The first Cheering Up Mondays flower of the year and an old favourite. More on the blog: bit.ly/4q8GXDE Happy New Year, everyone. #CheeringUpMondays #MondayMotivation #snowdrops #Cotswolds #UKGardening 🌱 #photography

An eight-page feature in The English Garden Magazine is a great way to start the new year. I'm looking at how the next generation are managing the historic Arts and Crafts garden at Rodmarton Manor. It was worth the dawn visit to get the pictures! #Cotswolds #photography #UKGardening 🌱#journalist

The stark beauty of Prospect Cottage on a bitterly cold day and a fleeting visit on the way home from a few days spent with friends. Another must see garden ticked off my list on the first day of 2026. #UKGardening 🌱

As is traditional, I'm ending the year with a look back at my garden in 2025. There have been a few triumphs and some disasters. Read about it here: bit.ly/3KKvpqD Happy New Year! The rose is the aptly named 'It's a Wonderful Life'. #UKGardening #YearReview #photography #BlogPost 🌱

Something that always makes me smile for today's #CheeringUpMondays flower. More on the blog: bit.ly/48xFm2o I'm taking a break now until the New Year. Happy Christmas, everyone. Here's to a great gardening year in 2026. #UKGardening #BloomScrolling #photography 🌱 #Cotswolds #MondayMotivation

Some surprising additions in this week’s #SixOnSaturday We have a Loropetalum, Camelia, Potato Vine, Elaeagnus fruit, Agapanthus and a bee visiting a Fatsia flower. 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

Can’t work out if this is very late or extremely early! #UKGardening #cotswolds #Flowers 🌱

Botanical rainbow in December. Pause for a ping of dopamine 🌿

Still some bees buzzing around the Fatsia flowers #InsectThursday 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening

These look great 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening

Supermarket fruit is so often a limited, expensive range, it makes sense to grow your own. I've been finding out more with 'Growing Fruit' by Chris Whitelock. (Ad. Book given. Not paid.) A straightforward guide suitable for all. Review: bit.ly/3YfFVsX #UKGardening 🌱 📚 💙 #FruitGrowing #books

This week's #CheeringUpMondays flower was a gift from singing pals. More on the blog: bit.ly/4rJGtVJ #UKGardening #BloomScrolling #MondayMotivation #photography 🌱 #Cotswolds

Those who've seen recent posts won't be surprised it's the first time for years that I've not done a wreath workshop with Hans Flowers. However he did me a favour and sold me some spruce etc. I added some garden ivy, along with a ring, and some trimmings from previous years. #cotswolds #Christmas

Snowdrop update. They’re on course for Christmas. #cotswolds #BloomScrolling #snowdrops #UKGardening 🌱

Delighted to see my latest article for Amateur Gardening is the main cover pic. I've been talking to Jonathan Webster at RHS Rosemoor about why holly isn't just for Christmas and finding out how to grow it. #UKGardening #journalist #holly 🌱

This week's #CheeringUpMondays flower has long been one of my favourites but this year I've had to plant something different. More on the blog: bit.ly/48wS6q1 #UKGardening #MondayMotivation #BloomScrolling #photography #tulips 🌱

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Loving the Hellebores this morning #FlowersOnFriday 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #BloomScolling #FlowerFeed

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The last few flowers from the lovely arrangement for my mum by The Wild Zinnia near Bristol, part of Farewell Flowers. I’m waiting for the rain to stop to plant the violas, which were all individually wrapped in pieces of biodegradable bags to keep rootballs and compost together. 🌱 #FloralTribute

I've been looking back over my tomato gardening trials and which varieties were a hit. Read about what I grew here: bit.ly/4issO0T #gyo #UKGardening #cotswolds #tomatoes 🌱

Let’s all plant something for nature in our garden next year. You never know who might come to see it.

You are My Sunshine, bred by Fryer, and Golden Beauty, bred by Kordes. Both seen at @RHSWisley in June. Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱

The first hellebore of the winter blooming in my garden today. #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Garden #GardenPhotography 🌱📸

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This week's #CheeringUpMondays flower was a bit of a surprise. More here: bit.ly/3XNQZxk #UKGardening #MondayMotivation #BloomScrolling #flowers #Cotswolds 🌱

Spotted under the geranium leaves. A much needed sign of hope. #snowdrops #cotswolds #photography #FlowerRecord #UKGardening 🌱

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we are, once again, having another morning

After summer drought, we've recently had torrential rain. It makes knowing what to grow tricky! I've been reading Waterwise Garden by Tom Massey which outlines ideas of how to garden with weather extremes. (Ad. Book given. Not paid.) Review: bit.ly/4ompOET 📷 DK - Mike Powell 📚💙🌱#UKGardening

Like an English country garden. The perfect floral arrangement for mum's funeral created by Bristol's The Wild Zinnia, found through Farewell Flowers. Mum was a gardener so the flowers had to be right and I wanted them to be British and arranged without floral foam. #Bristol 🌱 #UKGardening

Rosemary for remembrance. More on the blog: bit.ly/4oMuvsp #CheeringUpMondays #photography #UKGardening 🌱

Sleet this morning so I'm glad I picked these yesterday. The last of the dahlias ahead of temps plummeting tonight. They had a slow start - a couple decided to skip 2025 altogether - and then a late flurry of blooms. I'll be digging up the tubers this weekend. #UKGardening #photography 🌱 #flowers

Penstemon going strong for #MagentaMonday 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #BloomScrolling #FlowerFeed

Hot stuff to warm up a chilly Monday! Meteor, For Your Eyes Only, Coral Gardens, You’re My Everything. Former, current or forthcoming #Roses of the Year. New season #bareroot or newly potted plants available now from nurseries and garden centres. 🌱

This week's cheerful flower has been providing some much-needed late colour. More on the blog: bit.ly/486nNrd #UKGardening #CheeringUpMondays #MondayMotivation #photography 🌱

How easy is it to grow mushrooms? I've been putting a couple of kits to the test. More on the blog: bit.ly/3JuGkUW Ad - given kits not paid.

I’m looking at roses in the current issue of Amateur Gardening magazine and talking to a leading rose nursery about top varieties. #roses #UKGardening #GardeningFeature #journalist 🌱

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This week's Cheering Up Mondays flower is a last glimpse of summer. More on the blog: bit.ly/4qQuvsY #MondayMotivation #BloomScrolling #FlowerRecord #UKGardening #Cotswolds #photography 🌱

Thinking of two uncles who died in the wars. One just 18. #lestweforget

There's always more to learn about gardening and le Manoir in Oxfordshire was the perfect schoolroom. I recently joined a veg growing course set in the Oxfordshire hotel's beautiful kitchen garden. Discover what I was taught in this month's @cotswoldlife.bsky.social #UKGardening #Oxfordshire 🌱

Nature can’t heal the pain of the past week but a walk around Westonbirt Arboretum has helped. It was good to meet up with the curator and talk all things trees for a future feature. #trees #WestonbirtArboretum #autumncolour #Gloucestershire 🌱

Feeling a bit battered by life. This week's Cheering Up Mondays is for my father-in-law. More: bit.ly/3JyzJbY #RIP #CheeringUpMondays #Cornwall #MondayMotivation 🌱 #UKGardening

Set up for my last 2025 talk. Tonight I’m with gardeners in North Leigh. #UKGardening #Oxfordshire 🌱

Not what I'd intended for #CheeringUpMondays This is for my mum. More: Not what I'd intended for Cheering Up Mondays. This is for my mum. More: bit.ly/477OZFM #RIP #UKGardening #cotswolds

Picking these before temps drop tonight. #UKGardening 🌱 #dahlias #cotswolds

The under gardener is checking what I’m doing. #YJGardening 🌱 #cotswolds