Hands sowing seed into a module with the front copy of 'The Easy Garden' overlaid.
When you've gardened for decades it's easy to forget how confusing the advice and jargon can be as you start out. A new book by Michael Griffiths aims to be a 'straight-talking guide' for beginners. (Ad. Sent review copy not paid.) Read my review: bit.ly/4mEQj9b 📷Jason Ingram
#UKGardening #books
White muscari flower against green background with purple viola petals in foreground.
I nearly missed this hiding among the violas in my pots. Tiny perfection and just the thing for this week's Cheering Up Mondays flower. More on the blog: bit.ly/4cjWtXr
#CheeringUpMondays #UKGardening #MondayMotivation #photography 🌱 #Cotswolds
Good morning Sunday early birds! Any wistfulness I might’ve felt returning from my Mediterranean idyll has been entirely mitigated by the joy of the arrival of bluebells in my garden: Hello old friends!
Wishing you your very best day!
Close-up of forget-me-nots in bloom, their small five-petalled blue flowers with yellow centres forming a natural heart-shaped cluster among soft green foliage, photographed in spring in a garden.
Each year when the forget-me-nots open their blue flowers, I find myself searching for a heart-shaped cluster. I photographed this perfect little heart in my late mother’s garden, a lovely reminder of her. Perhaps you might spot one too this spring, a reminder of someone special?
I think most people would prefer this. #Science
A Palladian style bridge over a lake surrounded by green trees and sloping fields.
A nice quiet Sunday morning. Yesterday B and I did our usual walk to Prior Park for the first time in about a month. It has gone much greener in that time - spring has definitely sprung! Have a good day! xx
This was taken from the canoe, just as the morning mist was lifting. #blueheron
First of my Lily of the Valley (Convallaria) flowering in my garden
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
I’ve got some out too. Such a lovely flower.
Pink and white honeysuckle flower.
The first of this year’s honeysuckle.
#UKGardening #honeysuckle #gardening #BloomScrolling
Close-up collage of spring flowers in soft focus: a nodding white snake’s-head fritillary, a central cluster of blue grape hyacinth, arching bluebell flowers, small forget-me-nots with yellow centres, and two deep blue Scilla blooms on a single stem, all set against a fresh green background.
“Sweet Month! thy pleasures bid thee be
The fairest child of Spring;
And every hour, that comes with thee,
Comes some new joy to bring.”
From “April” by John Clare (1793–1864). #WednesdayMotivation
If you have baby figs on your tree congratulations - you'll have a crop of ripe fruit this year (as long as there's no late frost) 💚 figs in the UK rely on embryonic fruits formed late the previous year to overwinter, so don't remove them if you're pruning #gardening 🌱
They were the first we did. Are breaking down in places as old bricks and frost has got in. We’ve got metal edged further down
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Pink and white blossom on tree stood in grass alongside a gravel path.
The latest in the occasional look around my garden in this week's blog post. There's plenty of colour right now not least from this rather wonderful tree. Read about what's flowering and the latest changes here: bit.ly/4ejlapu
#UKGardening #gardens #BlogPost #cotswolds 🌱
Purple lily-shaped tulip.
A touch of elegance for this week's Cheering Up Mondays flower, part of a rather large bulb order I placed with Peter Nyssen last autumn! More on the blog: bit.ly/48ywhan
#CheeringUpMondays #MondayMotivation #BloomScrolling #tulips #photography #UKGardening
I need to get mine out but pricking out seedlings more urgent.
We’ve got rain forecast and wind is chilly hence why it’s a potting shed/greenhouse day.
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”.
Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed
With spring in full swing, it’s worth getting on top of some of the jobs if you want to get your lawns looking good.
So here is an article I wrote last year on some tips on how to get your lawns looking good.
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🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #LawnCare
View of pots of white, yellow, pink, orange and purple tulips with daffodils and hyacinths.
Sunshine, blue sky, spring flowers and the chance to spend time in my happy place - the potting shed. How’s your Sunday shaping up?
#UKGardening 🌱#cotswolds
Mt. Fuji and cherry blossoms at Arakurayama Sengen Park 🌸🗻 Honestly, one of the most stunning views in Japan. So… will you come see it for yourself next cherry blossom season? 😉
Mt. Fuji and cherry blossoms at Arakurayama Sengen Park 🌸🗻
Honestly, one of the most stunning views in Japan.
So… will you come see it for yourself next cherry blossom season? 😉
#MountFuji
#MtFuji
#Fujisan
#Sakura
#Japan
Buchanan Castle, 🏴Scotland 🏴
So neat seeing nature reclaim it.
#pink #tulips warming up a chilly #Saturday
Dithered for ages making this bulb selection - am rather pleased with the result!
Dynasty, Blushing Lady, Doll’s Minuet, Artist, Pretty Princess. #geeteebulbs
Welcome home #ArtemisII 🌎
Have a good weekend everyone. 🌱
This week’s #SixOnSaturday really highlights how much the gardens are starting to come alive. We have a couple more Tulips, Bergenia, a Bee feeding off a Choiysa, Lilac and Cherry Blossom.
Have a great weekend all!
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
There is much attention given to cherry blossom at this time of year... and for good reason, as it is very lovely. But for my money plum blossom is every bit as beautiful 😍 💚 #gardening 🌱
Look at the women at NASA.
They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points.
And they are doing it all with joy.👇
The front covers of Amateur Gardening and Garden News.
Part of feature on lavender with pictures of lavender flowers.
Part of feature on a garden with a picture of outdoor table.
Delighted to have two very different articles published this week
In Amateur Gardening, I’m getting growing tips from Norfolk Lavender.
In Garden News, I’m discovering how a Gloucestershire garden is a sanctuary. It opens for @glosngs.bsky.social
@ngsopengardens.bsky.social
#gardening #cotswolds
Viewfinder on camera showing a cream and pink tulip in grass.
Early morning photo shoot.
#photography #gardens #cotswolds
Pink, yellow, orange and purple tulips in grass under a tree.
A glorious jumble of colour from tulips used in containers over the years and replanted under the apple tree.
#UKGardening #tulips #gardens #cotswolds 🌱
Purple anemone flower.
An old favourite for this week's Cheering Up Mondays flower. More on the blog: bit.ly/48ixjqS
#BloomScrolling #CheeringUpMondays #photography #MondayMotivation #cotswolds
