following I AM I...........................sports and life✪♫ ♪house ♫MUSIC☊ .
Simone Chester @chesterSim23
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Jane Edwards @janiesprogget
706 Followers 985 Following lazy walker/gardener, painter of plants, charcoal messer, charity trustee including almshouses: personal views shared here.
S.T.C. @STC77377927
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Birmingham Loves Libr.. @BrumLibraries
76 Followers 64 Following Uniting campaigns across Birmingham for a publicly owned and professionally staffed community library service. Keep our libraries open!
TheWEGWorcester @TheWEGWorcester
576 Followers 486 Following The WEG is a volunteer group dedicated to improving the natural environment of Worcester, UK, for the wellbeing of those who live and work here.
Martineau Gardens @martineau27
2K Followers 1K Following Bringing people, plants and wildlife together Edgbaston,Birmingham UK. Open Mon to Sat - FREE ENTRY.
BTO Worcestershire @BTO_Worcs
274 Followers 190 Following Regional account for Worcestershire. Currently run by the @WeBS_UK Local Organiser. @_BTO is the UK's leading charity working to monitor birds.
Save Station Street, .. @OldStationSt
1K Followers 2K Following Save The Electric, The Crown and Station Street from demolition. Tell @BhamCityCouncil @andy4wm our cultural history is not for erasure. [email protected]
The Fold @TheFoldCIC
852 Followers 518 Following A haven for inspiration, creativity & health - comprising an award winning café, farm shop, organic farm, nature trail, therapy centre and arts & crafts studios
Garden Museum @GardenMuseumLDN
18K Followers 616 Following Britain’s only museum dedicated to the art, history and design of gardens
Fruit & Nut Village @fruitnutvillage
2K Followers 778 Following Fruit & Nut Village - a charity bringing communities together through perennial food growing! #BalsallHeath #DruidsHeath #Stirchley [email protected]
Virtual Museum of Pri.. @VMoPrinting
214 Followers 125 Following A virtual museum dedicated to British printing heritage.
Rather Good Art @RatherGoodArt
17K Followers 61 Following Publishers of rather good greetings cards, postcards & prints by Ravilious, Nash, Klimt, Simon Palmer and many more. https://t.co/Ev0lvECKci
C Brom Hall Gardens @cbhallgardens
2K Followers 2K Following A restored English Baroque Garden (1680-1762):a country estate in the city. Maintained, treasured and shared by volunteers #wegrowtogether
Worcestershire Film O.. @worcsfilmoffice
73 Followers 118 Following Your go-to for filming locations, permits, cast, crew & industry suppliers in Worcestershire. In collaboration with @visitworcs
National Plant Monito.. @theNPMS
3K Followers 2K Following National Plant Monitoring Scheme is a habitat-based monitoring scheme developed by BSBI, JNCC, Plantlife & UKCEH. We're indebted to our fab volunteer surveyors!
Ross Cider @RossCider
4K Followers 1K Following Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry, made at Broome Farm from our own orchards and served 5 minutes away at our pub, The Yew Tree, Peterstow. Tweets by Albert & Becky.
Friends of Centre for.. @CMHCFriends
800 Followers 559 Following Friends of the Centre for Midlands History and Cultures at the University of Birmingham
BirminghamMusicArch @brummusicpics
3K Followers 2K Following Celebrating Birmingham’s rich music history, heritage & culture | #B2022Festival #OnRecord #InTheQue #CeremonyPop | Join the BMA Facebook Group | Links ⤵️⤵️⤵️
National Trust Birmin.. @NTBirmingham
3K Followers 949 Following We ❤️Birmingham. Here for stories of heritage, nature and working people’s lives in and around the best city in the world.
Community Archives @CArchives
3K Followers 1K Following The Community Archives and Heritage Group (CAHG), is a Special Interest Group of Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland).
Great British Apples .. @GBApples
8K Followers 551 Following We're a grower-funded organisation representing British apple and pear growers. Our ambition is for at least 60% of apples sold in the UK to be British by 2030.
Stryx @StryxArts
3K Followers 724 Following Stryx is an artist led studio and exhibition space in Digbeth formed by Fine Art graduates from Birmingham Institute of Art & Design.
Learn Latin @latinedisce
42K Followers 318 Following Latin | Western Civilization | Tradition | Ancient Rome | Medieval Manuscripts | Renaissance Art | 'Si sapis, me sequere. Plus sapies.'
Greener Footprints He.. @greener_feet
246 Followers 214 Following Herefordshire Council’s Greener Footprints initiative supports the county’s journey to zero carbon and nature rich. Working collaboratively across Herefordshire
Community Worcester @CommunityWorcs
1K Followers 230 Following News, Events, Activities and Information from the Community Engagement Team at Worcester City Council. Contact us if you have any questions 📧
Tom Brown @HeadGardenerTom
6K Followers 669 Following Head Gardener at West Dean Gardens. Telegraph columnist, garden writer, lecturer and RHS Floral Show Judge. Own views.
Society of Antiquarie.. @SocAntiquaries
13K Followers 2K Following The Society supports conservation and scholarship related to material culture; and manages a library, museum and @KelmscottManor—former home of William Morris.
Plantlife @Love_plants
65K Followers 3K Following The global charity working to secure a world rich in wild plants and fungi🌱🍄 Home of #NoMowMay
BSBI: Botanical Socie.. @BSBIbotany
43K Followers 36K Following Supporting British & Irish #wildflowers & the #BSBImembers who record them. Tweets by [email protected] #PlantAtlas2020 #NewYearPlantHunt #WildFlowerHour
Julianne Kiely - Comm.. @PalaeoJules
4K Followers 2K Following British Palaeobotanist, palaeobotanical illustrator and consultant, currently researching Mesozoic plants. 🌿Commissions and consulting open!🌿 (she/her)
The Counter Press @thecounterpress
4K Followers 850 Following A typographic design studio and letterpress workshop. See also @counter_studio
Visit Herefordshire @VisitHfds
10K Followers 747 Following The official account for Visit Herefordshire - an insider’s guide to the county and its visitor economy. #VisitHerefordshire
Herefordshire Wildlif.. @HerefordshireWT
4K Followers 2K Following Herefordshire Wildlife Trust works to restore Herefordshire's wildlife and engage people with the natural world. #WilderHerefordshire
Society of Herbarium .. @socherbcurators
3K Followers 169 Following Non-profit society promoting and strengthening the vital roles of herbaria in science and society
Dr Jenna C. Ashton @heritagemcr
3K Followers 5K Following Lecturer @UoMICP /community knowledges, practices, economies; place; justice/ artist/ gardener /PI @CreativeResMcr /Co-I @CASTOResearch / Dir @dwarchivenorth 🌱
C20 Society @C20Society
27K Followers 1K Following The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Report buildings at risk to [email protected]
BhamHeritageForum @HeritageBham
2K Followers 650 Following A collective of historic sites, museums, galleries, churches, gardens & visitor centres! All about heritage in Birmingham.
Little Green Space �.. @LGSpace
81K Followers 38K Following Award-winning project & magazine taking action for nature, climate, people. Also @greentravelmag @RichBuntingCCI / https://t.co/gP2dsyGiYf
Worcester BID @WorcesterBID
8K Followers 1K Following #MakeitWorc Businesses making our city great Provided by Worcester BID Follow the BID Team: @sammccarthy88 @CrystalWorcBID @abbeytocchini_
NatureBureau @NatureBureau
2K Followers 2K Following Insights into nature & ecology consulting, design & publishing across the UK & worldwide
Cotswold Archaeology @CotswoldArch
11K Followers 646 Following One of the top #archaeology service providers in the UK. Educational charity. All views developed over millennia of human civilisation. #CASiteTeam
The Public Domain Rev.. @PublicDomainRev
83K Followers 2K Following Online journal exploring works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Featuring 300+ essays — ✍️ submissions welcome. @[email protected]
Fiona Finlayson Art @ffinlaysonart
10K Followers 6K Following Scottish needle felter - Edinburgh College of Art graduate - Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas 22 https://t.co/iOhhmTtTdY DM for details Obsessed with Orkney!
ArchivesWestMidlands @ArchivesWM
1K Followers 765 Following Archives West Midlands is a Non-Profit Organization that exists to protect and conserve the regions rich and diverse archives for now and for the future.
The Birmingham & Midl.. @bmi1854
3K Followers 1K Following We are a charity that seeks to promote and provide cultural and educational activities in Science, the Arts and Literature for everyone.
Germander Speedwell @GermanderS
4K Followers 994 Following Gatherer of lost knowledge Explorer of Thames foreshores Assembler of obscure collections And observer of flora and fauna. (Instagram: @thegermanderspeedwell)
Birmingham Archives &.. @TheIronRoom
6K Followers 1K Following Preserving & sharing 800 years of Birmingham's history @libraryofbham. Follow our blog https://t.co/88zxyYhnfa Enquiries: [email protected]
explorethepast @ExploreThePast
4K Followers 655 Following News, events, updates and much more from Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service
Midland History @MidlandHistory
2K Followers 685 Following We are the principal academic journal covering the history of the English midlands, from Roman times to the twenty-first century.
CadburyRL @CadburyRL
3K Followers 1K Following Cadbury Research Library, home of the Special Collections at the University of Birmingham, UK. Enquiries to [email protected]
Henrietta Lockhart @archivewhg
914 Followers 2K Following Curator, Winterbourne House & Garden, University of Birmingham, tweeting about archives, collections, Herbarium, Winterbourne Press
History WestMidlands @HistoryWM
5K Followers 3K Following Exploring the rich and fascinating past of the historic counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire & Worcestershire.
A hasty shop bought bunch done with one eye on the snooker, what a wonderful tournament it’s been.
Eliot Hodgkin, 'May', from 'The Months', 1951. The first broad bean, strawberry and cherry, as well as flowers I always associate with May - apple blossom, hawthorn and lily-of-the-valley.
There's not going to be much room for the family if these tenants keep bringing in more leaves! This furnished apartment looks a right mess, but it looks like there could be at least 5 new members of the family pending..... 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚😍 #GwylltHollow #Nuthatches @BBCSpringwatch
"Every library represents a piece of us. Don't let them take us apart, piece by piece, book by book. In times when we need to get together we need our libraries more and more" - Benjamin Zephaniah
Fairyland lustre octagonal bowl by Daisy Makeig-Jones, pioneering UK pottery designer for Wedgwood #WomensArt
On a beautiful weekend, when the hawthorn blossom is at its peak, here's Stanley Spencer's 'The May Tree', painted in 1932. Doesn't this just encapsulate Spring?
#starwarsday - This advert from What’s on in Birmingham (LBF 50) marked the first showing we believe of 'Stars Wars Episode IV: A New Hope' in a Birmingham cinema at the Gaumont on Colmore Circus on 29 January 1978. May the Fourth Be With You! @LibraryofBham @starwars
May the Forth be with you (this stunning view of the Firth in 1856 even comes a geological cross section 😊) maps.nls.uk/view/216586120 #MayThe4thBeWithYou
Happy Star Wars Day everybody! #StarWars as photographs from the #Orkney Archive photographic collection. ⭐️ #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay
And special thanks to @LzbethP for a behind the scenes look at the amazing with the team does there. Was so nice to see an original Herefordshire Pomona and Worlidge and Knight’s pocketbook-sized treatises on cider and apples!
Sarah Morgan, contemporary UK printmaker #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
Our new garden interpretation panels bring to life the garden's 120-year history, with historic photos, quotes and specimens from our Herbarium @winterbournehg @lee_hale17 @davewcreative @BBGardens @Plantheritage @cbhallgardens @martineau27
I had a lot of fun painting this beautiful tapestry of colour. This is definitely a contender for my favourite orchid this year. Oncidium Durham City ‘Lyoth Tiger’ grown by @TheMathersFoun1 painted for @RHSLibraries
In May, the festival of #farmlandbiodiversity celebrates native hedgerows that crisscross Ireland's landscape. To take part: share photos of hedgerows, use the hashtag above, and tag @BioDataCentre. Check out biodiversityireland.ie/farmlandbiodiv… for resources such as this lovely graphic!
Thanks everyone, Rishi Sunak is crying and refusing to get changed out of his pyjamas. I hope you're happy with yourselves. #LocalElections
Sometimes a natural sight takes your breath away. This beech for example… description in alt @NTCalkeAbbey
"Go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell…
#Beltane is the Gaelic May Day festival marking the beginning of #summer "Passage” (2007) by German installation artist Cornelia Konrads #womensart
May Day Maypole Mice postbox knit cover on the Yardley Wood Road, Birmingham! (📸by Vanessa Harbar)
We are thrilled to have been voted Birmingham's best hidden gem according to Tripadvisor reviews! Read more: birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/famil… #geology #museum #dinosaur #palaeo #fossils #rocks #minerals #LapworthRocks #HelloBrum #ThisIsBham @unibirmingham @geology_bham @LES_UniBham
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