Kathryn Parsons
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social
Artist - unearthing & sharing little-known stories of nature & place. Research-based projects, sculpture, community engagement, workshops, nature connectedness, John Clare, Westings Meadow.
GroundWork Gallery Associate Artist 2023 www.kathrynparsons.co.uk
GroundWork Gallery Associate Artist 2023 www.kathrynparsons.co.uk
Just finished 'Redwing' storybox sculpture, in time for the Festive Doo Dah pop-up Christmas exhibition :)
At Grange Farm, Benwick, Cambs, PE15 0XU.
Sat. 29th Nov 10am - 6pm & Sun. 30th Nov 10am - 4pm
Free entry. 7+ artists & makers incl. ceramics, textiles, paintings & prints.
At Grange Farm, Benwick, Cambs, PE15 0XU.
Sat. 29th Nov 10am - 6pm & Sun. 30th Nov 10am - 4pm
Free entry. 7+ artists & makers incl. ceramics, textiles, paintings & prints.
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Just finished 'Redwing' storybox sculpture, in time for the Festive Doo Dah pop-up Christmas exhibition :)
At Grange Farm, Benwick, Cambs, PE15 0XU.
Sat. 29th Nov 10am - 6pm & Sun. 30th Nov 10am - 4pm
Free entry. 7+ artists & makers incl. ceramics, textiles, paintings & prints.
At Grange Farm, Benwick, Cambs, PE15 0XU.
Sat. 29th Nov 10am - 6pm & Sun. 30th Nov 10am - 4pm
Free entry. 7+ artists & makers incl. ceramics, textiles, paintings & prints.
Piecing together a new porcelain & ephemera storybox - getting ready for the Festive Doo Dah this coming weekend 29/30Nov'25 - it's a Christmas pop-up art exhibition near Whittlesey, Camb. PE15 0XU 😃
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Piecing together a new porcelain & ephemera storybox - getting ready for the Festive Doo Dah this coming weekend 29/30Nov'25 - it's a Christmas pop-up art exhibition near Whittlesey, Camb. PE15 0XU 😃
Walking in sunshine at #Langdyke Countryside Trust’s newest nature reserve 🌞
#ChristsCollegePitsNatureReserve
#ChristsCollegePitsNatureReserve
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Walking in sunshine at #Langdyke Countryside Trust’s newest nature reserve 🌞
#ChristsCollegePitsNatureReserve
#ChristsCollegePitsNatureReserve
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OH MY! Land Beneath the Waves is one of BBC Wildlife Magazine's seven best adult books of 2025! And in such wonderful company! Totally made my year! 🥰💚
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
Well now, #BBCWildlife magazine, glad you think so. ☺️ Right there with the likes of @sophiepavs.bsky.social and @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social. #naturewriting #bestnaturewriting2025
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
OH MY! Land Beneath the Waves is one of BBC Wildlife Magazine's seven best adult books of 2025! And in such wonderful company! Totally made my year! 🥰💚
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
Celebrate Autumn! Sunday 23rd November, 11am - 3:30pm in the cosy cabin on Torpel Manor Field Nature Reserve, Helpston, Camb PE67DU. Plus homemade cakes, mulled apple juice, a warm welcome & lots to see!
Nearest postcode PE6 7DU. Near the junction of West Street and Langley Bush Road (see map)
Nearest postcode PE6 7DU. Near the junction of West Street and Langley Bush Road (see map)
November 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Celebrate Autumn! Sunday 23rd November, 11am - 3:30pm in the cosy cabin on Torpel Manor Field Nature Reserve, Helpston, Camb PE67DU. Plus homemade cakes, mulled apple juice, a warm welcome & lots to see!
Nearest postcode PE6 7DU. Near the junction of West Street and Langley Bush Road (see map)
Nearest postcode PE6 7DU. Near the junction of West Street and Langley Bush Road (see map)
Fungi! Made from porcelain, fresh from the kiln!
Inspired by fungi seen on Langdyke Countryside Trust's nature reserves - the four on "Westings Meadow" plus Swaddywell
They'll be at the exhibition this coming weekend 22&23 Nov 2025 - work by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social & me
Hope you can come!
Inspired by fungi seen on Langdyke Countryside Trust's nature reserves - the four on "Westings Meadow" plus Swaddywell
They'll be at the exhibition this coming weekend 22&23 Nov 2025 - work by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social & me
Hope you can come!
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Fungi! Made from porcelain, fresh from the kiln!
Inspired by fungi seen on Langdyke Countryside Trust's nature reserves - the four on "Westings Meadow" plus Swaddywell
They'll be at the exhibition this coming weekend 22&23 Nov 2025 - work by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social & me
Hope you can come!
Inspired by fungi seen on Langdyke Countryside Trust's nature reserves - the four on "Westings Meadow" plus Swaddywell
They'll be at the exhibition this coming weekend 22&23 Nov 2025 - work by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social & me
Hope you can come!
It’s a beauty-filled time of the year! Next weekend is Celebrate Autumn exhibition with @sarahlambert7.bsky.social and the following is the Festive DooDah!
Both gorgeous and both very different. It would be great to see you!
Both gorgeous and both very different. It would be great to see you!
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It’s a beauty-filled time of the year! Next weekend is Celebrate Autumn exhibition with @sarahlambert7.bsky.social and the following is the Festive DooDah!
Both gorgeous and both very different. It would be great to see you!
Both gorgeous and both very different. It would be great to see you!
Reposted by Kathryn Parsons
Help us Celebrate Autumn! in Helpston (nr Peterborough) next weekend (details below). Autumn photos, a fungi slideshow, eco-print art, porcelain work, and creative ways of mapping our local landscape. Plus a cosy atmosphere, hot drinks and home-made cakes by donation!
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Help us Celebrate Autumn! in Helpston (nr Peterborough) next weekend (details below). Autumn photos, a fungi slideshow, eco-print art, porcelain work, and creative ways of mapping our local landscape. Plus a cosy atmosphere, hot drinks and home-made cakes by donation!
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social
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In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
Country diary: Red-hot spindle sets the hedgerow ablaze | Nic Wilson
Braughing, Hertfordshire: This fiery plant is one of the most startling sights of autumn – and it has a place in history in this county
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November 7, 2025 at 8:27 AM
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm hunting for the county's first ever recorded wild plant along the same the road where it was spotted by the father of British botany, William Turner, in 1548.
#naturewriting #countrydiary
#naturewriting #countrydiary
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
SO proud of these people! None had used porcelain clay before and they all created such beautiful nature-inspired pieces, responding to the plants at beautiful @Barnsdale Gardens! 🍁
#porcelainworkshop #loveplants #botanical
#porcelainworkshop #loveplants #botanical
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
SO proud of these people! None had used porcelain clay before and they all created such beautiful nature-inspired pieces, responding to the plants at beautiful @Barnsdale Gardens! 🍁
#porcelainworkshop #loveplants #botanical
#porcelainworkshop #loveplants #botanical
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Hedgerow fruit, field and forest fungi, leaves aflame in red and gold – autumn whispers its magic.
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social and I will be celebrating the season at our exhibition on 22–23 November. We’d love you to join us.
#photography #art #johnclarecountryside
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social and I will be celebrating the season at our exhibition on 22–23 November. We’d love you to join us.
#photography #art #johnclarecountryside
October 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Hedgerow fruit, field and forest fungi, leaves aflame in red and gold – autumn whispers its magic.
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social and I will be celebrating the season at our exhibition on 22–23 November. We’d love you to join us.
#photography #art #johnclarecountryside
@kathrynparsons.bsky.social and I will be celebrating the season at our exhibition on 22–23 November. We’d love you to join us.
#photography #art #johnclarecountryside
Still a few places - Friday 31st Oct 2025 at Barnsdale Gardens, Rutland.
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shop.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/products/por...
Botanical Porcelain Hanging Decorations Workshop. 31st October, 2025.
Barnsdale Gardens Craft Courses. In this fun workshop artist Kathryn Parsons will lead you through simple steps to create your own unique porcelain ornaments from soft porcelain clay. Learn how to imp...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Still a few places - Friday 31st Oct 2025 at Barnsdale Gardens, Rutland.
shop.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/products/por...
shop.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/products/por...
I mapped as I walked… generating a gentle tangle of memories, with each knot marking 50 steps.
Overhead, thousands of starlings danced in the evening sky.
At Langdyke Countryside Trust’s Etton Maxey Nature Reserve.
#artistinresidence #place #nature
Overhead, thousands of starlings danced in the evening sky.
At Langdyke Countryside Trust’s Etton Maxey Nature Reserve.
#artistinresidence #place #nature
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I mapped as I walked… generating a gentle tangle of memories, with each knot marking 50 steps.
Overhead, thousands of starlings danced in the evening sky.
At Langdyke Countryside Trust’s Etton Maxey Nature Reserve.
#artistinresidence #place #nature
Overhead, thousands of starlings danced in the evening sky.
At Langdyke Countryside Trust’s Etton Maxey Nature Reserve.
#artistinresidence #place #nature
Currently places for a botany-inspired porcelain workshop at Barnsdale Gardens, Rutland. Friday 31st October 2025. shop.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/products/por...
October 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Currently places for a botany-inspired porcelain workshop at Barnsdale Gardens, Rutland. Friday 31st October 2025. shop.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/products/por...
Reposted by Kathryn Parsons
"You have it in your power to make a difference. Don't give up. There is a future for you. Do your best while you’re still on this beautiful Planet Earth that I look down upon from where I am now."
Those were Dr. Jane's last words, as released by Netflix.
Photo: Katherine Holland
Those were Dr. Jane's last words, as released by Netflix.
Photo: Katherine Holland
October 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"You have it in your power to make a difference. Don't give up. There is a future for you. Do your best while you’re still on this beautiful Planet Earth that I look down upon from where I am now."
Those were Dr. Jane's last words, as released by Netflix.
Photo: Katherine Holland
Those were Dr. Jane's last words, as released by Netflix.
Photo: Katherine Holland
Beautiful results created at our botanical ecoprinting workshop! 👏👏👏
Lead by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social & me, with #LangdykeCountrysideTrust
Lead by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social & me, with #LangdykeCountrysideTrust
October 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Beautiful results created at our botanical ecoprinting workshop! 👏👏👏
Lead by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social & me, with #LangdykeCountrysideTrust
Lead by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social & me, with #LangdykeCountrysideTrust
Join me for a gentle morning making botanical porcelain decorations from soft porcelain clay! No experience needed.
Fri. 31st Oct 2025, 10am - 12:30pm.
At Barnsdale Gardens, nr Rutland Water LE15 8AH
£60 incl materials & firing
shop.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/products/por...
#porcelainworkshop
Fri. 31st Oct 2025, 10am - 12:30pm.
At Barnsdale Gardens, nr Rutland Water LE15 8AH
£60 incl materials & firing
shop.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/products/por...
#porcelainworkshop
September 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Join me for a gentle morning making botanical porcelain decorations from soft porcelain clay! No experience needed.
Fri. 31st Oct 2025, 10am - 12:30pm.
At Barnsdale Gardens, nr Rutland Water LE15 8AH
£60 incl materials & firing
shop.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/products/por...
#porcelainworkshop
Fri. 31st Oct 2025, 10am - 12:30pm.
At Barnsdale Gardens, nr Rutland Water LE15 8AH
£60 incl materials & firing
shop.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/products/por...
#porcelainworkshop
Reposted by Kathryn Parsons
If you missed the Sounding The Wash exhibition, you can still listen to @kathrynparsons.bsky.social's future fable exploring how plants and creatures might respond to all that threatens The Wash.
Listen here: www.kathrynparsons.co.uk/TheWashEvolu...
Listen here: www.kathrynparsons.co.uk/TheWashEvolu...
Favourite photos from Sounding The Wash at #GibraltarPoint Nature Reserve. With Sophie Marritt, Jane Scobie and @lincswildlife.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If you missed the Sounding The Wash exhibition, you can still listen to @kathrynparsons.bsky.social's future fable exploring how plants and creatures might respond to all that threatens The Wash.
Listen here: www.kathrynparsons.co.uk/TheWashEvolu...
Listen here: www.kathrynparsons.co.uk/TheWashEvolu...
Favourite photos from Sounding The Wash at #GibraltarPoint Nature Reserve. With Sophie Marritt, Jane Scobie and @lincswildlife.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Favourite photos from Sounding The Wash at #GibraltarPoint Nature Reserve. With Sophie Marritt, Jane Scobie and @lincswildlife.bsky.social
Friday 19th September - meet the artists at "Sounding The Wash", Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve, Lincolnshire, UK! All welcome!
Call in any time 10am - noon. The exhibition then closes at 1pm.
Huge thanks to all our visitors so far, and the wonderful @lincswildlife.bsky.social!
Call in any time 10am - noon. The exhibition then closes at 1pm.
Huge thanks to all our visitors so far, and the wonderful @lincswildlife.bsky.social!
September 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Friday 19th September - meet the artists at "Sounding The Wash", Gibraltar Point Nature Reserve, Lincolnshire, UK! All welcome!
Call in any time 10am - noon. The exhibition then closes at 1pm.
Huge thanks to all our visitors so far, and the wonderful @lincswildlife.bsky.social!
Call in any time 10am - noon. The exhibition then closes at 1pm.
Huge thanks to all our visitors so far, and the wonderful @lincswildlife.bsky.social!
Reposted by Kathryn Parsons
Opening today at Gibraltar Point - a thought-provoking exhibition inspired by the wildlife of The Wash by @kathrynparsons.bsky.social, Sophie Marritt and Jane Scobie.
Head to the Old Coastguard Station to see some of the exhibits and for a map of the other locations.
Head to the Old Coastguard Station to see some of the exhibits and for a map of the other locations.
September 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Opening today at Gibraltar Point - a thought-provoking exhibition inspired by the wildlife of The Wash by @kathrynparsons.bsky.social, Sophie Marritt and Jane Scobie.
Head to the Old Coastguard Station to see some of the exhibits and for a map of the other locations.
Head to the Old Coastguard Station to see some of the exhibits and for a map of the other locations.
#SoundingTheWash is now open! At #GibraltarPoint Nature Reserve, near Skegness, Lincs, UK until 1pm, 19th Sept '25.
Story, sculpture & soundworks by #JaneScobie, #SophieMarrit & me! With @lincswildlife.bsky.social.
Meet the artists Friday 19th Sept, 10am - noon.
Free entry. Parking fees apply.
Story, sculpture & soundworks by #JaneScobie, #SophieMarrit & me! With @lincswildlife.bsky.social.
Meet the artists Friday 19th Sept, 10am - noon.
Free entry. Parking fees apply.
September 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#SoundingTheWash is now open! At #GibraltarPoint Nature Reserve, near Skegness, Lincs, UK until 1pm, 19th Sept '25.
Story, sculpture & soundworks by #JaneScobie, #SophieMarrit & me! With @lincswildlife.bsky.social.
Meet the artists Friday 19th Sept, 10am - noon.
Free entry. Parking fees apply.
Story, sculpture & soundworks by #JaneScobie, #SophieMarrit & me! With @lincswildlife.bsky.social.
Meet the artists Friday 19th Sept, 10am - noon.
Free entry. Parking fees apply.
Only 2 places left!! 😃 It'll be a gorgeous workshop exploring #ecoprinting on paper - a day of gentle fun, creativity and nature - between Stamford and Peterborough, UK PE6 7EL
With @sarahlambert7.bsky.social me and #LangdykeCountrysideTrust.
Who wants to join us? 😃 tinyurl.com/3yf9sujs
With @sarahlambert7.bsky.social me and #LangdykeCountrysideTrust.
Who wants to join us? 😃 tinyurl.com/3yf9sujs
August 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Only 2 places left!! 😃 It'll be a gorgeous workshop exploring #ecoprinting on paper - a day of gentle fun, creativity and nature - between Stamford and Peterborough, UK PE6 7EL
With @sarahlambert7.bsky.social me and #LangdykeCountrysideTrust.
Who wants to join us? 😃 tinyurl.com/3yf9sujs
With @sarahlambert7.bsky.social me and #LangdykeCountrysideTrust.
Who wants to join us? 😃 tinyurl.com/3yf9sujs
Reposted by Kathryn Parsons
One sodden cloud doth not end the drought (but the petrichor be divine!) 🌧️
August 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
One sodden cloud doth not end the drought (but the petrichor be divine!) 🌧️