Linda
@lindacdolan.bsky.social
Worked at RHS Wisley, now retired and a happy and proud volunteer there. Passionate about Wisley, plants and gardens. Also a quilter, embroiderer and beader. Proud to be Woke. 'Woke just means you give a damn about other people’ Jane Fonda 2025
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Linda
@lindacdolan.bsky.social
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1. No posts
2. Only reposts
3. Only posts showing pictures of yourself.
4. Religious posts
5. No profile
6. Posts asking for money, even if for a good cause.
7. Unkind posts
Really happy to follow you back if you share my interests or have interesting views.
On this Thanksgiving Day I wish anyone who celebrates it all the best with one of my favourite pictures from Wisley taken back in 2020.
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
On this Thanksgiving Day I wish anyone who celebrates it all the best with one of my favourite pictures from Wisley taken back in 2020.
Something bright from the memories for a gloomy, grey day but it is a good deal warmer than yesterday. #insectThursday 🌱
I am off to the Lovely Lodge in the Berkshire countryside, possibly for the last time because it is in the process of being sold. Sad!
I am off to the Lovely Lodge in the Berkshire countryside, possibly for the last time because it is in the process of being sold. Sad!
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Something bright from the memories for a gloomy, grey day but it is a good deal warmer than yesterday. #insectThursday 🌱
I am off to the Lovely Lodge in the Berkshire countryside, possibly for the last time because it is in the process of being sold. Sad!
I am off to the Lovely Lodge in the Berkshire countryside, possibly for the last time because it is in the process of being sold. Sad!
🌱 #roseWednesday
I keep thinking I have photographed the last roses of the season and then I find more. These were in Wisley’s Hilltop Wellbeing garden last Sunday but after this morning’s hard frost I don’t expect to see them again.
I keep thinking I have photographed the last roses of the season and then I find more. These were in Wisley’s Hilltop Wellbeing garden last Sunday but after this morning’s hard frost I don’t expect to see them again.
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🌱 #roseWednesday
I keep thinking I have photographed the last roses of the season and then I find more. These were in Wisley’s Hilltop Wellbeing garden last Sunday but after this morning’s hard frost I don’t expect to see them again.
I keep thinking I have photographed the last roses of the season and then I find more. These were in Wisley’s Hilltop Wellbeing garden last Sunday but after this morning’s hard frost I don’t expect to see them again.
I often talk about “stitching” so I thought you might like to see one of my pieces. I am fascinated by moss, lichen and fungi so try to interpret what I see with stitches and beads.
#fiberart #embroidery
#fiberart #embroidery
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I often talk about “stitching” so I thought you might like to see one of my pieces. I am fascinated by moss, lichen and fungi so try to interpret what I see with stitches and beads.
#fiberart #embroidery
#fiberart #embroidery
#BirdoftheDay #HangingAround
I was lucky enough to spot a blue tit and a chaffinch feeding on Phlomis seeds in Wisley’s Hilltop Wellbeing garden on Sunday
I was lucky enough to spot a blue tit and a chaffinch feeding on Phlomis seeds in Wisley’s Hilltop Wellbeing garden on Sunday
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
#BirdoftheDay #HangingAround
I was lucky enough to spot a blue tit and a chaffinch feeding on Phlomis seeds in Wisley’s Hilltop Wellbeing garden on Sunday
I was lucky enough to spot a blue tit and a chaffinch feeding on Phlomis seeds in Wisley’s Hilltop Wellbeing garden on Sunday
🌱 #thicktrunkTuesday
A mighty Pine near Wisley’s Hilltop building. I took the picture on Sunday when the sky was blue. Sadly it’s going to be grey today.
A mighty Pine near Wisley’s Hilltop building. I took the picture on Sunday when the sky was blue. Sadly it’s going to be grey today.
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🌱 #thicktrunkTuesday
A mighty Pine near Wisley’s Hilltop building. I took the picture on Sunday when the sky was blue. Sadly it’s going to be grey today.
A mighty Pine near Wisley’s Hilltop building. I took the picture on Sunday when the sky was blue. Sadly it’s going to be grey today.
🌱 It’s the start of a wet week so any dry weather or sunshine will be a real bonus! Yesterday was lovely and I took this picture in Wisley’s Hilltop World Food garden for #magentaMonday.
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🌱 It’s the start of a wet week so any dry weather or sunshine will be a real bonus! Yesterday was lovely and I took this picture in Wisley’s Hilltop World Food garden for #magentaMonday.
Spotted last Sunday in Wisley’s Hilltop World Food Garden, I thought it was a good subject for #SundayYellow 🌱
After this week’s rain and frost, it will be interesting to see if there are any flowers left. I’m off to volunteer this morning.
After this week’s rain and frost, it will be interesting to see if there are any flowers left. I’m off to volunteer this morning.
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Spotted last Sunday in Wisley’s Hilltop World Food Garden, I thought it was a good subject for #SundayYellow 🌱
After this week’s rain and frost, it will be interesting to see if there are any flowers left. I’m off to volunteer this morning.
After this week’s rain and frost, it will be interesting to see if there are any flowers left. I’m off to volunteer this morning.
This is a picture of me working in the old Wisley Plant Centre on a day like today. I DON’T miss those Danish Trolleys!!!
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is a picture of me working in the old Wisley Plant Centre on a day like today. I DON’T miss those Danish Trolleys!!!
Well we have had our first hard frost so the evergreens have taken centre stage in my tiny garden. When I first moved into my house I thought I would do flower arranging so planted foliage plants and now am so happy I did that. 🌱 #sixonSaturday It’s going to rain all day so I will be stitching.
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Well we have had our first hard frost so the evergreens have taken centre stage in my tiny garden. When I first moved into my house I thought I would do flower arranging so planted foliage plants and now am so happy I did that. 🌱 #sixonSaturday It’s going to rain all day so I will be stitching.
Isn’t this gorgeous? I don’t expect to see the Jade Vine flowering in November but it really is in the Wisley Glasshouse and is looking even more spectacular with the lights of Glow around it. #flowersonFriday 🌱
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Isn’t this gorgeous? I don’t expect to see the Jade Vine flowering in November but it really is in the Wisley Glasshouse and is looking even more spectacular with the lights of Glow around it. #flowersonFriday 🌱
I was very impressed with this year’s Glow at Wisley!
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I was very impressed with this year’s Glow at Wisley!
It’s cold so it’s back to memories for #insectThursday 🌱
It’s a Wisley day with a Staff and Volunteer Thank you event this afternoon and then a staff and volunteer preview of Wisley’s Christmas event, Glow this evening. I will be wrapped up and in my thermals.
It’s a Wisley day with a Staff and Volunteer Thank you event this afternoon and then a staff and volunteer preview of Wisley’s Christmas event, Glow this evening. I will be wrapped up and in my thermals.
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It’s cold so it’s back to memories for #insectThursday 🌱
It’s a Wisley day with a Staff and Volunteer Thank you event this afternoon and then a staff and volunteer preview of Wisley’s Christmas event, Glow this evening. I will be wrapped up and in my thermals.
It’s a Wisley day with a Staff and Volunteer Thank you event this afternoon and then a staff and volunteer preview of Wisley’s Christmas event, Glow this evening. I will be wrapped up and in my thermals.
It’s snowing on my tiny garden!
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It’s snowing on my tiny garden!
Probably the last photo of a rose I will take this year. This one is growing in a container in Wisley’s Hilltop gardens Teaching garden and was flowering last Sunday. 🌱 #roseWednesday
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Probably the last photo of a rose I will take this year. This one is growing in a container in Wisley’s Hilltop gardens Teaching garden and was flowering last Sunday. 🌱 #roseWednesday
#BirdoftheDay I hope this counts as #mottled
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
#BirdoftheDay I hope this counts as #mottled
🌱 #thicktrunkTuesday
Isn’t this bark beautiful? I found it in Savill Gardens some years ago.
Isn’t this bark beautiful? I found it in Savill Gardens some years ago.
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🌱 #thicktrunkTuesday
Isn’t this bark beautiful? I found it in Savill Gardens some years ago.
Isn’t this bark beautiful? I found it in Savill Gardens some years ago.
🌱 #mushroomMonday
This is the week that winter arrives after a very warm autumn. Yesterday there were so many mushrooms and fungi in Wisley’s Hilltop gardens. Such a treat! #fungifriends
This is the week that winter arrives after a very warm autumn. Yesterday there were so many mushrooms and fungi in Wisley’s Hilltop gardens. Such a treat! #fungifriends
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🌱 #mushroomMonday
This is the week that winter arrives after a very warm autumn. Yesterday there were so many mushrooms and fungi in Wisley’s Hilltop gardens. Such a treat! #fungifriends
This is the week that winter arrives after a very warm autumn. Yesterday there were so many mushrooms and fungi in Wisley’s Hilltop gardens. Such a treat! #fungifriends
🌱 #SundayYellow. There was some Bird”s Foot Trefoil flowering in Wisley’s Hilltop Wildlife garden last Sunday. I wonder what I will spot there today after all the rain. Have a good day!
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🌱 #SundayYellow. There was some Bird”s Foot Trefoil flowering in Wisley’s Hilltop Wildlife garden last Sunday. I wonder what I will spot there today after all the rain. Have a good day!
🌱 #sixonSaturday from my tiny, soggy garden. After Storm Claudia dumped a whole load on my garden yesterday it really is saturated. I was surprised and delighted to spot two pollinators though.
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🌱 #sixonSaturday from my tiny, soggy garden. After Storm Claudia dumped a whole load on my garden yesterday it really is saturated. I was surprised and delighted to spot two pollinators though.
Storm Claudia is set to batter the UK today bringing exceptionally wet weather so I will be safely warm and dry indoors. Meanwhile, here is a poppy spotted during our training session on Tuesday at Wisley for #flowersonFriday 🌱
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Storm Claudia is set to batter the UK today bringing exceptionally wet weather so I will be safely warm and dry indoors. Meanwhile, here is a poppy spotted during our training session on Tuesday at Wisley for #flowersonFriday 🌱
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🌱 #insectThursday
There were still bees around last Sunday in Wisley’s Hilltop gardens and they were making full use of the Salvia flowers.
There were still bees around last Sunday in Wisley’s Hilltop gardens and they were making full use of the Salvia flowers.
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🌱 #insectThursday
There were still bees around last Sunday in Wisley’s Hilltop gardens and they were making full use of the Salvia flowers.
There were still bees around last Sunday in Wisley’s Hilltop gardens and they were making full use of the Salvia flowers.
Still flowering in a communal garden along the Thames path near Imperial Wharf for #roseWednesday 🌱
I’m off to see an embroidery exhibition in Kingston.
I’m off to see an embroidery exhibition in Kingston.
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Still flowering in a communal garden along the Thames path near Imperial Wharf for #roseWednesday 🌱
I’m off to see an embroidery exhibition in Kingston.
I’m off to see an embroidery exhibition in Kingston.