RHS Community Outreach advisor working in schools and communities to share how gardening can enrich our lives
East, England
Joined August 2012
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How do you sow 20 million seeds in under a week? 🌺 Nigel Dunnett, Lead Horticulturalist of Superbloom, tells us about the process.
🌻🌷🌼👉 bit.ly/3K0zdhW
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Pictorial Meadow, Landsdowne Estate, Sheffield, August 1st 2020, with hybrid poppies, Ammi majus & emergent Red Orache. Social housing, with large expanses of mown grass, right up to the buildings. This conversion was done with support from the Tenants and Residents Association.
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This week's #CUBGFamily activity is available to download now bit.ly/2wKaEFF. We hope you have loads of fun Wild Weaving, don't forget to share pictures of your lovely creations with us.
#familyfun #weaving #crafts #nature
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Some super easy ‘pea’sy tips in this week’s Gardening Club as Sandie explains a quick, no-nonsense way to grow windowsill #micro herbs. Full video & downloadable ‘how to’ factsheet at botanic.cam.ac.uk/gardening-…
#gardening #microgreens #growyourown – at Cambridge, England
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The Pinetum is the oldest tree collection at @RHSWisley. It’s home to the Metasequoia glypstostrobides, a stunning dawn redwood, one of the largest in the garden and one of the first of its kind in the country. Take a tour with Garden Manager Peter Jones 🌳
#GrowAtHome
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Sow your own sweetcorn with Matt Oliver, Horticulturist at @RHSHydeHall. You can’t beat the taste of homegrown sweetcorn and now is the perfect time to sow. Sweetcorn needs plenty of heat and sunlight to germinate well 🌽
rhs.org.uk/growathome
#GrowAtHome
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Meet Steve, worked in Abbey Gardens for 31yrs and helping to keep the gardens open so people can carry out essential exercise while observing social distancing. Our parks are vital for physical and mental wellbeing and he wanted to say thank you to everyone #RT #TeamWestSuffolk
Grow at Home: How to sow sweet peas. youtu.be/hmf-LBSVoDE via @YouTube
@rhsschools @rhscommunities
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Good morning all! Many thanks for all your messages of support. While the garden remains closed we'll do our best to keep you updated. Here's a few photos of Acacia rubida in the Aus/New Zealand Garden which provides nectar & pollen for bees & many other types of pollinators.
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We are closed but can still share the beauty of CUBG with you! We’re hoping to bring a ‘daily dose of nature’ to keep in touch. Today our Yoshino cherry is still looking stunning esp against the blue sky - we just had to post it!#TogetherAtHome #nature #springtime #cambridge
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The avenue of cherry trees (Prunus x yedoensis) leading up to the Welcome Building are in bloom at @RHSWisley 🌸
We’ll be sharing content from our gardens while they are closed so that everyone can stay connected and enjoy the beauty of nature and our gardens from afar.
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As the country presses the pause button, a photo of one of our field grown Iris fields two years ago. Hope it puts a smile on your face.
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Want to get growing but not quite sure where to start?
Our how-to guides show you the first steps to successful planting and growing. From how to sow seeds indoors to making a raised bed, there's plenty of ideas to get you started: rhs.org.uk/advice/get-growin…
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Looking forward to it 👍
Hi All! Get these dates in your diary! Things are going to start getting busier on here between now and then. So stay tuned for events, workshop dates, offers and most importantly, the 2020 school and family resource pack! 💚🍎🥦🍓🌽
#gyoforwellbeing #mentalhealth
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On the 7th day of #Christmas, @NatureBftB gave to me:
This year over 300 Field Cricket males were heard calling at @Natures_Voice Farnham Heath alone, an amazing success considering that in the 1980s there were less than 100 left in the entire country!
@RspbSoutheast #Advent
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Ahead of our plans to plant 1,600 trees in 2020, students from the Bristol University Conservation Group and staff from our Campus Division planted pear trees at Royal Fort Garden 🙌🍐🌳
bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/dece…
#TreesMatter #GreenCampus
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Whoever created this t-shirt is a pure 100% mind reading genius of a human being!
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In fact I suspect there will be quite a few of us who agree with the idea 😉
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#gardening #dog #garden #growyourown #allotment #kitchengarden
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One of my volunteer roles at Wisley is working with the Advisory team who are often asked to identify plants from photos. Today the Advisor was asked to identify the plant from this drawing! Not easy. It turned out to be Albizia.
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Sir David Attenborough says it is "shameful" of the Prime Minister not to attend last night's climate change debate.
"I don't know what else he had to do, but it would have to be very, very important to dodge this one."
Snow meets Attenborough. Tonight at 7pm on Channel 4.
