Getting brighter! #bloomscrolling

A selection of Speckled Wood Butterflies for #ButterflyWeek #Butterfly #Nature #Garden #EssentialInsects #ColoursOfNature #NaturalArt #Art

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 307 Research suggests that protecting/enhancing existing #hedgerows with early blooming species like #willow, hawthorn, ground ivy, red dead-nettle, maple & cherry could improve bumblebee colony success rate from 35-100%. #bees #nature #education

Very much a spring themed #SixOnSaturday, but with a hint of the summer approaching. We have Tulips, Cherry Blossom, Bluebells and the first Rose flower. Hope you have a great weekend. 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

Little can rival an old Scots pine for sheer force of personality and presence. One of the earlier tree species to colonise Ireland after the last Ice Age, pine was thought to have completely died out due to deforestation, until a small residual population was confirmed in the Burren, Co. Clare.

Morning all, ah the sweetness of spring, after months of struggling to find #SixOnSaturday to share from my garden, suddenly the difficulty becomes "which six?" Have a good weekend sky-folk 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #PlantSky

🌱 #sixonSaturday I have had the opportunity to spend time in my tiny garden this week and that’s where I will be today.

It's the time of year when all the selfseeded flowers start appearing in my garden. I don't know why I bother growing anything else. Honesty, violas, wild violets, Welsh poppies, forgetmenots, dandelion clock #SixOnSaturday

Are you able to identify which bluebells are the native English variety and which are the more vigorous Spanish bluebell? This might help. Also, use your nose. The English bluebells have a sweet scent, whereas their Spanish cousins have little to no scent.

This week’s #SixOnSaturday really highlights how much the gardens are starting to come alive. We have a couple more Tulips, Bergenia, a Bee feeding off a Choiysa, Lilac and Cherry Blossom. Have a great weekend all! 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

Rewilding farmland, soon after the trees spring up unplanted, a host of wildflowers and other ground flora move in, like this wood sorrel. Then come the insects, followed by birds and other animals. It's all just so beautiful, and so *hopeful*.

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Climate change Ecosystems are collapsing. This film wants the public to know oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ecosyst...

This week’s article is all about that amazing spring bulb, the Tulip. You can read all about here for free: bournetogarden.substack.com/p/terrific-t... 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #TulipTuesday

It’s getting colourful. #bloomscrolling

Queen BUMBLEBEES - HELP THEM OUT! A vital thread concerning bumblebee queens at this time of year! Please #repost. Likes are nice but #shares impact! EVERY QUEEN BUMBLEBEE THAT SURVIVES GETS TO ESTABLISH A NEST which otherwise would not happen. Let me explain. 1/11 #bees #love #nature #bumblebees

One of Ireland's less common butterflies, the green hairstreak, in a rewilding part of the farm yesterday. Rewilding isn't just about getting more trees and forests back, but increasing diversity and abundance of *all* our natural species and ecosystems.

It’s been weeks since days have gotten longer, which means there’s now so much happening in the garden for my #SixOnSaturday. I have Tulip, Daffodil, a Fern unfurling, Bleeding Heart, Rose and Amelanchier Happy Easter Everyone 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

🌱 #sixonSaturday from my tiny garden. I shall be spending more time in it today. Description in Alt text.

BLT - blossom, ladybird and tulips! #bloomscrolling

Quite an unexpected visitor. #InsectThursday

As the last Spring bulbs come into flower, it’s worth remembering those little jobs to make sure they come back again next year. Here is an article I wrote last about it: bournetogarden.substack.com/p/spring-bulbs 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening

🌱 #sixonSaturday from my tiny garden. It has been a week of weather from hail to icy winds so I haven’t spent as much time in it as I would have liked to. There is so much happening in it and so much to see. The sun is shining now so you know where to find me!

🌱 #flowersonFriday and it has to be Tulips because there have been over 100000 planted at Wisley and I am doing a “before we open” tour for some visitors. There would be plenty to see on Monday @oldmanrambling.bsky.social #birdsseenin2026

Snake's Head Fritillaria for #macromonday They really are a stunning plant.🌱 #gardening #bloomscrolling

In the garden this weekend #sixonsatuday #flower #gardening #bloomscrolling

A sea of yellow in the morning sunshine for #sixonSaturday wallflowers, daffodils, first dandelion and a peacock butterfly 🦋

Now we’re past the Spring Equinox, you can see the gardens have responded. This week’s #SixOnSaturday include Bluebells, Daffodils, Magnolia stellata, a bumblebee on a Mahonia and some Cherry Blossom Have a great weekend everyone! 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

Spring is running on fast forward, no sooner did the daffs take over from the crocuses they too were getting pushed aside by the tulips, and it's not even April! So, plenty flowering in my garden this weekend and good light to capture them too! Have a good #SixOnSaturday everyone 🌱 #Bloomscrolling

Leprecon tomorrow! #🎨sketch #convention

Frogs are amazing cold-blooded amphibians, living in water and on land, metamorphosing from eggs to tadpoles to frogs Over 50% of Ireland’s amphibian wetlands have been lost in the past 100 years. Supporting wetlands & pond creation can help. Free pond resources: www.antaisce.org/ponds-for-bi...

It was a beautiful sunny day today about 14° and to be similar tomorrow, maybe even warmer, hopefully. The Magnolia are starting to flower.🌱 #gardening #magnolia #bloomscrolling

☘️Hope everyone had a lovely St Patrick's Day. Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit. ☘️ With thanks to my niece Leeann for the artwork @itmeanspencil.bsky.social

A beautiful sunny start to the day, thankfully. Lots of Daffodils around but thought I'd share what else is out.🌱🌷 #SixOnSaturday

Another frosty morning but there's a sea of yellow daffodils and wallflowers in the sunshine for #sixonSaturday

In this week's #SixOnSaturday... Tulipa sylvestris, Grape Hyacinths, Daffs, a splotchy Hellebore, a mini Daff called 'Toto' (& try saying that without thinking of the Wizard of Oz) & the pinkening blossom of Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai' onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2026/03/14/s... 🌱

🌱 #sixonSaturday It has been a week of sunshine and showers which has been very good for my tiny garden and I am enjoying watching all the developments.

Lots of signed of life out and about on the campus. 😊#SixOnSaturday

Green Drinks Dublin 🌱 Seeds for Survival: Establishing a National Seed Bank for Ireland with Dr Darren Reidy of the National Botanic Gardens 🗓️ Tuesday 07 April 🕡 Doors open 19:00, presentation from 19:30 📍 J.T. Pim's More info: iwt.ie/events/

In Norse mythology the goddess Freya is associated with the return of spring. It is said that as she wanders over the earth shaking her curls, spring flowers flow from her golden tresses and a warm breeze is created by the swishing movement of her green cloak. #LegendaryWednesday

Can you find any wild or naturalised plants that have white blooms? That’s the #wildflowerhour challenge this week! Share your finds this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #WhiteFlowers. Happy flower hunting! @bsbibotany.bsky.social

I can't wait to celebrate World Rewilding Day 2026 with the wonderful Kerri ní Dochartaigh at the Slieve Aughty Centre, Co. Galway, on Friday the 20th. We'll be talking the Great Forest of Aughty, and rewilding's potential to return some of the nature we've lost. www.celtnet.org/events/world...

Yesterday was a glorious day, sunshine and 14°, I spotted 3 Tortoiseshell Butterflies in thegarden. This one was on a Hyacinth. Lot's of bee's around also. Today is dull with frost due tonight.🌱🦋 #GardenFeed #BloomScrolling #InsectThursday #Butterfly

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Latest article is now out, where I discuss what you can do now to ensure your roses look great in the summer. You can read it for free here: bournetogarden.substack.com/p/spring-ros... 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #Roses

Saw the first Bee of the year in the garden today. A frosty start to the day but lovely and sunny, for now. Currently 9°. Here's my #SixOnSaturday Hopefully we will have dryer weather ahead. 🌱 #Gardening #BloomScrolling

It’s the last meteorological day of winter, but I think the gardens are in full spring mode already #SixOnSarurday I have a Magnolia, crocus in the sunshine, tulips, Comfrey, Alpine Squil and Hebe. Have a great weekend! 🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

Bumblebees have many hidden talents. Here are five things you didn’t know they can do 🐝 Which one of these bumblebee talents blew your mind the most? 🤯