The concept of a #naturegarden has changed over the years.
Distant relative of current UK's head gardener Monty Don, George Don (1798-1856), travelled around the world to collect plants.
He saw European plants that had spread along colonial transport routes!
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#gardening
#UKgardening
#planthunters
Blue Tit and House Sparrow at the waterfall #birds #gardenbirds #waterfall #wildlifegarden #naturegarden #ukbirds #britishbirds #birdphotography #CheshireUK
Autumn silhouette op a Long Tailed Tit #birds #gardenbirds #wildlifegarden #naturegarden #ukbirds #britishbirds #birdphotography #CheshireUK
Female House Sparrow #birds #gardenbirds #wildlifegarden #naturegarden #ukbirds #britishbirds #birdphotography #CheshireUK
Male House Sparrow from my garden #birds #gardenbirds #wildlifegarden #naturegarden #ukbirds #britishbirds #birdphotography #CheshireUK
Blue Tit in the Holly. #birds #gardenbirds #wildlifegarden #naturegarden #ukbirds #britishbirds #birdphotography #CheshireUK
House Sparrows feeding in my garden #birds #gardenbirds #wildlifegarden #naturegarden #ukbirds #britishbirds #birdphotography #CheshireUK
Blue Tit taking a bath. #birds #gardenbirds #water #waterfall #wildlifegardenpond #naturegarden #ukbirds #britishbirds #birdcams #CheshireUK
Dunnock from the garden visiting the waterfall for a bath. #birds #gardenbirds #water #waterfall #wildlifegardenpond #naturegarden #ukbirds #britishbirds #birdcams #CheshireUK
How's your soil condition? Some say feeding may help.
Personally, I'm in the process of using less and less added feed. Instead, I'm working on better soil quality. #naturegarden
Here's one of the many articles on the Internet that may give you more insights.
Good luck in 2026!
#gardening
Hello K J, what's the role of horseradish leaves in ecology please?
#naturegarden #permaculture
In case you wonder when the next podcast will be published ... Due to circumstances, our break takes longer than expected. Please stay tuned, we'll be back!
We have a basket full of episodes, listen! discutafel.nl/en/
#gardening #tuinieren
#naturegarden #natuurtuin
#sustainability #duurzaamheid
Perhaps more importantly, evergreens give year-round shelter against wind, rain, and sun.
They help to create a microclimate, which makes your garden attractive for more animal species.
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#gardening
Minibeast Metropolis flyer, Sunday 11th September, 11am-3pm
We're getting super-excited for our Heritage Open Day event next weekend, supported by @leedscivictrust.bsky.social. We'll have an interactive #minbeast trail plus loads of #familyfriendly activities including building #habitathouses from recycled materials, seed ball making and #naturegarden design
What's your definition of gardening, then? Or is your post irony.
I have been using these methods for years, intentionally, in my eco-friendly garden.
I think 'traditional' gardening is far less work than maintaining my #permaculture #naturegarden #homestead.
Lunchtime for this #bee on a calendula #flower
#gardenforwildlife #naturegarden #nextdoornature
Dragonfly nymph shell
A dragonfly nymph shell. A great spot by our volunteer officers, while doing some pond maintenance today.
#dragonflynymphshell #dragonflynymph #dragonfly #naturegarden #wildlifegarden #pondlife
Sharp-tailed Bee on Small Scabious, Scabiosa columbaria #SolitaryBees #WildFlowers #NatureGarden #Gardening
Update.
The young great tit seems to have been collected by its parents a few minutes ago!
It had been call8ng for hours.
It's very quiet now in our garden ...
#gardening
#naturegarden
#gardenbirds
Bird nest box
Young great tit looking to the world through nest box hole
Young great tit looking to the world through nest box hole
Young great tit looking to the world through nest box hole
Shall I? 🐦⬛
Seconds after making these photos, this young great tit decided to explore the wide world.
In a split second, he landed on a tree branch, calling for his siblings and parents.
This happened 10 mins ago, and no relative has showed up yet.
#naturegarden
#birds
#tits
#gardening
Nice photo! We think this plant might be a Verbascum chaixii 'Album' or white nettle-leaved mullein?
#gardening #naturegarden
Sharp-tailed Bee, Coelioxys species. visiting Field scabious, Knautia arvensis in my Garden #SolitaryBees #Pollinators #NatureGarden #Gardening
A few more more shots of ♀ Green-eyed Flower Bee, Anthophora bimaculata nectaring in our front garden last night. #SolitaryBees #Pollinators #NatureGarden #Gardening
Caught this very cheeky ♀ Green-eyed Flower Bee nectaring on Verbena B. in our front garden last night. Anthophora bimaculata #SolitaryBees #Pollinators #NatureGarden #Gardening
Little Yellow-face Bee, Hylaeus pictipes visting Lovage Flowers, Levisticum officinale #SolitaryBees #Pollinators #Gardening #NatureGarden
Male Javelin Wasp, Gasteruption jaculator visiting lovage flowers in my garden at the weekend #Wasps #NatureGarden #Gardening
Fabricius' Nomad Bee, Nomada fabriciana. Kleptoparasite of Andrena bicolor/Gwynnes's Mining Bee which is active in my garden at the moment. Rarely see Nomads in my garden so this was quite exciting! Here on Geranium 'Rozanne' #SolitaryBees #NatureGarden #Gardening #Pollinators
Nice suprise on Ox-eye daisy last night - must be Chrysura radians, Round-ended Rubytail Wasp!? This is a parasite of Osmia Leaiana (and other Osmia Bee) nests. 1/2 #SolitaryBees #Naturegarden (cant see many records in Kent?) @ianbeavis.bsky.social
