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Allotment owner, professional gardener and former grower of royal roses at Buckingham Palace. πΉ Senior Gardener at Grosvenor Estates London. You can subscribe to my newsletter here: https://bournetogarden.substack.com/
Unusual shaped leaves of the Tulip Tree that have turned golden yellow.
π± One of the joys of autumn, the glorious golden Liriodendron leaves for #SundayYellow. Iβm off to Wisleyβs Hilltop for a morning of volunteering. I think we might be busy because itβs the special event, from Plot to Plate celebrating growing your own.
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Close up of red spindleberry with their bright orange seeds showing. Left upper foreground, one green leaf tinged with orange, as though rusted. Background green leaves.
Yet more spindleberry π±
12.10.2025 06:06 β π 41 π 8 π¬ 3 π 0
Digging into my family history and found this interesting obituary of my Great-grandfather
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Green tomatoes
Green tomato chutney incoming.
I understand there will also be fresh home made tomato soup from some ripe ones picked in recent days.
There will still be enough for some sliced thick with mozzarella later.
Then there will be more to pick in a couple of days. π
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Mixed blooms
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More autumn colour from the garden. #SomeflowersonaSaturday
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Good morning everyone, this weekβs #SixOnSunday include Japanese Anemone, Virgina Creeper, Winter Jasmin, a fun fungus, and Rosa βTwiggyβs Roseβ
Have a great weekend!
π± #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
A house and a compressor showing how heat pumps work.
How do heat pumps work? www.theheatpumpwarehouse.co.uk/how-heat-pum...
11.10.2025 08:34 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
Autumn garden joy
10.10.2025 17:23 β π 43 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Collage of nine dahlias in vivid colours: wine-red and white bicolour, star-shaped crimson with gold centre, spiky deep wine-red, bright crimson with bee, crimson and gold pied, golden apricot ball, rich magenta, soft yellow with crimson centre, and crimson-white pied bloom.
βThen I sally forth, half sad, half proud,
And I come to the velvet, imperial crowd,
The wine-red, the gold, the crimson, the piedβ
The dahlias that reign by the garden-side."
- Edith M. Thomas (1854-1925).
#DailyBotanicalBeauty #Photography #flowers
#sixonsaturday 11-10-25 : hydrangea paniculata, eucalyptus, storm damage, alstroemeria, lemons, and autumn picking π±
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My 10 year old son is learning about slavery at school and produced this artwork to express heβs feelings about it. Really proud with what he came up with
#ProudDad #HopeForTheFuture
Autumn colour treescape for #Scape Friday.
#OneHundredYardsFromHome
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #photography #nature
Job four: just mowing π¬π§π±
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Roses 'Iceberg' outside my living room window
#RoseWednesday #UKGardening π±
As someone who lives on street filled with elderly people living on their own, itβs mainly do to sentimental reasons rather than financial. They like living in the house they raised their kids in, thatβs full of memories, than to downsize. Even if downsizing could save them money in running costs.
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'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
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Morning light races through the forest to greet the trees with its warmth. The foliage awakened in verdant vibrancy. Green glowing giants growing gradually, giving great gratitude gracefully.
Good morning my #bluesky friends! It's #ForestFriday, let's see some trees! β¨οΈππ²ππ²πβ¨οΈ
"I walk and I bathe in the calm of this place, I am safe and I am happy in my forest space"
- Paul, Hellopoetry.com
#poetry ##eastcoastkin #photography #nature #islandlife #westcoast #beauty #green #trees #sunrise
Beautiful π
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Fall has arrived in Oregon
10.10.2025 15:36 β π 16 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0SHOCKING: England just had its second worst harvest on record.
Farmers are paying the price of the climate crisis while fossil fuel giants keep cashing in.
Someone should tell Big Oil: you canβt eat money!
This is the same fungi taken yesterday #FungiFriday
π± #Gardening #UKGardening
Three quilled yellow blooms float in dappled shade above dark green matte foliage with other flowers opening behind them in the distance.
Three quilled yellow blooms shine in the sunlight against a background of deep green matte leaves and ferns.
Rudbeckia βHenry Eilersβ is just magical in sun or shade. π₯°
#gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #FlowersOnFriday #February2Frost π±
Large oak, leaves turned to rust and starting to fall #ThickTrunkTuesday
Seasons change with the scenery π±π³
#ForestFriday #TreeScape #TreeClub #Autumn #EastCoastKin
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
09.10.2025 20:23 β π 55215 π 22465 π¬ 1857 π 2119Gorgeous π
10.10.2025 10:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They really are, totally blew me away
10.10.2025 10:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you βΊοΈ
10.10.2025 10:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#FlowersOnFriday We are expecting a norβeaster this weekend to the point of the MulletπFestival being cancelled last minuteπ€―the windπ¨will break my 12 ft Tithonias so the butterflies are saying goodbye π’ππ§‘
#Flowers #Gardening #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #noreaster #Plants #Butterflies
Trump losing to someone fighting to protect democracy and end authoritarianismβ¦ oh the irony! π
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The petals on this Japanese Anemone are almost translucent #FlowersOnFriday
π± #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
