Jon Norman - Garden Design

A beautiful rose was taken from a visit to David Austin Roses last year. Slightly unsure of the variety but hedging a guess at "Princess Alexandra of Kent".
#RoseWednesday

Not good at all. I will block her!

Thanks Rebecca 🤗

That's great to hear.
It's been quite mild over here, but wet.
I've been a bit quiet on here as work has been busy - aiming to share more this year.

Thanks for the "re-tweet", Joy. Hope all is well with you 😊🤗

Collage of Hellebore 'Double Ellen Red'

'Double Ellen Red', an absolute stonker of a Hellebore, now flowering in the garden 🌺😊

#FlowersOnFriday

Ooh, that's made my day.
Totally forgot about this gem.

Thanks, Rebecca 🤗

The Poet's Wife rose at the David Austin Rose's nursery.

It's been quite a while since I've posted on this platform.

Here's a beautiful rose I photographed at the David Austin Rose's nursery: The Poet's Wife.

Happy #RoseWednesday 🌹

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Cricket 😉😊

I haven't posted for a bit.
Here's a blast from the past.

The beautiful 'Golden Wedding' when it last flowered at my late Mum and Dad's house.

#RoseWednesday 🌹

My exceptionally cute cat Tuppence climbing up the middle of my Acer. Collage of three black and white cat pictures in an autumn Acer tree.

Isn't she the cutest?

Also, the most mischievous.

Little Tuppence decided she'd help daddy in the garden by climbing up his Acer 🐈‍⬛️😂

#CatsOfBluesky

Hi everyone 👋

I haven't posted for a wee while. Very busy on the work front. Also it been too wet to garden.

Doing a bit of Autumnal tidying up today with the "help" of my two feline companions Tilly (R) and Tuppence (L) 😊

Ditto. Avoiding trick or treaters like the plague tonight!

They can get quite vigorous. I've heard of Clematis montana flattening the tree it was climbing.
Hope all is good with you, Gaby 😊

Excellent choice 👍

Beautiful flowers, Rebecca 🥳
Morning to you 😊

I hope it's nothing too serious, Mark. I'm just recovering from a week long flu/cold thingy that really knocked me out.
Take it easy and enjoy the day 👍😊

It's been quite the temperature change here.
I'm now back in long trousers and I'm even wearing a jacket to go out.
It's much nicer than the heat we've had this summer.

The light's lovely at this time of year, too.

Hi Joy,
I'm pretty good, thank you. Very busy at the moment with lots of gardens designed and being built.

Hope all is well with you 🤗

Wowzers 😍
What a bloom!

Ooh! Exciting 🥳
Looking forward to seeing this one, Gaby 😊

View to the pavilion in David Austin Roses main garden.

I thought I'd share another shot from my trip to David Austin Roses last week for #RoseWednesday.

It's a fabulous place, well worth the visit 😊🌹

I didn't buy any roses, but did get a trade discount 👍

I also got these fabulous gifts from the David Austin team.

Loads and loads of roses at the David Austin Roses nursery.

What. A. Day. 🌹

Never have I enjoyed walking in the wet more.

Superb visit to David Austin Roses. It was VIP treatment all the way.

Tours of the selection and breeding beds, the precision sorting and packing process, plus a guided walk around the awesome rose garden.

Wowzers! 🥳

#RoseWednesday

The King's Rose.

Looking beautiful in bloom at David Austin Roses.

#RoseWednesday

Tomorrow's #RoseWednesday from me might be a bit special 🌹

I'm off to visit David Austin Roses - a day organised by the Society of Garden and Landscape Designers.

We even get to visit the late David Austin snr's private rose garden.

Expect the odd post or two 😊

How fab is this photo from @citymousegarden.bsky.social?

One for #ClematisThursday 😊

Booklet on Clematis & Climbing Plants - written by Nicholas Hall - published in 1996.

Mugging up for next year 😊
This is quite a brilliant little book. One from my late Dad's collection. I think it's out of print now, but full of useful tidbits.

A *very* belated #ClematisThursday

@joyf.bsky.social

Well, lookee here!
Popped out in perfect timing for #ClematisThursday.
@joyf.bsky.social 👋