Katie Smith

Assistant Librarian at RHS Harlow Carr. Tweets about gardens and library books. she/her 🍄📚

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

New job alert! 📢

We're looking for a part time Assistant Librarian (Weekends) to join our library team at @RHSHarlowCarr

Link to apply is below. I can't wait to work alongside you! 😁

#Harrogate #HarrogateJobs #HarlowCarr

[Royal Horticultural Society Libraries @RHSLibraries]

Come and join our team in the library at @RHSHarlowCarr

We're looking for an enthusiastic and pro-active Assistant Librarian to join our library team, covering weekends.

Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/dQXA3WwjEa

[Royal Horticultural Society Libraries @RHSLibraries]

Are you looking for your next great read? Take a look at some of the brilliant suggestions we have for eBook on our Overdrive account. There's something for you, whatever your interest!

@The_RHS members can join the library and borrow books from us.
https://t.co/5jysEevuPJ

[Royal Horticultural Society Libraries @RHSLibraries]

On Friday, drop into the library at @RHSHarlowCarr to discover more about the history of the most northerly RHS Garden through early photographs and garden guides.

Talks are at 11am, 1pm and 3pm:
https://t.co/0xG52n4Jpu

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

Happy #YorkshireDay!

[Royal Horticultural Society Libraries @RHSLibraries]

Old and new Yorkshire wildflower treasures at RHS Harlow Carr Library for #YorkshireDay

The floras on the left are available to view with a research appointment

RHS members can borrow the wildflower illustration books to the right

Find out more https://t.co/VNRn29AYyN

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

That's a wrap on another year of book bags for schools!

School trips to @RHSHarlowCarr can borrow a bag for eight weeks for free. They're key stage & workshop specific and contain everything from poetry to practical gardening books.

More info at https://t.co/i8rbNbuUQ4

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

Librarians of Surrey, join us! Could you be our next Research Support Librarian?

[Royal Horticultural Society Libraries @RHSLibraries]

Want to work in a picturesque library, nestled in one of the best loved gardens in the country?

We are currently recruiting for a Research Support Librarian at our @RHSWisley Hilltop library.

Apply to join our lovely team: https://t.co/W9WvgbxmLx

#LibraryJobs #LibrarianJobs

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

Librarian friends in London and Surrey, now is your chance to join the RHS Libraries team!

[Royal Horticultural Society Libraries @RHSLibraries]

Could you be our new Collection Development Librarian? 📚

Work with one of the finest collections of horticultural literature in the world at either our Lindley Library in London, or our Hilltop library at @RHSWisley. 🌱

Apply today: https://t.co/2wt1nEG4JL

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

100 years ago today a horticultural legend was born. Happy birthday Beth Chatto! 🎂
27 June 1923 - 13 May 2018

#BethChatto OBE VMH was one of the greatest gardeners of the 20th century, a talented writer, and also an admirer of @RHSHarlowCarr gardens!

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

Pheasant spotted in the garden!

This cheeky chap is one of our regulars and has been known to bang on the outside library windows when hunting for cobweb bound insects 🪳

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

It's been raining and pouring nearly all day 🌧️

Streamside is back to her usual soothing babbling brook best 😌
@RHSHarlowCarr

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

Pots glorious pots! 🪴 There's lots of container gardening books ready for borrowing at @RHSHarlowCarr library. It's the Creative Containers inspiration weekend!

#FridayFavourites
@RHSLibraries

[fiona davison @fjd65]

It has been VERY hard to keep this secret over the last few months but our latest @RHSLibraries exhibition Growing Up in the Garden is in the new Gallery at Wisley and has some special guest stars. On until September.

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

Spot the bees 🐝
#HarlowCarr

[The RHS @The_RHS]

Join us at our Lindley Library for events inspired by the RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show at the @saatchi_gallery 🎨

- Make a botanical collage
- Explore the connection between queer identity & the environment
- Create a botanical illustration
https://t.co/AYiWrTZT8V

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

I promise they're all hand embroidered! 😍

We have five embroidered scenes made by the awesome RLCS: Spring, Summer, Streamside (this one), Autumn, and Winter. We rotate which is on display but we always have at least 1 to admire in the library at @RHSHarlowCarr

[RHS Harlow Carr @RHSHarlowCarr]

Don't forget to pop by our library and take the opportunity to see the new embroidery of the gardens, created for us by the talented Richmond & Leyburn Creative Stitchers 🧵🌸

Runs 11am–4pm until 2 July - No booking required: https://t.co/hyG6xkY7pG @RHSLibraries

[RHS Harlow Carr @RHSHarlowCarr]

When you look into an iris, you can't help but be mesmerised by its stunning texture, patterns and colour 😍

(📷: phsphoto on Instagram)

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

Garden decor books at @RHSLibraries for all the green fingered interior design fans out there 🌿
#FridayFavourites
@RHSHarlowCarr

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

Ta daah! Show stopping irises means summer is here 🌞

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

'Encouraging planting in urban front gardens: a focus group study'. A super article by @rachfrost, drawing on some @The_RHS research too!

🔓Open access in UCL's repository https://t.co/8ELUct41SY

📷 Some #FrontGarden inspiration spotted recently out and about

[Katie Smith @KatieSmithLIB]

Woohoo thank you volunteers!
I can spot a few of our trusty library volunteer team here 😀
#VolunteersWeek

[Royal Horticultural Society Libraries @RHSLibraries]

We are lucky to have 63 in-person and 167 remote volunteers who help us with everything from archiving and transcribing our collections, to welcoming library visitors at the Lindley Library, @RHSHarlowCarr and @RHSWisley. We are so grateful for their support! #VolunteersWeek