Some plants, like this royal fern, fade beautifully. I'm not very good with indoor plants. They feel a bit like caged animals to me. #Gardenshour #Gardening

Please don't cut back shrubs and hedgerows until wildlife has taken all the autumn berries! Hawthorn, for example, is a fantastic source of food for birds - including blackbirds, thrushes and (if the weather gets very cold) waxwings.

Fading bracken frond through the holly around the back gate. Permanence and impermanence? #Gardening #Autumn

Volunteer gardening today at thrive.org.uk. Still lots of colour. Got myself a Nerine - I have just the spot for it. #Gardening #Sixonsaturday

A Feathered Thorn. I haven't trapped for a few weeks. I enjoyed sorting the moths this morning. #Teammoth #GardenWildlife

Spruce Carpet? It determinedly rests with its wings up. Glimpses of its forewings suggests typical carpet markings in dark brown and cream. #Teammoth #Mothsmatter

Inspiration from nature for using grasses in woodland. #Gardening

South Berkshire looking Nordic. #Autumn

In Norse folklore, mayweed was known as baldersbrår, meaning “Baldur’s eyelashes.” Named for Baldur, god of light, beauty, and purity, these flowers, with their lash-like petals, were said to symbolise his radiance, and the gentle peace he brought to the world. #FairytaleTuesday

New job this November, now we have proper water features. Fishing out the leaves. #Gardenshour #Gardening

Big, fat hips! I have to resist deadheading 'Compassion' so I can enjoy these fruits in November. #Gardenshour #Gardening

Ivy flowers are a magnet for insects. Velvety wisteria seedpods and white 'Hawkshead' fuschia flowers dangling like Christmas decorations. #SixonSaturday #Gardening

Dew silvered nasturtium leaves. #Gardening #Autumn

Pure orange. The marigolds have bloomed and bloomed. All from a handful of free seeds from a friend. #Gardenshour #Gardening

Ghostly pebble for tonight's theme. #Gardenshour

'Nicholas'still going, and looking lovely in golden morning light. Has got some large golden fungi appearing at ground level which I hope isn't on the tubers just something in the compost. #Gardenshour #Gardening #Dahlia

Getting outside in the morning light to fight #SeasonalAffectiveDisorder. Still have a bright display of marigolds. This exuberant lady on a stick makes me smile! #Gardening

Autumn sunshine. I have planted 130 bulbs this morning so I am making progress. Though with the clock change Seasonal Affective Disorder is creeping up on me... #Gardening 🌱 #SeasonalAffectiveDisorder

Golden highlights on the woodland floor. #Autumn

Mrs Southern Hawker. Patterns look quite Art Deco. #Nature #Gardenwildlife #Gardening

A Southern Hawker dragonfly laying eggs on wet sedum flowers which overhangs our new rill. We created a wildlife habitat! #Gardening #Dragonflies

On the edge of the water bowl. #Gardening #Autumn

Batiks by the Australian Aboriginal artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, at Tate Modern, London. Glorious! #Womensart

Thames foreshore today. Enjoyed having a view of St Paul's uncrowded by the towers of the City.

This anemone looks much fresher now the weather is cooler. #Gardenshour #Gardening 🌱

Volunteer gardening today at Thrive. A mix of here and there in this collage. #sixonsaturday #Gardening 🌱

A Lunar Underwing refreshing itself in the glow of a dahlia after a night in the moth trap. #Teammoth #Mothsmatter #Gardening🌱

Chocks away! #Teammoth

Merveille du Jour, revving up for take off. #Teammoth #Mothsmatter #Gardening🌱

The Merveille du Jours turned up. Thought I was going to miss out. They, and most of the moths in the garden last night, were ivy flower nectar feeders. Gardeners, leave ivy alone! #Teammoth #Mothsmatter #Gardening

A Cinnamon bug spotted on a buddleia in my garden. #Bugs #Gardening

Just one moth from last night's trap. A Red-line Quaker. A new one to me. A moth and a bunch of staggering honey bees who looked like they had been partying! #Teammoth #Mothsmatter

My one Autumn crocus has survived the upheaval of the re-landscaping. It's huge and was a souvenir of a trip to Leiden Botanic Garden. #Gardening🌱

Bishop's Child - grown from seed. Late colour is zingy. Wonder if it is forming a tuber. #Dahlia #Gardening🌱

Going to have to get the leaves out of our new water features. #Autumn #Gardening🌱

Definitely Autumn now. Massive numbers of acorns. In today's wind it's quite dangerous under the oaks. It can be painful when a whole fusillade of acorns drop on you from a height! Holly berries; Christmas is coming - groan. #Sixonsaturday #Gardening 🌱

Seed heads. #Gardening 🌱

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Katsura tree, whose autumn leaves emit an aroma of toffee apples - yummy! Cercidiphyllum japonicum. #Trees #Gardening 🌱

The colourful exterior of the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne. They have rehung their Eric Ravilious works. Beautiful in themselves and redolent of a period of time. #Art

Glass daffodils and lotus flowers at the Royal Pavillion, Brighton. Drawn to plants everywhere! #GardensHour

Althaea cannabina has this delicate flower on tall airy stems. Another discovery at Wakehurst Place yesterday. #Gardenshour #Gardening 🌱

More powerful colour at Wakehurst Place on a dull day yesterday. #Gardenshour #Gardening 🌱

Impactful Michaelmas Daisies at Wakehurst Place. #GardensHour #Gardening 🌱

Acorn Weevil treating itself to the luscious petals of dahlia 'Nicholas'. #Gardening #Dahlia #Bugs 🌱

Glowing plants lighting up a dull day here in South Berkshire (UK). #Sixonsaturday #Gardening 🌱

If you haven't chosen your bulbs can I recommend the narcissus 'Baby Boomer'. Long flowering season, multi headed and fragrant. #Gardenshour #Gardening 🌱

I am a bulb-aholic! I get totally absorbed in the researching, the planning, the ordering, the reviewing of the planning, the planting, the anticipation, and the blooming delight! #Gardenshour #Gardening 🌱

Good morning! More than a touch of Autumn outside. Some of the dahlias look like they felt the cold last night. #Gardening 🌱

Turning the glut of tomatoes in to soup. A surprise as usually they have succumbed to blight long before this! #Gardening 🌱