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Allotment owner, professional gardener and former grower of royal roses at Buckingham Palace. 🌹 Senior Gardener at Grosvenor Estates London. You can subscribe to my newsletter here: https://bournetogarden.substack.com/

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A scarecrow wearing a brown jacket and flat cap, they have a smiley face. They are in a walled garden, set on a crate by some daffodils. Behind we can see blossom blooming and two visitors walking by.

A scarecrow wearing a brown jacket and flat cap, they have a smiley face. They are in a walled garden, set on a crate by some daffodils. Behind we can see blossom blooming and two visitors walking by.

Happiness is sitting in a garden on a sunny day surrounded by flowers.

And not having any allergies.

12.03.2026 08:01 👍 102 🔁 14 💬 3 📌 1
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A honeybee on a crocus for #InsectThursday 🌱🐝

#Bloomscrolling #BugSky #Flowers

12.03.2026 07:57 👍 46 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Thursday

12.03.2026 08:06 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Worrying to see early signs of aphids on the roses already 🥴 #InsectThursday

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #Roses

12.03.2026 10:23 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 0

And miss out on the angry clickbait

12.03.2026 10:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A ladybird with a red body with black spots and a black head with white spots. It is sitting on a grey green Sage leaf

A ladybird with a red body with black spots and a black head with white spots. It is sitting on a grey green Sage leaf

🌱 #insectThursday
So good to see the ladybirds back. They seem to be enjoying the sunshine as much as I am!
Yesterday’s tour with the Kew guides was really enjoyable and I am looking forward to our visit there next week. Today’s treat is a visit to Ramster for their regular embroidery exhibition.

12.03.2026 07:49 👍 46 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0

We found that:

• One fossil fuel price shock could cost the UK more than the entire additional cost of the transition to Net Zero.

• The benefits of Net Zero far outweigh the costs. For every pound spent on Net Zero, the benefits outweigh this by 2.2 to 4.1 times. ⬇️

11.03.2026 11:50 👍 51 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 1

Can we spread this single piece of information around a bit, not just on Bluesky. Send a paper printout to your grumpy old 'net zero will make us all poor' Uncle, or Auntie.

11.03.2026 12:09 👍 100 🔁 40 💬 1 📌 1
First thing: don't come flocking to the Purbecks coast expecting to see these amazing orchids in good numbers just yet. I am local to the area, and finding any this time of year is down to years of accumulated knowledge of where the earliest plants flower - along with appreciation of conducive weather conditions. Wait until around mid-April to see them at their best., when they flower in tens of thousands!

First thing: don't come flocking to the Purbecks coast expecting to see these amazing orchids in good numbers just yet. I am local to the area, and finding any this time of year is down to years of accumulated knowledge of where the earliest plants flower - along with appreciation of conducive weather conditions. Wait until around mid-April to see them at their best., when they flower in tens of thousands!

A little collage of the Ophrys sphegodes I saw on the Purbeck coast 11.03.26. Please read the ALT text if you are thinking of visiting 😉 @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @withylake.bsky.social

11.03.2026 22:07 👍 45 🔁 7 💬 4 📌 1
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Good morning
Its the start of the mystery historics!
Ive been collecting unnamed abandoned narcissi for the last 5 years, hoping to either match them to a known variety or to a lost variety and i always appreciate help and suggestions
If you think you know please shout!
Have an amazing day 🌱🌸

11.03.2026 06:52 👍 42 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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We have seedlings! 😍 this year it feels like such a long wait. With howling wind & rain most days and the ground still sopping wet I'm stuck in winter mode, unable to get outside most days despite the daffs & primroses in flower. #Climatechange is shaping all we do as gardeners now #gardening 🌱

12.03.2026 07:07 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Every time a politician brings this up, journalists need to ask them how much actual cash are they carrying with them right now and when was the last time bought something with cash.

12.03.2026 07:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ahh! These are the days of blossom and birdsong!
Good morning sweet, lovely people!

12.03.2026 06:40 👍 152 🔁 14 💬 7 📌 0
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Turkey tails on dead birch

#funghi #photography

11.03.2026 10:44 👍 59 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Something for #ColorADay #RedWednesday because i can’t possibly post another Amaryllis. 😉 A honey bee breaking and entering a lobelia at the wrong end #insects #Bloomscrolling #Gardens

11.03.2026 15:06 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A square collage of nine close-up photographs of spring flowers in soft natural light against blurred green backgrounds. The blooms are mostly yellow and white and include cowslips, several varieties of daffodil and narcissus, a white daisy with a golden centre, a glossy winter aconite bloom with a green ruff, a bright yellow leopard’s bane daisy-like flower, and a starry lesser celandine. The arrangement creates a cheerful patchwork of early spring blossoms.

A square collage of nine close-up photographs of spring flowers in soft natural light against blurred green backgrounds. The blooms are mostly yellow and white and include cowslips, several varieties of daffodil and narcissus, a white daisy with a golden centre, a glossy winter aconite bloom with a green ruff, a bright yellow leopard’s bane daisy-like flower, and a starry lesser celandine. The arrangement creates a cheerful patchwork of early spring blossoms.

In Norse mythology the goddess Freya is associated with the return of spring. It is said that as she wanders over the earth shaking her curls, spring flowers flow from her golden tresses and a warm breeze is created by the swishing movement of her green cloak. #LegendaryWednesday

11.03.2026 09:58 👍 104 🔁 31 💬 0 📌 0
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Good morning from RHS Wisley #UKGardens

11.03.2026 08:34 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

That’s an awesome achievement, well done 👏

12.03.2026 06:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Before and During

#Garden #Plants #Trees #Design 🌱

11.03.2026 22:59 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Love my little #plasticfree, biodegradable, low resource pots made from recycled cardboard 💚 these are smaller 5cm ones for my shallots - the ground was too wet for prepping last month so I'm starting them off in containers for now till I've caught up and they can go outside #gardening 🌱

11.03.2026 07:04 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
The bell shaped flowers of Japanese andromeda

The bell shaped flowers of Japanese andromeda

Pieris japonica in the rain 🌱

#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Macro

11.03.2026 19:58 👍 66 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0
A clump of white-pink almond flowers at the very tip of a twig that grows straight up, making it look a bit like a mic. Blurry flowers a light blue sky in the background.

A clump of white-pink almond flowers at the very tip of a twig that grows straight up, making it look a bit like a mic. Blurry flowers a light blue sky in the background.

My almond tree would like to announce that spring has sprung!

(The forsythias have started to bloom which is the official signal even though they aren’t native in Germany. 🤷‍♀️)

🌱

#organic-gardening

11.03.2026 08:02 👍 56 🔁 8 💬 5 📌 0
Pericallis violet

Pericallis violet

#FlowerPower

Violet

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11.03.2026 14:58 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A red poppy anemone flower

A red poppy anemone flower

Anemone coronaria 🌱

#Bloomscrolling #RedWednesday #RedWed #ColorADay #Flowers #Gardening

11.03.2026 10:34 👍 72 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 0
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To celebrate a sunny morning here’s You Are My Sunshine, bred by Fryer; Golden Beauty, bred by Kordes.
Happy #RoseWednesday everyone, have a good day. 🌱

11.03.2026 10:42 👍 79 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0
A red rose

A red rose

Red Rose Wednesday 🌱🌹

#RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #RedWednesday #RedWed #ColorADay #Flowers

11.03.2026 11:54 👍 50 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
A ground hugging plant with a pink flower and pale yellow stamens is accompanied by an eggplant colored bud on its left. The surrounding foliage has serrated leaves.

A ground hugging plant with a pink flower and pale yellow stamens is accompanied by an eggplant colored bud on its left. The surrounding foliage has serrated leaves.

A new pink hellebore bloomed just in time for #RoseWednesday. Hellebore are also known as Lenten Roses. #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin #FlowerReport🌱 #photography

11.03.2026 12:37 👍 50 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
2-toned daffodil with white outer petals and yellow inner petals growing amongst a whole bunch of others that are out of focus

2-toned daffodil with white outer petals and yellow inner petals growing amongst a whole bunch of others that are out of focus

The 2-toned daffs have now started to bloom as well 🌱

11.03.2026 14:56 👍 32 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of a mass of daffodil-shaped flowers but the blooms are smaller than classic daffodils. The centers are yellow while the spread petals are a creamy white. Massed together on thin green stems against a backdrop of brown leaf litter and a large gray rock.

Photo of a mass of daffodil-shaped flowers but the blooms are smaller than classic daffodils. The centers are yellow while the spread petals are a creamy white. Massed together on thin green stems against a backdrop of brown leaf litter and a large gray rock.

Today's blooms are daffodil-like but I'm not sure of the exact kind of flower... narcissus? jonquil? I always get confused 😂🌱

11.03.2026 15:39 👍 66 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 0
Anne Magnolia

Anne Magnolia

Candy tuff

Candy tuff

Grape hyacinth

Grape hyacinth

Daffodils

Daffodils

Spring is here! We have one last frost coming next week and then hopefully after that we should be done with winter! The great pollening is already starting too.

How are things looking like where you live? 🌸🌱

11.03.2026 15:51 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0