Rebecca Hopkinson Knitting & Textile Art

14/05/2026

Activities this week include attending the RHS horticulture careers fair, having a free tour of the garden and saving us £18:40 each😃😃Also meeting RHS staff and visiting Harlow Carr garden centre.
It gave me some insight into careers with the RHS ,notably you need to have some horticulture careers qualifications to apply for jobs with them and it’s a very popular career option of which jobs don’t come up often.

It was useful and has given me things to think about

I especially liked the Alpine and cactus greenhouse.

It was interesting listening to talks. The garden is constantly evolving as there at the forefront of innovation and sustainability.

Had a look round the garden centre.
Houseplants are a particular favourite area of mine.
They had their own woodland of which I didn’t get chance to look round. I’d say we walked around 30% of the garden so I didn’t get to see all of it.

04/05/2026

This past month I have joined the RSPB and Yorkshire wildlife trust officially as a volunteer. 😊

I also enjoyed a trip to forest gardens in Leeds and as part of a permaculture course.
The trip was interesting and we had a tour of the gardens learning about edible perennial plants , green manure and orchards, soli blockers and AirPods- these are the photos of the black bubble textured plastic , used to help seeds root and germinate

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It gave us lots of ideas to bring back to My favourite section was the little mini beast🐞🐞trail

A week later it was 🌍 at our annual global event focused on environmental protection and climate action. We had crafts, sunflower planting and tours of the garden. The 2026 theme is "Our Power, Our Planet,".

Bedford Fields Community Forest Garden is an open access garden in Woodhouse, LS6, that aims to educate people on how forest gardening can be a viable alternative to food production, resilient to climactic and social change.

04/04/2026

Must say feels like I saw some of these at Tropical world! 😀

03/04/2026

Hello, I’m back and I promise to keep this page updated this year with my creative endeavours!
Unable to add photos at the moment

Payed a visit to Tropical World today the first time in 4 years. I came here to do research for my undergraduate degree in tropical plants back in 2018. I replicated the tropical plants I saw in textile techniques. ( felting, weaving, knitting,) to make a modern day tapestry 🧶.

I only wish I had been at a much quieter time to have a better experience. It was all excited children, families and parents.

One thing that kept surprising me was the small miniature size of the animals. I always imagine them to be much larger from watching documentaries.

We didn’t see many butterflies until the end 🦋 when we were leaving.

It was interesting to find out about there educational workshops

https://lnkd.in/eYFZQin2.

And research and conservation

https://lnkd.in/eZJnmhsu

Key facts about Tropical World:
Conservation: Partners with Nature's SAFE to run one of the world's first living biobanks for wildlife conservation.

Education: Offers curriculum-linked workshops for schools (EYFS, KS1, KS2) focusing on rainforests and habitats.

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