Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadCharlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My calendars are in stock and ready to order! charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/product-page/2… First 100 copies have now gone out to preorders and a few shops… next 100 copies have just arrived and are waiting for homes. Yey. Really love them this year. 22412
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadBrigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Bumblebees, solitary bees, wildflowers, & the hidden magic of pollination 🐝 A rare chance to join me in #Stirlingshire for a bee talk & guided walk as part of a beautiful Summer Solstice Arts weekend Do come if you can! Or share with friends in the area... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-other-...eventbrite.co.ukThe 'Other' BeesA talk and walk as part of the Long Light, Deep Roots Soltice. An introduction to the fascinating worlds of bumble bees and solitary bees. 02711
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadTrees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 28/05/2026For the first time in over 400 years, there is a beaver dam in #GlenAffric! 🦫 The ultimate example of their ecosystem engineering, #beaver dams create deeper pools, slow the flow of water, improve water quality, and provide rich habitats for #wildlife such as fish, frogs, otters and birds. 217741
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadEdinburgh Journal of Botany @ejbotany.bsky.social · 18/05/2026A beautiful but endangered species of #Gentiana #Gentianaceae from #Sikkim described as new to science by Indian researchers #CalcuttaUniversity, #GuruNanakDevUniversity, #MansarovarGlobalUniversity #Forest&EnvironmentDeptartmentSikkim in #OpenAccess #EJB @thebotanics.bsky.social: bit.ly/49adcvL 0124
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 03/04/2026We have an announcement. OUR CHERRY TREE IS BUDDING! 🌸 Thank you to the Orkney Japan Association - our tree is one of 30 cherry trees planted across #Orkney as part of the Sakura Cherry Tree Project. 🌸❤️🌸 540029
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadCharlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 01/04/2026As part of my ‘When Beasts Spoke’ exhibition we’ve created a children’s woodland den area! You can sit, read my illustrated art book and write a story about Squirrel. I’ll be choosing a winning story at the end of the exhibition and the winner will take home the original squirrel canvas!🐿️ 2258
Sheila Whitehead @sheilawhitehead.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Lovely, as always, to visit @thebotanics.bsky.social today. I have always admired the East Gates depicting Rhododendron calophytum. The gates are fitting recognition that the garden holds the world's largest collection of wild origin Rhododendron, some 650 species. 010
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Doggo still thinks they're a puppy: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/funnypets/... 2445609571
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadCharlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Done! 30 wild flowers. Really enjoyed this project, was a bit like keeping a sketch book, but the pages were canvases. Made me try out things I may not have normally tried. Would recommend a little self-set goal like this to any artist! Honestly, been a joy. Plus I learnt some new flower names. 🌸🍃🌼🍃 511226
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadJames Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Lundy has been dramatically described as 'Britain's Galapagos' but it's not an unreasonable comparison. It hosts the only British example of 'co-endemism' - an endemic species that is host to another endemic species (and perhaps even *two* endemic species...) Interested? Book a ticket! 0174
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadTristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Very interesting! Thank you @beccyscottuk.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-black-de...theconversation.comThe Black Death’s counterintuitive effect: as human numbers fell, so did plant diversityNew study finds that plant biodiversity collapsed in landscapes where arable production was abandoned during and after the Black Death era. 22612138
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadTrees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 03/03/2026The #CaledonianForest is more than trees 🌲 It’s a wildlife-rich web of life - home to iconic animals like red squirrel, crested tit, wood ant and Scottish wildcat. 🐿🐜 Some are found nowhere else in #Britain, and all depend on rich, healthy habitats for shelter and survival.🌳 #WorldWildlifeDay 12311
Reposted by Sheila Whiteheadcomfysofa23.bsky.social @comfysofa23.bsky.social · 16/02/2026@bsbibotany.bsky.social There is a beautiful display of snowdrops near me. But I took this on selfie mode just to get a glimpse of blue sky too. 0253
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadChris Thorogood @christhorogood.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Maths and biology conspired to make something beautiful: the world’s largest floating leaf (genus Victoria), spanning up to 3 m across. We decoded this enigma with mathematical modelling to show the lattice is an economy of material– the most structurally efficient way to cover a large surface area. 311524
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadJames Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social · 14/02/2026We're trialling something new this year at the BSBI - an activity designed to support absolute beginner botanists with identifying *and* recording their first ever 100 plants in 2026 🌿 If you know anyone that might like to take part then please spread the word: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...bsbi.orgThe 100 Plants in 2026 Challenge 46741
Sheila Whitehead @sheilawhitehead.bsky.social · 16/02/2026BBC News - Special bricks to help birds put in every new home in Scotland www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...bbc.co.ukSwift bricks to be put in every new home in ScotlandThe Scottish government has made it part of the law, that all new homes should have a special brick added to make a home for swifts 074
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadKathryn Rose @artsyhonker.bsky.social · 15/02/2026If you are in the UK and were born between 1970 and 1990 you may not have had enough doses of MMR vaccine to be protected from measles. Contact your GP to get a booster course for free. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...nhs.ukMMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccineFind out about the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, including who should have it, when it's given and possible side effects. 21112
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadChris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 15/02/2026BBC News - Courting capercaillies up 50% on Cairngorms reserve www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCourting capercaillies up 50% on Cairngorms reserveConservationists counted 30 lekking males on the RSPB's Abernethy nature reserve last year. 0167
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadCharlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Part2 #ExhibitionSneakPeek #ScottishWildcat #wildcat 06513
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadCharlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 06/01/2026My debut solo exhibition is this spring. I’m delighted to announce the details, and so excited to share what I’ve been working on 🤍 49224
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadBotany One @botany.one · 10/08/2025The journal editor... concluded the topic was not relevant to the scientific community. I was devastated. But my advisor encouraged me, saying the editor lacked vision: “Does everyone in plant biology really have to work on Arabidopsis?” he asked.botany.oneJuliane K. Ishida: From Grandmother’s Garden to the Frontiers of Parasitic PlantsBotany One interviews Dr. Juliane Ishida who has gone miles —literally— to undercover the mysteries of parasitic plants. 092
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadCamellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 24/04/2025May is the month of colours popping🌈🪻🎨🙌🎉 A sea of nemophila (ネモフィラ), known as 'baby blue eyes', welcomes visitors to the top of Mt Hiei. Up here the flowers of early spring are still going strong. #Hieizan #Kyoto #MtHiei #比叡山 #京都 #Japan #spring #babyblueeyes 15615
Reposted by Sheila Whitehead Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · 03/03/2025🚨 New Edinburgh exhibition! Ever wondered what's in our world-renowned herbarium? Now's your chance to find out. Explore the stories behind diverse specimens and the vital role the collection plays in tackling biodiversity challenges. 📍 22 March - 29 June 2025 at the John Hope Gateway. Free entry. 0136
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadWoodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Our #LochArkaig estate manager Henry Dobson shows the chilly location of a rare and threatened plant species we are conserving in collaboration with @thebotanics.bsky.social In Finland, this plant is known as "bear hay" because brown bears love to munch on it.🐻 093
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadBrigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 29/01/2025So our Chancellor believes industry should “focus on getting things built, and stop worrying about the #bats and the #newts”. Please read @batconservation.bsky.social's response... and click on their link to find out what they're doing about these so called 'reforms' and how we can help 🦇 👇 011033
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadCharlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 18/01/2025🤩 It’s official! We’re ready for Scotland’s Trade Fair 🤩 First day tomorrow. Looking forward to meeting lots of lovely people… (Feeling equally excited, nervous, and exhausted already 😆🙌🤞😬💛) Couldn’t have done any of today without you @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social , thank you xxxxxxx 8749
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 18/01/2025'Alright pal, got plans for the #BigGardenBirdwatch?' 'Nah, just the usual... hang out of sight whilst she's doing the count, then touch down once the hour's over. You?' 'Classic. Planning some fly-bys with a few of the boys, but we'll only land one at a time.' 'Niiice.' 382394254
Sheila Whitehead @sheilawhitehead.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Looking forward to the start of 'Monty Don's British Gardens' 8pm BBC2, today, especially to see Little Sparta, created by Ian Hamilton Finlay & his wife Sue. I wasn't sure what to expect when I visited, but loved this unique moorland garden, its diverse themes of artwork, landscape & planting. 042
Sheila Whitehead @sheilawhitehead.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Puppy raised lovely Cookie for Guide Dogs and we're so proud of her becoming a working guide dog earlier this year. Her guide dog owner sent me these lovely photos as it will be her first Christmas with them. So thoughtful to do that. It really made my day! 1161
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadBritish Gardening History @britgardhistory.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Reprising my favourite horticulturally themed Christmas photo! Mistletoe salesmen, 1926. 312729
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadThomas Whitehead @thomasbw84.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Went to the festive lights yesterday at the Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, it was beautiful and it remains one of my favourite places. 031
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/12/2024Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardiantheguardian.comNature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the GuardianOur wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their winter encounters with nature Once again, the Young Country Diary series is open for submissions! Every three months, as the UK enters a new season, we ask… 03112
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadNational Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 29/11/2024Over a year since its illegal felling, we're making sure the legacy of the Sycamore Gap tree lives on 🌳 When the Sycamore Gap tree was felled last September, we recovered 49 saplings from its roots as part of our 'Trees of Hope' initiative - one to represent each foot in height of the tree. 426767
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadVenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 02/12/2024The Poinsettia is another birth flower of December. The Aztecs thought these plants to be gifts from the gods, symbols of new life. They believed the hummingbirds and butterflies that visited Poinsettias were their fallen warriors, resurrected by the gods. #Christmas #folklore #flowers 06517
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadRSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Frosty mornings & fluffed-up wings… Who’s behind door number 2? ❄️ #RSPBAdvent 638566
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadCharlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 02/12/2024❄️☃️My Next Christmas Markets🎄❄️ 02411
Sheila Whitehead @sheilawhitehead.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Christmas Lights at the Botanics, Edinburgh was really... well, magical, despite the cold and rain. So well done & music was lovely too. My photos don't do it justice. 030
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadBotanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Peter Marren's 'Rare Plants' is out now, published by Bloomsbury @chiffchat.bsky.social Peter is one of our amazing #BSBImembers! Fellow members can claim a 20% discount when ordering their copy. For sample pages of the book & info on how to claim, go to: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2024/11/rare... 24613
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadBotanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Exciting to get a sneak peek at upcoming book on Urban Plants by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social! Trevor's talk 'Untangling the Urban Jungle' at British & Irish Botanical Conference last Saturday gave us a taste of what we can expect from the book. Recorded talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2-p...youtube.comUntangling the urban jungle by Dr Trevor DinesYouTube video by Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland 1204
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadMikeLikesPlants @mikelikesplants.bsky.social · 29/11/2024My favorite thing in #plantscience today - diversity of cotton fiber color in native Peruvian cotton. www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?s... Cultivated cottons are typically white, but these native Gossypium barbadense can be brown, orange, cream, green, and lilac. That's right - natural lilac fiber! 28724
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadAlex Webb Lab @alexwebblab.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Enjoyed sneak preview of #Cambridge #Botanic Gardens winter lights courtesy of @beverleycubg.bsky.social . Me next to a time lapse of Linneas' floral clock, right next to the #circadian beds, part of the circadian trail. Come to Cambridge and learn all about #plant clocks. Enjoy the winter lights. 🧪 1258
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadScottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Hello to all you poets & poetry fans. By way of an intro here's a poetry resource we've been working on for years. It features the internet's largest database of Scottish poets & their work, poetry-related blogs, podcasts, films, archive recordings, etc. Enjoy. x www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.ukscottishpoetrylibrary.org.ukScottish Poetry Library - The world's leading resource for Scottish poetryThe Scottish Poetry Library is a unique national resource and advocate for the art of poetry, and Scottish poetry in particular. 38241
Reposted by Sheila Whiteheadwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Irises, 2012 by Scottish artist Elizabeth Blackadder 047049
Sheila Whitehead @sheilawhitehead.bsky.social · 26/11/2024@juliewychwoodgdns.bsky.social Hi, Julie, very pleased to reconnect here! 010
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadWASPI Campaign @waspicampaign.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Help us get justice for 3.6 million #WASPI women not properly told about increases to their State Pension age. Retirement plans shattered. #DWP at fault. Sign our petition to get the Government to act. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... 11610
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadHelen @helenintgarden.bsky.social · 24/11/2024What a wonderful idea... a Scottish company... selling seeds... bred to be successful in colder places... 🌱 1256
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 24/11/2024This is both sad and infuriating. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.com'Refused service again with my guide dog, I'm done speaking out'Sean Dilley is inundated with abuse on social media whenever he posts about discrimination issues. 30354271242
Reposted by Sheila WhiteheadCharlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024In the winter wilderness, Wolf's spirit thrived. Fierce, untamed and free. She was known for her wild nature, her loyalty and her strength, and that was true. It was not all she was though; not all her truth. Wolf knew that her deepest power lay in the gentle touch of her soul. #WhenBeastsSpoke 1557949