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Training in RHS Level 2 Horticulture at Sparsholt. Cat mum to Bert, a longhaired tabby. Volunteer gardener at Parham House and Gardens.
#horticulture #art #biodiversity #climateresilience #cats #rhslevel2 #cleanenergy #unapologeticallybritish
#horticulture #art #biodiversity #climateresilience #cats #rhslevel2 #cleanenergy #unapologeticallybritish
Why have I woken up at 6am singing The Wombles song and needing to know whether the Wombles were shrews or hedgehogs?! Why?! 😂 #wombles #womblesofwimbledon
October 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Why have I woken up at 6am singing The Wombles song and needing to know whether the Wombles were shrews or hedgehogs?! Why?! 😂 #wombles #womblesofwimbledon
Leaf cellular structure model at Sparsholt College today! How many parts can we all remember from our O Level or GCSE Biology lessons?! #palisademesophyll #spongymesophyll #stomata #waxycuticle #guardcells #chloroplast #hortigeek #plants #plantbiology
October 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Leaf cellular structure model at Sparsholt College today! How many parts can we all remember from our O Level or GCSE Biology lessons?! #palisademesophyll #spongymesophyll #stomata #waxycuticle #guardcells #chloroplast #hortigeek #plants #plantbiology
College today! Think this is a Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, or Mealybug ladybird juvenile. It was certainly chomping on the actual mealy bugs anyway! #plantgeek #ipm #ladybird #horticulture
October 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
College today! Think this is a Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, or Mealybug ladybird juvenile. It was certainly chomping on the actual mealy bugs anyway! #plantgeek #ipm #ladybird #horticulture
Good morning from Parham House at 7.30am GMT today. This drive signals freedom and no WiFi for eight hours. Heaven! Enjoy Primal Scream too! #cooldrives #epicjourneys #dailycommute #parhamhouse #westsussex
August 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Good morning from Parham House at 7.30am GMT today. This drive signals freedom and no WiFi for eight hours. Heaven! Enjoy Primal Scream too! #cooldrives #epicjourneys #dailycommute #parhamhouse #westsussex
Guess who did the Plant Shop Flower vase display today?! 😃💐😃
Hope you like it!
#bloomscrolling #parhamhouse #flowerdisplays #ukgardens #gardenvolunteer
Hope you like it!
#bloomscrolling #parhamhouse #flowerdisplays #ukgardens #gardenvolunteer
August 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Guess who did the Plant Shop Flower vase display today?! 😃💐😃
Hope you like it!
#bloomscrolling #parhamhouse #flowerdisplays #ukgardens #gardenvolunteer
Hope you like it!
#bloomscrolling #parhamhouse #flowerdisplays #ukgardens #gardenvolunteer
A Blood Vein moth has been hanging out with me this evening. Apparently they're very common but I'm a bit in love with how their wings look like pencil shavings. #ukmoths #bloodveinmoth #mothappreciation
August 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A Blood Vein moth has been hanging out with me this evening. Apparently they're very common but I'm a bit in love with how their wings look like pencil shavings. #ukmoths #bloodveinmoth #mothappreciation
Good morning. Bert has elegantly placed himself next to the forget-me-nots accidentally growing out of a patio crack (which I leave to grow because they make me laugh). #catscrolling #ukcats #longhairedtabbies
August 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Good morning. Bert has elegantly placed himself next to the forget-me-nots accidentally growing out of a patio crack (which I leave to grow because they make me laugh). #catscrolling #ukcats #longhairedtabbies
Those Nicotiana White Trumpets are having an August moment in my garden. They're taller than me! The moths love them! #nicotiana #ukgardening
August 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Those Nicotiana White Trumpets are having an August moment in my garden. They're taller than me! The moths love them! #nicotiana #ukgardening
Finally got to Charleston, Firle, East Sussex to see Vanessa Bell's home but more importantly, Harry Hoblyn's gardening. Great work! #charleston #ukhorticulture #bloomsbury #harryhoblyn #eastsussex #ukgardendesign
August 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Finally got to Charleston, Firle, East Sussex to see Vanessa Bell's home but more importantly, Harry Hoblyn's gardening. Great work! #charleston #ukhorticulture #bloomsbury #harryhoblyn #eastsussex #ukgardendesign
Wheelbarrows full of end of season pulls and deadheading. The Blue Border at Parham House, West Sussex is still looking spectacular. #parhamhouse #ukgardening #ukhorticulture #gardenvolunteer #herbaceousborder
August 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Wheelbarrows full of end of season pulls and deadheading. The Blue Border at Parham House, West Sussex is still looking spectacular. #parhamhouse #ukgardening #ukhorticulture #gardenvolunteer #herbaceousborder
Scottish weather is bang on cue! Rain, rain, rain. Haha!!!!! 🤣
July 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Scottish weather is bang on cue! Rain, rain, rain. Haha!!!!! 🤣
Had the honour of chopping back some salvia and campanula in Parham House Blue Border this afternoon. It's looking stunning right now. #parhamhouse #westsussex #ukgardens #ukhorticulture
July 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Had the honour of chopping back some salvia and campanula in Parham House Blue Border this afternoon. It's looking stunning right now. #parhamhouse #westsussex #ukgardens #ukhorticulture
Interesting planting ideas at West Green House Garden near Hook, Hampshire.
#ukgardens #hampshiregardens #westgreenhousegarden #plantingideas
#ukgardens #hampshiregardens #westgreenhousegarden #plantingideas
July 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Interesting planting ideas at West Green House Garden near Hook, Hampshire.
#ukgardens #hampshiregardens #westgreenhousegarden #plantingideas
#ukgardens #hampshiregardens #westgreenhousegarden #plantingideas
A Silver Washed Fritillary that I spotted at West Green House Garden today.
#ukbutterflies #bigbutterflycount #westgreenhousegarden
#ukbutterflies #bigbutterflycount #westgreenhousegarden
July 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A Silver Washed Fritillary that I spotted at West Green House Garden today.
#ukbutterflies #bigbutterflycount #westgreenhousegarden
#ukbutterflies #bigbutterflycount #westgreenhousegarden
Parham House Garden team did the Big Butterfly Count on Friday. We lost count of how many Gatekeepers were active but think we saw 82 in fifteen minutes! We'll keep counting! Join us! Download the app and get counting 🦋🦋🦋
#bigbutterflycount #parham #ukgardening #butterflies #horticulture
#bigbutterflycount #parham #ukgardening #butterflies #horticulture
July 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Parham House Garden team did the Big Butterfly Count on Friday. We lost count of how many Gatekeepers were active but think we saw 82 in fifteen minutes! We'll keep counting! Join us! Download the app and get counting 🦋🦋🦋
#bigbutterflycount #parham #ukgardening #butterflies #horticulture
#bigbutterflycount #parham #ukgardening #butterflies #horticulture
My first day as a volunteer gardener at Parham House and Gardens. Fifty roses deadheaded and fed, nepeta chopped down in the blue border and maintenance pruning of the 100 year old apple espaliers. Dreams come true. #parhamhouse #ukgardening #horticulture
July 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
My first day as a volunteer gardener at Parham House and Gardens. Fifty roses deadheaded and fed, nepeta chopped down in the blue border and maintenance pruning of the 100 year old apple espaliers. Dreams come true. #parhamhouse #ukgardening #horticulture
Please enjoy these lovely insects having their portraits taken in my garden this morning 😍
July 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Please enjoy these lovely insects having their portraits taken in my garden this morning 😍
The small but mighty mint moth enjoying the Nicotiana. Size of my fingernail. #mintmoth #ukmoths #mothappreciation
July 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The small but mighty mint moth enjoying the Nicotiana. Size of my fingernail. #mintmoth #ukmoths #mothappreciation
Good morning from my Hampshire UK garden. My Six on Saturday are T-hybrid rose Love and Peace, hydrangea, penstemon, borage, Canna indica 'Wyoming' and day lilies. #ulgardening #inmygarden #sixonsaturday #6onsaturday
July 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Good morning from my Hampshire UK garden. My Six on Saturday are T-hybrid rose Love and Peace, hydrangea, penstemon, borage, Canna indica 'Wyoming' and day lilies. #ulgardening #inmygarden #sixonsaturday #6onsaturday
I have a frog in my garden!! Hooray!!!!!!! He likes the Nicotiana. So chuffed! #inmygarden #ukwildlife #uknature #frogs #conservation #wildlifegardening
June 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I have a frog in my garden!! Hooray!!!!!!! He likes the Nicotiana. So chuffed! #inmygarden #ukwildlife #uknature #frogs #conservation #wildlifegardening
Bee heaven is a flowering artichoke! In my garden today.
June 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Bee heaven is a flowering artichoke! In my garden today.
You beauty! A European Comma butterfly in my garden this afternoon. #butterflies #ukconservation #naturegardening
June 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
You beauty! A European Comma butterfly in my garden this afternoon. #butterflies #ukconservation #naturegardening
A very exciting garden moment here in central Hampshire, UK. A beautiful Golden Ringed Dragonfly recouping it's flight power on my potato vine. Yes!!!!! #dragonfly #ukwildlife #uknature #hampshire #natureconservation #biodiversity
June 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A very exciting garden moment here in central Hampshire, UK. A beautiful Golden Ringed Dragonfly recouping it's flight power on my potato vine. Yes!!!!! #dragonfly #ukwildlife #uknature #hampshire #natureconservation #biodiversity
Sparsholt College got a Silver Gilt medal!! Go Lucy!!! 😀 #sparsholt #rhschelsea
May 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Sparsholt College got a Silver Gilt medal!! Go Lucy!!! 😀 #sparsholt #rhschelsea