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Frances Sampayo @FSampers

Deputy Director (Visitor Experience) at Chelsea Physic Garden 🌿 Trustee for BGEN 🪴 (Own views)

Joined December 2010
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Catching up on #BakeOff and it’s seems the producers have been inspired after a trip to the Cool Fernery @ChelsPhysicGdn #CustardCream
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Really excited to be recruiting an Interpretation Manager to help us tell the stories of @ChelsPhysicGdn in an inclusive and accessible way. Plants are an intrinsic part of all our lives, and you can help us celebrate their importance chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/ab…

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People and plants have shaped Chelsea Physic Garden since 1673. The people who currently work or volunteer in the garden still believe in the power of plants.

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Thank you for this brilliant write up @ianvisits We absolutely loved researching it 🍪 (now the campaign for a custard cream emoji begins!)
ianVisits@ianvisits
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Have you ever wondered if there's any significance in the design of a Custard Cream biscuit? A biscuity thread...
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A guarantee in life. If you go in to work early for an out of hours meeting it will: a) be cancelled or b) postponed to normal working hours due to transport delays
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Thank you Geoff to the #PorkScratchingsSubCommittee for supporting the Grand Opening of these two new visitor benches! Couldn’t have done it without you 🪴 @MOfP2021 😉
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A beautiful night celebrating the launch of @openhouselondon 2024 🏢🏫🏛️ and consider the future of our built environment “In challenging times being open means being united”
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The greatest achievement of my professional career….. putting a custard cream on display!
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Absolutely thrilled to be talking to @skip_the_queue about all things Public Programme at @ChelsPhysicGdn
Skip The Queue Podcast@skip_the_queue
2 May 2023
🎙 NEW EPISODE LAUNCHES TOMORROW 🙌 @FSampers Deputy Director (Visitor Experience) @ChelsPhysicGdn shares the transformative journey the garden has been on with it’s public programming calendar & the unexpected outcomes that’s brought the organisation. skipthequeue.fm
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We've absolutely loved shining a spotlight on this incredible artist as part of our 350 Trail and International Women's Day Celebrations. A Curious Herbal has to be one of the most spectacular books produced in the 1700s #ElizabethBlackwell
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22 Mar 2023
Spring is here and some of our favourite flowers are in bloom – but what do you know about botanical properties? Enter ‘Botanica Blackwellia’, otherwise known as Elizabeth Blackwell, a remarkable woman who penned and illustrated the book, A Curious Herbal, from 1737-39 🌱
Lithograph portrait of Elizabeth Blackwell.

ALT Lithograph portrait of Elizabeth Blackwell.

Dandelion plate from A Curious Herbal. The first plate shows the dandelion, a common wild flower. Blackwell mentions its ability to stimulate the flow of urine among its medicinal uses.

ALT Dandelion plate from A Curious Herbal. The first plate shows the dandelion, a common wild flower. Blackwell mentions its ability to stimulate the flow of urine among its medicinal uses.
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Happy #LunarNewYear to everyone celebrating 🎉 Highly recommend going on a @ChinaExchangeUK tour of China Town if you’re London based.
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If you want to show some NHS Solidarity today, support @EveryDoctorUK and maybe buy a couple of bags of coffee for those heroes doing their best to keep us in good health ☕️
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21 Jan 2023
NHS staff are working under unbelievable pressure, and we are showing them that we support them. If you order a lovely bag of our ‘support coffee’ here, we’ll post it to a staff member as a gesture of solidarity 💙 Thank you so much! (Ad) 👉 shop.everydoctor.org.uk/coll…
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What a #superstar I would love to see a Kingfisher in the wild. Maybe I’ll see one during the #BigGardenBirdWatch this year 🦢 🦩🕊️🦜
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We’re recruiting for some brilliant roles at @ChelsPhysicGdn 🪴 If you want to make a difference as our #CommercialDirector and work with an incredible team - now is your chance bit.ly/3GW4Usl
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I have always considered #JacindaArden to be an exceptional leader who continually demonstrated that kindness and empathy are integral to leadership. I look forward to following what comes next 👏

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An interesting thread on repatriation. Thank you @jackyd1001 for compiling.
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18 Jan 2023
Understanding stolen objects: a 🧵 Talking with someone yesterday I realised how few people really understand the repatriation debate in UK museums and the sheer scale of the problem. So I’m going to try and lay it out. 1/
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Taking our morning meeting out into the garden for a frosty morning walk @ChelsPhysicGdn
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Absolutely love these activity sheets by @CUBotanicGarden creating artwork from nature is an absolute joy at any age 🌿 🎨@bgenNetwork
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Blown away by the @chesterzoo Youth Board presentation at the @bgenNetwork Conference.
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Talking about engaging young people with nature with @onlyjackbaker at the @bgenNetwork conference 🌿 Go listen to the #PangolinPodcast
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