Spring has sprung on the nursery and we’re into that ‘we need to make more space’ mode 🌱🇬🇧 #peatfree #herbs #flowers

I think Sorrel’s ensuring we don’t forget to take her to Chiswick Flower Market tomorrow! 🌱🇬🇧

Meanwhile in the garden 🌱🇬🇧 #cherryblossom #flowers

Coriander, a hardy annual - the germinated seeds/seedlings that were sown a month ago and the potted up plugs that were originally sown around six weeks ago. The herb plants will have rooted and be ready for sale very soon 🌱🇬🇧 #peatfree #herbs #flowers

If you have coriander, make curry 🍽️ 🫶🏻 A ready made curry powder or paste works or make your own favourite blend with spices from your larder…

The small polytunnel that had its cover replaced (a week ago) is slowly filling up with new potting. Little herbs from this year’s seed sowing 🌱🇬🇧

Once the seeds are sown, covered in vermiculite and watered, they’re stacked ready to put out and germinate 🌱🇬🇧

And the close ups 🌱🇬🇧 #herbs #flowers

Just a few of the seeds that have been sown and germinated this year 🌱🇬🇧

This was RHS Hyde Hall’s first trolley of herbs, of the year, to sell in their plant centre. This week RHS Bridgewater and RHS Rosemoor will be topped up with their first deliveries of 2026 too 🌱🇬🇧 #herbs #flowers #allotment #peatfree

When Maisie whippet is meant to be working…

Chive flowers - a reminder of what’s to come on what’s turned into yet another wet day here in Hampshire 🌱🇬🇧 #herbs #flowers #allotment

The only small, unvented polytunnel was recovered yesterday - it’s so much warmer than all of the others and this allows us to bring on some of the herbs at this time of year and then put the first of the Basil in there in late Spring. 🌱🇬🇧 #allotment #herbs #flowers

Just a glimpse of how they start out. A few of the plugs that will become plants amongst the hundreds of thousands of herbs that we’ll pot up, grow on and then send out throughout the UK this year 🌱🇬🇧 Photo from today 📷👌🏻

A couple from our wander around Nantes 💙🤍♥️

Some of the half timbered medieval buildings of Rennes, en route to the ferry port. 🇫🇷

A wander around the gardens at Nantes before we arrive back in the UK tomorrow 🌱🇫🇷

More beautiful trailing Rosemary before we leave Spain tomorrow 🌱 #gardening #herbs #flowers

Birthday celebrations in Seville, amongst the millions of oranges that are picked each year. 🌱 #gardening #seville

There’s so much wild, self sown lavender growing in the hills out here 💜

And the herbs before they were loaded… 🌱🇬🇧 #herbs #flowers #peatfree #allotment

Another van full of our peat free herb plants is leaving the nursery this morning 🌱🇬🇧 #herbs #flowers #allotment

Some beautiful trailing Rosemary that’s absolutely covered with flowers at the minute 🌱 #Rosemary #Mojacar #Gardening #flowers

Sorrel’s just wondering how the day’s going to pan out. It’s definitely started out beautifully #sunrise #lakelandterrier

The herbs are starting to leave the nursery for garden centre benches - we only grow on a seasonal basis so these are hardy perennials and biennials and have been looked after all winter, ready to take off again as the weather warms up 🌱🇬🇧

The first of the new tunnels is now finished and half full of strawberry plants 🌱🇬🇧

The wild rocket has already germinated - such a great herb, for its flavour and also because it’s a hardy perennial 🌱🇬🇧

The seeds are being sown again and we’re back to our weekly production schedule at the nursery. Once covered and watered they’re going into the germination cabinet as it provides the heat and light levels they need to get started 🌱🇬🇧 #herbs #flowers #peatfree

Although invasive, the sea figs growing in the dunes here are looking gorgeous at the minute, all covered in these vivid pink flowers. Carpobrotus chilensis. #flowers #succulents

There are so many gorgeous herb plants here in the Spanish garden centres, the same varieties that we grow back in the UK and so lovely to see #herbs #flowers #gardening

#SundayYellow as the flowers start to open here in Spain 💛

Finished! Well the outside is as the ends and doors are now on. That means we have another two 8m x 22m tunnels to join the other 18 of this size, a smaller one, a three bay multispan and an outdoor covered space to fill with our wonderful little herbs 🪴 #peatfree #gardening #flowers #herbs 🌱🇬🇧

The beautiful agave flower that greeted us as we arrived back in Spain last night #gardening #flowers

Well we’re open again from tomorrow and all ready for the 2026 season! Just a few pics of what we get up to each year - all grown by us, mainly for garden centres but sent out to online customers and at some local events too. All peat free, all home grown 🌱🇬🇧 #herbs #flowers

Red sky at night over the nursery 🌱🇬🇧

Waiting… I’m sure that before we know it we’ll be in full production again. In the meantime, the propagation trays sit there and wait 🌱🇬🇧

French Tarragon shoots! We’ll continue to keep the pots dry until around February (they haven’t been watered since October) as it’s the only way to get this herb through the colder, wetter months of winter 🌱🇬🇧

As we head towards the Winter solstice and the return of the light, which means another season of growing herbs… Thank you to everyone who’s supported our small, family business in 2025. Enjoy the Christmas and New Year break as we will whilst we’re closed for two weeks for a well deserved rest 🌱🇬🇧

Great news just before Christmas - we’ve been awarded a 50% grant towards the cost of a new transplanting machine for our 2026 season 🪴 After registering our initial interest almost two years ago, it was wonderful to receive this email a couple of days ago 🌱🇬🇧

The two new polytunnels are coming along nicely too, finally covered yesterday morning as it was dry and calm - leaving the ends to finish off, doors to be put up and then the inside sorted to be ready for next season’s herbs 🌱🇬🇧

What a transformation - one of the trickier areas to clean as it’s a bay of a multispan polytunnel - but he got there and it’s all ready for another season of herb growing 🌱🇬🇧 🙌🏻

My latest article is now out, where I talk about when and how you should start cutting back your herbaceous plants. You can read it here for free: bournetogarden.substack.com/p/cutting-ba... 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening

Myrtle 🖤 Such a beautiful evergreen shrub 🌱🇬🇧 #herbs

When in Spain, check out the garden centre herbs 🌱🇪🇸

We’re still delivering into garden centres and sending lots of orders out that customers have ordered online - because you can’t beat fresh herbs in your food and drinks over Christmas time 🌱🇬🇧

Cornish artist Kirsty Elson creates art with driftwood and other found material #WomensArt #December7th #ArtAdvent 🎄

We have so much coriander in the raised bed because we just left the original plant to self seed after it bolted and flowered. It’s fully hardy so you can let this happen again and again for year round use 🌱🇬🇧

Polytunnels (and rainbows) progress. They should be skinned before we break for Christmas and New Year - all being well on the weather front! 🌱🇬🇧

Winter jobs… So satisfying to watch and see the results. And absolutely necessary if we’re going to allow that light into the polytunnels 🌱🇬🇧

From prep to oven to fork - Tim Spector’s Hipsy Harissa Traybake was so delicious last night, with no lots of French Parsley sprinkled on top 🌱🇬🇧 From The Food for Life Cookbook #vegetarian #cookingfromscratch