An advert for digging with the pen: an introduction to garden writing. A workshop day on 22 April at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Run by Nic Wilson, £80

Do you enjoy writing about plants and gardens? Would you like to join me for the day at @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social to explore different styles of #gardenwriting and to find inspiration in the beautiful botanic gardens?

Tickets still available here: www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/education-le...

Blackberry Garden #38 Dear Garden - suddenly

New on Substack: Dear Garden- the February letter to the garden #gardenwriting #letterwriting #mygarden #ladybirds #gardenbirds #gardening #blueskygardening
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Blackberry Garden #37 Dear Garden - its been a year of excuses

New on Substack: my latest letter to the garden: Dear Garden, it has been a year of excuses #gardening #gardenwriting #letterwriting #mygarden
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I loved writing about lots of different ways to watch winter wildlife in the December edition of @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social.

#naturewriting #gardenwriting

Great to see my article on this lovely garden full of memories in St Albans in this month's The English Garden magazine. #gardenwriting

Ann Loves Plants: the garden memoir continues… The post introduces a rebranding journey from “Amateur Bot-ann-ist” to “Ann Loves Plants,” reflecting personal growth and a renewed focus on gardening. The author shares exp…

Life’s a journey through a series of garden rooms for many of us in horticulture. It’s time for me to leave one room, and enter into another, into a bit of the unknown.
#horticulture
#gardenblog
#gardenwriting
#pnwgardening
#annlovesplants
#gardenmemoir

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Blackberry Garden #34 Dear Garden - il pleut

New on Substack - the latest letter to the garden. Dear Garden - il pleut #gardening #gardenwriting #mygarden #taplink open.substack.com/pub/theblack...

Not going to make BBC Gardeners' World Live! this year as it clashes with my book launch, but here I am enjoying it a few years ago. And I'll be speaking at the Autumn GW Live! Show on #Wildlife #Gardening for #Wellbeing, so that'll be fun. @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social #gardenwriting

A picture of the book Land Beneath the Waves with the endorsement above it: Nic Wilson is one of the most exciting emerging nature writers.

Thanks @jackwallington.com for your kind words about #LandBeneaththeWaves. I've enjoyed reading your nature gardening books over the years and it's lovely to have the opportunity to share my writing with you and other readers. 😊💚 #booksky #naturewriting #gardenwriting #lifewriting

Blackberry Garden #31 Dear Garden - I've been playing away

New on Substack - the latest letter to the garden. Dear Garden: I've been playing away #letter #gardenwriting #gardenwriter #gardening #greenheart 🌿💚🌱
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A new happy place for writing...

#garden #gardenwriting #firepit #summervibes #summerevening

Where memories bloom alongside roses—Memories and a Garden, rare 1924 first edition by Emily Eldredge Saville. mflibra.com/products/192...

#BookWithASoul #MFLIBRA #OwnAPieceOfHistory #RareBooks #MemoriesAndAGarden #EmilyEldredgeSaville #VintageBooks #GardenWriting #CollectorTreasures

Where memories bloom alongside roses—Memories and a Garden, rare 1924 first edition by Emily Eldredge Saville. mflibra.com/products/192...

#BookWithASoul #MFLIBRA #OwnAPieceOfHistory #RareBooks #MemoriesAndAGarden #EmilyEldredgeSaville #VintageBooks #GardenWriting #CollectorTreasures

Blackberry Garden #29 Dear Garden - of plant fairs

New on Substack - the latest letter to the garden. Dear Garden - of plant fairs #gardenwriting #gardening #greenheart #plants #plantfair #taplink 🌿💚🌱 open.substack.com/pub/theblack...

Orange Imperial Fritillaries on a lush green background of foliage.

Yellow kingcups by a pond.

Yellow Imperial Fritillaries in green vegetation.

Weeping tree over a pond with mown grass beside it.

Where can plants take you and how can you bring them to life on the page? Questions we're trying to answer in our next writing session @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social. #gardenwriting

Blackberry Garden #28 Dear Garden - of detritus and knick knacks

New on Substack: the latest letter to the garden. Dear Garden - of detritus and knick knacks #gardenwriting #gardeningwriter #gardening #decluttering #mygarden 🌿💚🌱
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Blackberry Garden #27 Dear Garden - of lawns, daisies and a wisp of clover

New on Substack, the latest letter to the garden. Dear Garden: of lawns, daisies and a wisp of clover #gardening #gardenwriting #mygarden #greenheart #letterwriting
#taplink open.substack.com/pub/theblack...

Blackberry Garden #26 Dear Garden: I saw a bus going to Judgement Day

New on Substack - Dear Garden: I saw a bus with a destination of Judgement Day #gardening #gardenwriting #greenheart #mygarden#taplink open.substack.com/pub/theblack...

Picture of a garden and underneath the text: Digging with the pen: An introduction to garden writing. Learn the art of garden writing with writer, editor, and Guardian country-diarist Nic Wilson

Just a couple of spaces left on my #gardenwriting course at @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social on Tuesday 15 April in #Cambridge.

I've booked sunshine(!), spring flowers & lots of writing time in the garden. Suitable for everyone, covering feature writing & creative non-fiction. Do come & join us. ☀️🌷🪷🪻🌱

Just started reading 'Vanishing Landscapes' & I'm already immersed in delicious scrumpy history... 🍎 🍏 🍻 #naturewriting #gardenwriting

Blackberry Garden #25 Dear Garden, of stars and Mars and twinkles

New on Substack: the latest letter to the garden. Dear Garden: of stars, Mars and twinkles #gardenwriting #gardenwriter #gardening #greenheart #mygarden 🌿💚🌱
#taplink open.substack.com/pub/theblack...

A journey to the mid-west a blog about gardening, garden visiting, plants and wildlife in the garden

New on the blog: A journey to the mid-west..... of Wales #gardenblog #gardenwriting #botany #midwales #gardening #greenheart 🌿💚🌱
#taplink www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2025/03/a-jo...

If you know anyone based near #Cambridge who might enjoy a day playing with plants and words, please do let them know. Many thanks 🙏 #writingcommunity #naturewriting #gardenwriting #booksky #gardening #nonfiction

Blackberry Garden #24 Dear Garden - of mission creep

New on Substack: the latest letter to the garden. Dear Garden - of mission creep #gardening #greenheart #mygarden #gardenwriting #gardenwriter #mygarden #taplink 🌿💚🌱 open.substack.com/pub/theblack...

Blackberry Garden #23 Dear Garden - of mud, washing and crocus.

New on Substack: the latest letter to the garden. Dear garden: of mud, washing and crocus. #gardenwriter #gardening #gardenwriting #greenheart 🌿💚🌱
#taplink open.substack.com/pub/theblack...

Blackberry Garden #22 Dear Garden - of seaside, starlings and pause

New on Substack: the latest letter to the garden. Dear Garden - of seaside, starlings and pause #gardenwriting #gardening #greenheart 🌿💚🌱
#taplink open.substack.com/pub/theblack...

Blackberry Garden #21 Dear Garden: new borrowings

New on Substack - the latest letter to the garden. Dear Garden - new borrowings #gardening #greenheart #gardenwriting #letterwriting #mygarden 🌿💚🌱
#taplink open.substack.com/pub/theblack...

Fancy a hug with a difference each day. 30 writers contribute an article a month. You can read📄 or listen 🎧 at your leisure at Scribehound Gardening 🤗
#gardenwriting

Blackberry Garden #20 Dear garden: where were we?

New on Substack: Dear Garden - where were we? Of birds and squirrels #gardenwriting #gardenwriter #mygarden #greenheart #gardening 🌿💚🌱
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Blackberry Garden #19 Dear Garden - snowdrops, scooters and slippers

New on #Substack the latest letter to the garden. Dear Garden: of snowdrops, scooters and slippers #gardenwriter #gardenwriting #letterwriting #gardening #greenheart #taplink 🌿💚🌱 open.substack.com/pub/theblack...