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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️
@canopyrobin.com
Professional tree enthusiast with a PhD about it.
Not being super professional here.
I make botanical pride pins.
canopyrobin.com/links
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One year ago today, I sold my first pin badge at canopyrobin.etsy.com and set out to fund my trans healthcare expenses sustainably by creating a small business alongside my fulltime job. This quoted thread shares the 17 designs and 106 variations I've made since then!

Please check them out! 🏳️‍⚧️
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I really wasn't exaggerating when I said my Christmas tree pride pins were detailed. Each of these baubles is just over 2mm! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4405...
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I really wasn't exaggerating when I said my Christmas tree pride pins were detailed. Each of these baubles is just over 2mm! canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4405...
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Why did I somehow never realize the audio track for this 😆😆😆
I'm particularly pleased with how the frog photoshoot came out, after standing in my local canal for a couple of hours.

Plus, I got to use the #GayFrogs audio on the video, which was super fun 🐸 canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4327...
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I love feedback like this 🥰
I‘ve just unpacked my order and can confirm that the level of detail is mind blowing, not only on the Christmas tree but also on the robin with the very subtle pride colours.

Thank you very much!
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Happy #NationalTreeWeek from me and the various tree pins, I sell at canopyrobin.etsy.com 🌳🎄🍃 #SciArt
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Looks like my scything efforts last week paid off to get a few hundred trees planted into our new hedgerow!
This #NationalTreeWeek we're celebrating all the research and practical conservation and restoration work that's done across our group. For example, a massive thankyou to our regular Friends of #GairWood group for their hard work planting a new hedge at our research woodland over the weekend!
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Not going to lie, you'll probably see me post these a lot over the next month. It's the first time I've created a design with such a clear time limit to breaking even. Like, who's buying a gay christmas tree pin in January?
And finally, today, one year after launching my first LGBTree pride pin to help fund transition, I'm launching another tree!

This time the trees are decorated for Christmas as part of my winter pin drop!

canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4405...
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Today, I can finally share the rest of my Game Changer, "we've been here the whole time" stickers and pins, in a whopping 27 flag designs!

Stickers: canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4333...

Pins: canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4346...

My endless thanks to @samreich.bsky.social for blessing these! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Not going to lie, you'll probably see me post these a lot over the next month. It's the first time I've created a design with such a clear time limit to breaking even. Like, who's buying a gay christmas tree pin in January?
And finally, today, one year after launching my first LGBTree pride pin to help fund transition, I'm launching another tree!

This time the trees are decorated for Christmas as part of my winter pin drop!

canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4405...
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Everytime I pack one of these up, I'm still so blown away by the detail on the little printed decorations. They came out so well and I'm so proud of them!
And finally, today, one year after launching my first LGBTree pride pin to help fund transition, I'm launching another tree!

This time the trees are decorated for Christmas as part of my winter pin drop!

canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4405...
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Everytime I pack one of these up, I'm still so blown away by the detail on the little printed decorations. They came out so well and I'm so proud of them!
And finally, today, one year after launching my first LGBTree pride pin to help fund transition, I'm launching another tree!

This time the trees are decorated for Christmas as part of my winter pin drop!

canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4405...
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Did a short video about these for Insta and Tiktok and it's fair to say the tiktok algorithm did not enjoy them 😅 A few views on insta at least but getting them out there in any major way is hard!
I'm so proud to announce my most ambitious pin to date: a miniature guide to the trees of Britain (and lots of Europe)!

Available now from my Etsy: canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4386...
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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And finally, today, one year after launching my first LGBTree pride pin to help fund transition, I'm launching another tree!

This time the trees are decorated for Christmas as part of my winter pin drop!

canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4405...
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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I'm also releasing a whole flock of robins for my seasonal pin drop!

There's one robin that's just regular bird colours but the rest are all pride flags from different aspects of my personal identity 😊🐦

canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4405...
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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One thing I love about doing all my own photography and modelling for my designs is that, not only do I get pictures of my pins, I also get snapshots of how I've changed over the last year
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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This is so important! If you're trying to get a message out, you've got to think about whether your audience actually understands what you're on about.

Everything boils down to communication in the end.
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Only 8 of the 20 pin, sticker, necklace, and patch designs I sell have ever made a profit. I would love to get that up to ten by the end of the year!
canopyrobin.etsy.com
One year ago today, I sold my first pin badge at canopyrobin.etsy.com and set out to fund my trans healthcare expenses sustainably by creating a small business alongside my fulltime job. This quoted thread shares the 17 designs and 106 variations I've made since then!

Please check them out! 🏳️‍⚧️
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Only 8 of the 20 pin, sticker, necklace, and patch designs I sell have ever made a profit. I would love to get that up to ten by the end of the year!
canopyrobin.etsy.com
One year ago today, I sold my first pin badge at canopyrobin.etsy.com and set out to fund my trans healthcare expenses sustainably by creating a small business alongside my fulltime job. This quoted thread shares the 17 designs and 106 variations I've made since then!

Please check them out! 🏳️‍⚧️
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Its quite striking to me the similarity with the no more jury judgements thing Labour wants to do how they say “criminals shouldn’t get juries“ when the reality is that its “people wouldn’t get juries“
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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The reason that magnolia flowers are more rigid and less soft compared to other flowers is because magnolia trees belong to one of the earliest lineages of flowering plants, and predate bees. They evolved to be pollinated by beetles, and still are
November 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It's been a fun day
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Off to the woodland today 🥰
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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My first ever pin design was the LGBTree!

I wanted to make something to celebrate the queerness I see in nature as a tree scientist. I even designed my first #SciArt backing card with an LGBTQ+ themed botanical fact!

🌳🏳️‍🌈 canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/1813...
November 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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I also made this online document of easy-to-take actions for allies who want to support trans people right now: docs.google.com/document/u/0... 🏳️‍⚧️
Actions for Trans Allies
Actions For Allies With increasing transphobia in the media and politics, being trans is getting more dangerous every day. Trans people’s access to public spaces, services, and healthcare are being re...
docs.google.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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I think it's safe to say that people are pretty 'aware' right now. What we actually need is safety and allyship but happy #TransgenderAwarenessWeek anyway.

If you want a trans pin, either as a pride symbol or in solidarity, this is your regular reminder that I sell a bunch at canopyrobin.etsy.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM