Clare Matterson

Director General, RHS. Love gardens, growing veg, nature, Suffolk, hens and outside stuff. Views own She/her

[Clare Matterson @CEMatterson]

@vivienneparry Viv - I am so sorry to hear this news. I have fond memories of you together at many art and science events over the years. Sending my deepest condolences to you.

[Clare Matterson @CEMatterson]

@bernarddonoghue Ouch. Hope it feels better soon

[Andy Salisbury @AndrewSalisbur2]

Exciting - this means I get to talk more about Plant Pathology, Biosecurity as well as the 'usual' invertebrates (and yes I'm thrilled - 25 years @The_RHS and the Plant Health Team is amazing)

https://t.co/Dm6JkrCvPh

[Clare Matterson @CEMatterson]

FirstLight Festival is this weekend - and the sun is shining. Come along ☀️ https://t.co/IZT74ru2KY

[Dr Suzanne Moss🌱🏳️‍🌈 📚 @DrSueMoss]

An awesome Young Peoples' Breakfast at The Newt Suite in #RHSChelsea this morning. So great to welcome so many amazing people from across the industry. Here's @The_RHS Director General @CEMatterson giving an inspiring speech.

Gardens toured, pastry consumed, all happy. 😃👏

[RHS Garden Wisley @RHSWisley]

The Wisteria Walk’s magnificent purple cultivar ‘Kokuryu’ is now flowering after a much-anticipated wait. The white ‘Kimono’ cultivar is also starting to bloom, meaning that the two combined will provide a spectacular sight in the coming days.

https://t.co/oI4zny28vV

#Wisteria

[The RHS @The_RHS]

To celebrate the #Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty Queen Camilla, we’ve planted a tree at each of our five #RHSGardens 👑🌳

Each tree was chosen to embrace the environmental challenges and different conditions at each RHS Garden https://t.co/9xDSNcWJkd

[The RHS @The_RHS]

We are honoured and excited to share the news that flowers & foliage from our five RHS gardens will adorn the High Altar at Westminster Abbey during the Coronation of The King and The Queen Consort. @Flowers_ft_Farm are also providing flowers for the historic event this Saturday

[Dr Anjana Khatwa @jurassicg1rl]

This looks great for EC folks! 😀

[Clare Matterson @CEMatterson]

@flygirlNHM @britnats @NHM_London Congratulations- well deserved 🪰

[Dr Suzanne Moss🌱🏳️‍🌈 📚 @DrSueMoss]

Ever thought you might fancy working in hort but struggling to get experience?

Join one of our new taster days with our super-welcoming team and give it a go! 🌳⚘️😃

[Clare Matterson @CEMatterson]

@Rosyhardy62 @hardyplants We saw one tired little swallow here in Suffolk yesterday 😁

[The Bee Guy @the_beeguy]

Many people asking us about #bumblebees at the moment - why they’re seeing them on the ground - so here’s a quick thread to explain what they’re up to. Please #retweet as every #queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist & produce new queen #bees for next year! 1/8

[Royal Horticultural Society Libraries @RHSLibraries]

Introducing Lindley Live, a new series of free, 15-minute talks about the treasures of our collection.

Tuesday lunchtimes at @The_RHS Lindley Library in Westminster.

No need to book - just drop in: https://t.co/etVLsUhjQw

[Clare Matterson @CEMatterson]

So exciting to be back to my old haunt @NHM_London and check out the Titan as biggest creature to have walked this Earth with Director of Science @phylofacts

[Mr Plant Geek ™ @mr_plantgeek]

I’m in the latest issue of @The_RHS magazine klaxon!

[Clare Matterson @CEMatterson]

Your garden should be a multilayer food forest, says RHS horticulturist https://t.co/E2Xo5pQHb0

[The RHS @The_RHS]

Yesterday we celebrated the opening of the Lewisham Healing Garden, our first community wellbeing garden, created in partnership with the NHS on the grounds of University Hospital Lewisham 🌻

[Dr Suzanne Moss🌱🏳️‍🌈 📚 @DrSueMoss]

Happy Friday! It's a gorgeous day here at @rhswisley . 🌞

Have a super one! 🌳🌸😃

[Jonathan Sheppard @TheJSheppard]

Great session in front of the Lords Select Committee with @CEMatterson on similar issues to what Adam Frost is talking about - pointed out 1500 wildflowers; RHS have 80,000 cultivars logged with possibly 400,000 in gardens (We know National Plant Collections have 90,000).

Cultivars may be part of the answer to making our landscapes more resilient to climate change. My view - cosmos and hollyhocks for eg are none native, but really useful in terms of bees etc loving them. Drought resistant, don’t need pesticides (well I don’t need to use them) and research shows cosmos fed to cows cuts methane emissions by 15% (seriously!) So cultivars can provide answers to some serious questions. And by crikey… they can look amazing too #GardenersWorld #shoutyhalfhour