Tom Freeth

Supervisor of #kewalpine @kewgardens. RBG, Kew and @trentuni graduate. insta @teefreeth

[Sarah Watts @Watts_SH]

I'll be giving a lecture during the @AlpineGardenSoc Conservation Day this Saturday 17th from 15:00-18:00.

"Riding the elevator to extinction – #ClimateChange and the #arctic-#alpine plants of Ben Lawers"

Tickets here: https://t.co/vvcizkEPGU, with @tfreeth @leeinthelakes

[Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea @RBKCMayor]

1/2 So interesting to visit @ChelsPhysicGdn today, and see the start of the wonderful Glasshouses Restoration Project, ahead of the 350 yr anniversary in 2023. Thank you to Sue Medway, Nell Jones, Jess Snowball & team for your warm welcome. #botanicgarden @RBKC #glasshouse

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

@JAU_m_e @FelixForest1 @lpalazzesi @KewScience @NewtonFund Patagonia! Bring us back some nice things Jaume!

[Jaume PM @JAU_m_e]

So this is what Valdivian rainforest looks like in Argentina... now it’s time to investigate community assemblies and phylogenetic diversity above and below ground with Laura Martínez @lpalazzesi @FelixForest1 @KewScience @NewtonFund

[Félix Forest @FelixForest1]

Today, we were in the Patagonian steppe again, collecting for our community assembly project; still very windy and we were not alone... @NewtonFund @KewScience @CONICETDialoga @JAU_m_e @lpalazzesi

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

Come work for us! Last few days. Botanical Hort position on rock garden. https://t.co/LF7LIjfdYr

[Carolin Göhler 🟢 land + scape @landscape717]

Successful Rock Garden Study Day @kewgardens with #Kew Rock Garden & #Alpine Team discussing #heritage & evolution of design & #quality to grow alpines incl those collected from wild, best growing conditions replicating #naturalistic landscapes- Hooker’s #picturesque style today

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

@Alpinegardensoc

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

Growing plants from cold, high and very wet @wildhaweswater in the the hot, dry and sea-level @kewgardens is not easy, but we are using techniques like mass autumn plantings, airpots, deep gravel mulches, crevice sowing of seeds direct into the cracks. #kewalpine

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

Some of the beautiful mosses and ferns @RSPB_N_England @WildHaweswater. Need help to ID the 1st, Huperzia selago, Fir Clubmoss, scree specialist Cryptogramma crispa, the Parsley Fern, and Diphasiastrum alpinum, the Alpine Clubmoss, and indicator of Alpine ecosystems #kewalpine

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

@QuinnPiper @kewgardens @RSPB_N_England @WildHaweswater @Alpinegardensoc @unitedutilities @JFDIecologist @leeinthelakes They’re called airpots, I will do a post on them soon, they are one of the ways we are getting around the problem of establishing plants that like it cold and wet in a very hot and dry garden

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

Seedlings @kewgardens from @RSPB_N_England @WildHaweswater @Alpinegardensoc and @unitedutilities UK upland conservation project. We will create a lakes landscape in miniature on the rock garden, and bank material in MSB, DNA bank and herbarium to deliver max benefit #kewalpine

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

@peter_goodchild @RHSWisley Mmmm v nice 👍

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

Diverse native upland vegetation on Harter Fell, confined entirely by grazing pressure. The @Alpinegardensoc exclosure is at the base of the fell @WildHaweswater, plants will start to migrate down. Loads of uncommon ferns, mosses, herbs and wild juniper #kewalpine

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

@strangekit

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

@WildHaweswater @RSPB_N_England vols plant plugs grown by @Alpinegardensoc members, seed collected by RSPB from local pops with permission and support from @unitedutilities. exclosure funded by @Alpinegardensoc. More on @kewgardens role later. A real collaboration #kewalpine

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

This will be an outstanding trip, most amazing scenery and plants with the best local guides

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

@JFDIecologist @RSPB_N_England @Alpinegardensoc @unitedutilities @WildHaweswater @leeinthelakes @strangekit Looking forward to catching up dave

[Tom Freeth @tfreeth]

We’ve been working with @RSPB_N_England @Alpinegardensoc @unitedutilities and @WildHaweswater to conserve British Native upland plant species. Will be posting over the next couple of weeks about the project #kewalpine