Tilly Calcutt

Science Education Coordinator at RBG Kew 🌲🔬📚 Interested in horticulture, forestry, biodiversity & conservation 🌍 Views are my own 👀

[The East African Herbarium (EA) @EAHerbarium_NMK]

The plant #taxonomy course for #conservation for 16 early/mid career scientists from 8 #African countries comes to a close today in #Nairobi after 5 weeks of intensive training lead by @KewAfrica team in collaboration with @museumsofkenya, @EAHerbarium_NMK & @uonbi. 📸 NMK Media

[Tilly Calcutt @TillyCalcutt]

Attention early career scientists in Africa ‼️ Kew’s Plant Taxonomy Skills 2025 course is now open for applications and will be taking place in Kenya 🇰🇪 It’s a great chance to develop taxonomic skills and the course includes full sponsorship for students 🌱

[Tilly Calcutt @TillyCalcutt]

Here is a great opportunity 🌱 and we have many more internships advertised

[FungusPirate @curataceae]

We have a (Fungal taxonomy) Research Leader post going, come work with us at kew! I have 1.3 million specimens I want you come play with
https://t.co/OXfI9dpbEk

[Tilly Calcutt @TillyCalcutt]

This is a great opportunity for those keen to develop their skills in taxonomy and conservation. We are now also accepting applications from Bhutan. Please spread the word 🌿

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Deadly bacteria, caused by discharge from farming and sewage, has taken over Lough Neagh, which provides 40% of Northern Ireland's drinking water.

Read more: https://t.co/05tHSOcNml

[Keep Kew Herbarium at Kew @KewKeepers]

Petition to keep the Kew Herbarium as a working herbarium
https://t.co/zNKAu9U1w3

[Sam Helle 🐾🐅 @samanthaiam]

Doing the fieldwork vs analyzing the data

[Leif Bersweden @LeifBersweden]

Hemlock is only poisonous when ingested, something a child is v unlikely to do as it tastes awful. Hemlock is a beaut plant & food source for insects. Imagine if instead of killing nature this was used as an opportunity to *teach* kids about wild plants.

https://t.co/b9Ukm623Is

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

This should be a criminal offence.

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

A species of endangered orchid, known as the Florida Ghost Orchid in the US, is expected to flower in the UK today for the first time.

Listen now as @MishalHusain speaks to Mike Fay, Senior Research Leader at the Royal Botanic Gardens, about the flowering ⬇️

#R4Today

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

The bean that could change the taste of coffee https://t.co/OoHXI6KGr1

[Tilly Calcutt @TillyCalcutt]

@RhianMinter Never give up! I struggled for over two years to get a job with an NGO. Rather than aiming for the next rung on the ladder, consider taking side steps and diagonals off the path. By doing that, I landed a fundraising assistant role with the RSPB. After that, I started at RBG Kew

[Tilly Calcutt @TillyCalcutt]

@AshWhiffin @NtlMuseumsScot @NatSciNMS @GlobalSciShow Great video, Ashleigh 🪲👍🏻

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

If you come across a bear, never push a slower friend down…even if you feel the friendship has run its course.⁣⁣

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

So, I find myself 30ft in the air up a tree in Wellingborough- surrounded by police, security & tree surgeons- trying to prevent an illegal tree felling. How did I end up here? Here’s an outrageous story of nature destruction & collusion between authorities & private developer 🧵

[Shannon Buttimer, PhD @shannonbuttimer]

apparently, pumpkin toadlets are surprisingly good climbers. we found this guy at least a meter and a half up this tree 😮

[Victor Deklerck @VictorDeklerck]

Come join us at @kewgardens in an exciting new role for the World Forest ID Programme, which aims at building georeferenced databases to halt deforestation:

https://t.co/EsH4NpIZ3q

[Tilly Calcutt @TillyCalcutt]

Had a sunny trip to @wakehurst_kew this afternoon. Lots of bright and beautiful colours this February

[Peter Timmermans @TimmermansPeter]

The iconic 1000+ year old El Drago, Dracaena draco of Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife