Beth Otway (Pumpkin Beth)

A Calendar of Snowdrop Garden Openings, Talks, Events & Open Days for 2026! - Pumpkin Beth Calendar of Winter, Spring, & Autumn Snowdrop Events for 2026! Welcome to my Autumn & Winter Snowdrop Gardens, Talks, Events, and Open Days Calendar!  I want to help you discover the most beautiful an...

Have you seen my Snowdrop Calendar?
Discover amazing snowdrop gardens, snowdrop tours, talks, plant sales, & events - here's a link: www.pumpkinbeth.com/2021/09/snow...

#Snowdrops #Galanthus #Garden #WinterFlowers #Outdoors #Nature #Gardening

MSPs just voted to pass the Natural Environment Bill - the most significant piece of environmental legislation Scotland has seen for a decade. What an absolute triumph for the species, habitats, and people of Scotland 🌍🌱♥️

OH MY! Land Beneath the Waves is one of BBC Wildlife Magazine's seven best adult books of 2025! And in such wonderful company! Totally made my year! 🥰💚

@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness

The horticulture industry is leading the way.

The UK Government wants to support businesses. Here are 8 of them stating exactly what they need.

Watch now at peatfreepartnership.org.uk/hort-shorts

#EndPeatSales
#Horticulture #PeatFree #Gardening #Compost

Peat isn't "just dirt"

It's an important natural resource in the fight against climate change, and the main component of the breathtaking peatlands that cover ~12% of the UK.

Enough is enough - sign today
https://actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales/

#Gardening #PeatFree #Allotment

Sign the petition to end peat sales! No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.

We must #EndPeatSales @peatfree.bsky.social
Peat extraction releases CO2 & destroys nature.
One of our most important habitats is being destroyed, please help! Ancient peatlands are nature’s heroes. Tell the Government to protect them add your name 👇
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales

A Calendar of Snowdrop Garden Openings, Talks, Events & Open Days for 2026! - Pumpkin Beth Calendar of Winter, Spring, & Autumn Snowdrop Events for 2026! Welcome to my Autumn & Winter Snowdrop Gardens, Talks, Events, and Open Days Calendar!  I want to help you discover the most beautiful an...

Don't have time to see all your favourite people over Christmas? Arrange a snowdrop walk together next year.
Here's a link to my Calendar of #SnowdropGarden Openings, Snowdrop Talks & #Snowdrop Plant Sales: www.pumpkinbeth.com/2021/09/snow...

#MerryChristmas #Galanthus #Snowdrops #Family #Friends

Well done and thank you to all the brilliant volunteers who have been recording data in surveys of the #GreatNorthBog!
#Volunteer #Peatland #PeatBog #ThankYou #MakeADifference

Peatland Restoration Practitioner LANTRA | Yorkshire Peat Partnership A LANTRA accredited training course delivered by Yorkshire Peat Partnership, led by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Thinking about a career in peat? Dates announced for our LANTRA accredited Peatland Restoration Practitioner course! Booking opens in January: www.yppartnership.org.uk/peatland-res...
#GreatNorthBog

As our friend Mariah says, if all you want for Christmas is a blanket bog, we’ve got you covered. We’re bringing the bog to you! In collaboration with the Craven College in Skipton, we’ve created a VR experience that makes peatlands accessible to everyone #GreatNorthBog #SphagnumMonday #Christmoss 🎁

New preprint on pop #genomics of #spittlebug—the main insect vector of Xylella, the bacterium that has ravaged olive groves in southern Italy 🇮🇹 🫒

Take-home: problematic insect vector may be less widespread than initially thought—important implications for disease control 💥

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Sign the petition to end peat sales! No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.

Buying loved ones #houseplants for #Christmas? 🌴🌿💐
Choose carefully: almost all houseplants are grown in #peat. If you're not sure, always ask before buying. Wish you didn't have to worry? Sign our petition to ask govt to make all plants #peatfree actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

A photo of lettuces. Text reads "all I want for Christmas is a level playing field for horticulture"

A photo of Sphagnum moss close-up. Text reads "all I want for Christmas is protection for these unique habitats"

A photo of peat-free compost on a trowel. Text reads "all I want for Christmas is a timeline for the peat-free transition"

A photo of peat extraction with machinery. Text reads "all I want for Christmas is legislation to end peat sales"

We're asking for one thing that will provide clarity to an industry that's faced constant delays. Legislation is needed to give the #horticulture industry a timeline for phasing out #peat.

Sign the petition for legislation in 2026: https://actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales/

We’re joining together to demand an end to peat sales once and for all.
Add your voice to the nationwide call to #EndPeatSales once and for all, to level the playing field and protect our peatlands.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales
#Gardening #Horticulture #Nature

What would legislation to #EndPeatSales contain? 👇

Our legislative asks are now up on our website. See the full description of what we're campaigning for:

peatfreepartnership.org.uk/who-we-are/o...

Sign the petition to end peat sales! No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.

We must #EndPeatSales @peatfree.bsky.social
Peat extraction releases CO2 & destroys nature.
One of our most important habitats is being destroyed, please help! Ancient peatlands are nature’s heroes. Tell Government to protect them. Add your name 👇
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales

Lots of chat at the moment about lack of new allotment sites, our charity Green Allotments is buying land for new allotment sites in England and has also launched The New Allotment Site Fund ⬇️

Thank you, Deborah. I hope you have a great seed swap!

Poster advertising Seed Swap in North Shields (Tyneside UK) 26th Feb 2026, linskill centre North Shields NE302AY. 10am to 2pm. £1 entry. Swap seeds for free or 50p per packet. Heritage Seed Library. Organic Seeds. Unusual edible tubers. Heirloom seed varieties. UK organic potatoes. Fruit bushes. Locally saved seeds.

Pick the last of the Allotment tomatoes and start thinking about #SeedSwap events early in 2026. Help biodiversity!
I’m helping out at this one, they’re a lovely bunch of folk.
The fabulous @pumpkinbeth.bsky.social keeps a calendar, please follow Beth for your local events.

Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

Hello @orchidfever.bsky.social! It's great to connect with you on Blue Sky. Thank you so much for sharing links to my Orchid Calendar - I really do appreciate it. I update the calendar all the time, as I find new events. I hope you're well and happy and having a nice weekend.

Prunus 'Tai-haku' #UKGardening #Flowers #Blossom #Nature

A bee enjoying comfrey flowers.
#InsectThursday

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

Magnificent Bluebell Woods & Bluebell Gardens to Visit - Pumpkin Beth Magnificent Bluebell Woods and Bluebell Gardens Bluebell woods are such relaxing and uplifting places to visit.  I hope you can enjoy time walking in amongst the bluebells this spring, so you can enve...

🌱 Here's a link to my Calendar of UK Bluebell gardens, bluebell woods, & bluebell-themed events.
Click a heading at the top of the page to show only events near you. Remember to scroll down to see woods & #UKGardens open every day: www.pumpkinbeth.com/2022/04/magn...

#UKGardening #Bluebells #Nature

This weekend we are set up at Cornwall horticultural show with our family grown peatfree herbs
Also we have over 120 varieties online

#peatfree #cornwall #ukgardening #gardening #online #herbs #nurserylife

#ukGardens #growyourown Poster for a Gardening Event Plant Sale & fundraiser at Lawley Community Centre When: Saturday 24th May 2025 - 10 AM to 1PM Where: Grow Local at Lawley Community Centre Address: Lawley Community Centre, Arleston Lane, Telford, TF4 2PR

Our next event - #ukGardening #gardens #growyourown #transitiontelford #sustainability

Same format, bring, swap & buy for donations..

transitiontelford.wordpress.com/all-kinds-of...

White fruit blossom on the bare branches of a tree.

It’s a good year for blossom - let’s hope we don’t get frost.

This is the ‘Pershore Yellow Egg’ plum. It produces big plums that are terrible raw but cooked produce fruit with a great flavour and clear, golden juice. Pershore isn’t far from me so almost a local variety.
#UKGardening 🌱 #cotswolds

Thank you very much for sharing. xx

Tadpole update! #Nature #UKGardening

Daffodil Garden Openings, Daffodil Shows, & Daffodil Events Calendar 2025 - Pumpkin Beth 2025 Calendar of Daffodil Garden Openings, Daffodil Shows, & Daffodil Events Daffodils are full of spring cheer!  I want to brighten up your spring and so I’ve created this calendar of daffodil events...

🌱 If you live in the UK and love daffodils - I hope my Calendar of Daffodil Garden Openings, Daffodil Shows & Events helps you find stunning gardens and lovely days out - here's a link:
www.pumpkinbeth.com/2022/01/daff...

#UKGardening #Daffodil #Narcissus #Daffodils #Spring #Springtime