John Grimshaw

Gardener; writer; Director of the Yorkshire Arboretum; member of the RHS Woody Plant Committee; Honorary Elder Lerang'wa Village Tanzania

[Yorkshire Gardens Trust @YorkshireGT]

@YorkshireGT Members and visitors enjoyed a fantastic presentation by @JohnMGrimshaw followed by a walk around Ray Wood. An absolute hidden gem at @YorksArboretum - well worth a visit.

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@markdocs @Caterham_School @CJBowry @sals_shoes @CaterhamPrep @BBCSurrey @surreylive Thanks Mark

[mark dockery @markdocs]

@Caterham_School @CJBowry @sals_shoes @CaterhamPrep @BBCSurrey @surreylive Congratulations also to @JohnMGrimshaw for his MBE !

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@plantchief @YorksArboretum @YorTHC Thank you very much!

[Nicola Spence CBE @plantchief]

Congratulations to @JohnMGrimshaw @YorksArboretum @YorTHC for receiving an MBE in the Kings New Years Honours list #NewYearHonours

[Tamara Finkelstein @TamFinkelstein]

Congratulations to all those honoured in the 2024 #NewYearsHonours. In particular those recognised for all you have done for people, animals and nature. @DefraGovUK celebrates you.
Including @vandenoort @JohnMGrimshaw @Debbie_Tann
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[John Grimshaw @JohnMGrimshaw]

@TamFinkelstein @DefraGovUK @vandenoort @Debbie_Tann Thank you very much, I'm truly honoured. Just trying to do my bit.

[robbie @mediumsoup]

@AnimalPlanet @ladbible
theres a walrus lost in scarborough. so hes just decided to knock one out in front of us all on the pier. no fucks given 😆 #wankingwalrus

[Andrea Jones @andreajonesphot]

Amazing how a clever choice of #plants can blend a small space into the landscape so beautifully. Thanks to @JohnMGrimshaw for inviting me to capture his wonderful country #garden in #yorkshire.
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#gardenphotography #inspired #sunrise

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@GardenEclectic @Urban_Creations Noted about the fluidity of Quercus genetics and entirely agree, but this looks like a large-leaved Q. ilex, which can happen.

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@PeterGWeather A pendulous Ash rather than 'Pendula' - it happens every now and then. I see a rather droopy one on the way to work, next to an upright one: the habit is very varied. This looks lovely.

[John Grimshaw @JohnMGrimshaw]

@TobyBuckland A vile calumny by Mr S!

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@jhrdub @BSBIbotany @BSBIScotland @The_RHS Sowerby's English Botany

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@Urban_Creations @CallyKevin @WoodyRhs @RCM_Group I ran over mine ☹

[John Grimshaw @JohnMGrimshaw]

#AdventCalendar 21 Dec. Study window curtains in 'Hera', the classic @LibertyLondon pattern designed in 1887 by Arthur Silver and still in production; and newly installed door curtain to repel draughts. #mycollection #libertyoflondon #hera #peacock

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#AdventCalendar 20 Dec. Apple 'Ashmead's Kernel'. My favourite fruit, at perfect ripeness now, intensely aromatic with the perfect blend of sweetness and acidity, and crisp firm flesh. Raised by Dr Ashmead in Gloucester c. 1700. #mykitchen #apple #heritage #pomology

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#AdventCalendar 19 December. Cymbidium Doris Dawson 'Scotch Mist', just opening its first spike for several years on the study windowsill. It's worth persevering with. #mycollection #mygarden #houseplants #cymbidium #orchid

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#AdventCalendar 18 Dec. Lilium nepalense by Lilian Snelling 1937. Hand-coloured lithograph, 56x38 cm, from Vol 5 of 'A Supplement to Elwes' Monograph of the Genus Lilium' by A Grove & AD Cotton. #mycollection #mylibrary #botanicalart #lilium

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#AdventCalendar 17 Dec. 'Bird's-eye View of the Thames London to Oxford', GW Bacon & Co. c. 1890. A detailed perspective map of the middle Thames in 3 parts, each 140 cm long, contained in a decorative wallet. #mycollection #mylibrary #antiquemap #riverthames #greatwesternrailway

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#AdventCalendar 16 December. Portrait in oils of a Maasai warrior, signed AC (unknown, Kenya settler?), but after a postcard photograph in the series 'L'Afrique qui disparait!', 1930s, by Casimir Zagourski (1880-1941). #mycollection #portrait #maasai #Africa