Stuart Bourne 🌷🌱
@stuartbourne.bsky.social
Allotment owner, professional gardener and former grower of royal roses at Buckingham Palace. 🌹
Senior Gardener at Grosvenor Estates London.
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Senior Gardener at Grosvenor Estates London.
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With over 15 years of gardening, including 7 years at Buckingham Palace, I can help make your garden fit for royalty. Click to read Bourne To Garden - Making Gardening Easier, by Stuart Bourne, a Subs...
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I’ve worked in horticulture for over 15 years, with 7 of them as a senior gardener at Buckingham Palace.
You can subscribe to my newsletter here, where I give simple tips and advice on how to turn your own garden into a royal palace.
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A super article. Winter really does provide such a show of wonderful structure and, as light lowers, there is an almost ethereal beauty that's just too good to miss.
Gardening helps us through the darkest, even near death, times as I found myself, so let's enjoy our gardens even in darkest winter.🌱
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...
After a near fatal road accident, gardening helped me rebuild my life
After a near fatal road accident, gardening helped me rebuild my life so I welcome the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) State of Gardening…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A super article. Winter really does provide such a show of wonderful structure and, as light lowers, there is an almost ethereal beauty that's just too good to miss.
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Petition to make 'as happy as a seal pup' the new 'as happy as a clam'
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Petition to make 'as happy as a seal pup' the new 'as happy as a clam'
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I harvested some Oca because the frost last week had turned the foliage to mush.
It’s nice to eat and looks stunning, but the yield isn’t great, these were from one plant.
I’ve heard the tubers may carry on growing for a couple of weeks after the foliage dies off, I hope that’s true.
#Allotment 🌱
It’s nice to eat and looks stunning, but the yield isn’t great, these were from one plant.
I’ve heard the tubers may carry on growing for a couple of weeks after the foliage dies off, I hope that’s true.
#Allotment 🌱
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I harvested some Oca because the frost last week had turned the foliage to mush.
It’s nice to eat and looks stunning, but the yield isn’t great, these were from one plant.
I’ve heard the tubers may carry on growing for a couple of weeks after the foliage dies off, I hope that’s true.
#Allotment 🌱
It’s nice to eat and looks stunning, but the yield isn’t great, these were from one plant.
I’ve heard the tubers may carry on growing for a couple of weeks after the foliage dies off, I hope that’s true.
#Allotment 🌱
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A Northern Plushback Fly on Bitter Sneezeweed for #flyday. This syrphid flower fly is found in a large area from the East Coast to Texas and is common in aquatic environments where the larvae can develop in standing water. Palpada vinetorum. #insects #flies #EastCoastKin #nativeplants 🪰
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A Northern Plushback Fly on Bitter Sneezeweed for #flyday. This syrphid flower fly is found in a large area from the East Coast to Texas and is common in aquatic environments where the larvae can develop in standing water. Palpada vinetorum. #insects #flies #EastCoastKin #nativeplants 🪰
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Is it still worth buying an EV after tax changes made in the Budget?
Is it still worth buying an EV after tax changes made in the Budget?
Is it still worth buying an EV after tax changes made in the Budget?
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Is it still worth buying an EV after tax changes made in the Budget?
Beautiful Mahonia flowers in the autumnal sunshine #FlowersOnFriday
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Beautiful Mahonia flowers in the autumnal sunshine #FlowersOnFriday
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
You can have agriculture and solar farms, don’t allow people to deny it.
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You can have agriculture and solar farms, don’t allow people to deny it.
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Grasses are definitely an essential part of my garden and really make an impact at this time of year. This grass is massive, I really want to divide it but I will need a lot of strong helpers and a saw! 🌱
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Grasses are definitely an essential part of my garden and really make an impact at this time of year. This grass is massive, I really want to divide it but I will need a lot of strong helpers and a saw! 🌱
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Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
Really surreal day filming for a gardening programme.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Really surreal day filming for a gardening programme.
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Job two: mowing , leaves, pruning and a tiny bit weeding.🇬🇧🌱
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Job two: mowing , leaves, pruning and a tiny bit weeding.🇬🇧🌱
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🌱I'm thankful for garden helpers💚🐞🐛 #gardening
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🌱I'm thankful for garden helpers💚🐞🐛 #gardening
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Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-guests-freeze-in-disbelief-after-teenager-1848076742/
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thanksgiving Guests Freeze In Disbelief After Teenager Informs Them Of Native American Genocide https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-guests-freeze-in-disbelief-after-teenager-1848076742/
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The stunning goldcrest is so tiny it weighs just five grams – about the same as a 20p coin!
It may be the UK’s smallest bird, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in high energy. Goldcrests flit through tree branches, rarely staying still for more than a second.
📷 Mark Singleton
It may be the UK’s smallest bird, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in high energy. Goldcrests flit through tree branches, rarely staying still for more than a second.
📷 Mark Singleton
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The stunning goldcrest is so tiny it weighs just five grams – about the same as a 20p coin!
It may be the UK’s smallest bird, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in high energy. Goldcrests flit through tree branches, rarely staying still for more than a second.
📷 Mark Singleton
It may be the UK’s smallest bird, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in high energy. Goldcrests flit through tree branches, rarely staying still for more than a second.
📷 Mark Singleton
Out with the team today doing our main rose pruning session. We’ve moved to a single prune in autumn, as the warm winters allow the roses to start growing as soon as it warms up in early spring.
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #RosePruning
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #RosePruning
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Out with the team today doing our main rose pruning session. We’ve moved to a single prune in autumn, as the warm winters allow the roses to start growing as soon as it warms up in early spring.
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #RosePruning
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #RosePruning
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‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media concentration affects political decision
Structural corruption and the rise of “conduits for unelected power” are reshaping British politics, according to a stark report from the Equality Trust.
Unelected influence has surged over the past two decades, the report claims, driven by the growing political clout of the ultra-rich and the institutions that enable it. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
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Amazing sky in Liverpool today
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Amazing sky in Liverpool today
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November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Good Thursday🍂 #thursdayvibes @pexelsofficial.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Good Thursday🍂 #thursdayvibes @pexelsofficial.bsky.social
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Take a breather this busy season with plenty of ideas and inspiration to get out into the garden – only in our December issue, available in stores and online now: https://bit.ly/489zQ5S
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Take a breather this busy season with plenty of ideas and inspiration to get out into the garden – only in our December issue, available in stores and online now: https://bit.ly/489zQ5S
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Job two: leaves, pruning , weeding and mowing .🇬🇧🌱
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Job two: leaves, pruning , weeding and mowing .🇬🇧🌱
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Tonight we're celebrating 10 years of Rewilding Britain (@rewildingbritain.org.uk). I don't think I've ever come across an organisation which has shifted both public attitudes and tangible outcomes on an issue so fast. I'm proud to be associated.
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Tonight we're celebrating 10 years of Rewilding Britain (@rewildingbritain.org.uk). I don't think I've ever come across an organisation which has shifted both public attitudes and tangible outcomes on an issue so fast. I'm proud to be associated.
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“Magical things happen every day, if we allow it. Think of daylight, of the stars at night, a flower. A dandelion is a miracle.” - P. L. Travers (1899-1996). #Thanksgiving #nature
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“Magical things happen every day, if we allow it. Think of daylight, of the stars at night, a flower. A dandelion is a miracle.” - P. L. Travers (1899-1996). #Thanksgiving #nature
In this week’s article I will be answering your gardening questions, and talking about propagating bamboo, winter plants for hanging baskets and how to over winter geraniums.
You read it before anyone else by subscribing here:
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🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening
You read it before anyone else by subscribing here:
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🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
In this week’s article I will be answering your gardening questions, and talking about propagating bamboo, winter plants for hanging baskets and how to over winter geraniums.
You read it before anyone else by subscribing here:
bournetogarden.substack.com
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening
You read it before anyone else by subscribing here:
bournetogarden.substack.com
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening