Christian Tait
@christiangardening.bsky.social
RHS Level 2 trained Estate Gardener at Overbury Court, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire 🌱🪴🌳
Hibernating ladybirds 😍 Found while fruit tree pruning this afternoon … we left them where they were. ☺️
#ladybirds #gardening #hibernation
#ladybirds #gardening #hibernation
January 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Hibernating ladybirds 😍 Found while fruit tree pruning this afternoon … we left them where they were. ☺️
#ladybirds #gardening #hibernation
#ladybirds #gardening #hibernation
Tree planting this morning in woodlands on the wider estate. A mix of Hornbeam, Beech and Birch.
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#treeplanting #estategardener #estatemanagement
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#treeplanting #estategardener #estatemanagement
January 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Tree planting this morning in woodlands on the wider estate. A mix of Hornbeam, Beech and Birch.
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#treeplanting #estategardener #estatemanagement
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#treeplanting #estategardener #estatemanagement
Busy sowing sweet peas this morning. There’s lots of methods talked about sweet pea sowing - soaking the seeds, nicking them with a knife, sanding them, placing them on damp tissue to germinate.
I’m sowing directly in seed compost, watering and covering with propagator lids.
What’s your method?
I’m sowing directly in seed compost, watering and covering with propagator lids.
What’s your method?
January 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Busy sowing sweet peas this morning. There’s lots of methods talked about sweet pea sowing - soaking the seeds, nicking them with a knife, sanding them, placing them on damp tissue to germinate.
I’m sowing directly in seed compost, watering and covering with propagator lids.
What’s your method?
I’m sowing directly in seed compost, watering and covering with propagator lids.
What’s your method?
Refreshing tree circles and pruning fruit trees in the Old Kitchen Garden this afternoon … in beautiful sunshine no less 😊☀️
Lovely mix of trees including apples, pears, cherries, plums and medlars.
#gardening #treepruning #fruittrees
Lovely mix of trees including apples, pears, cherries, plums and medlars.
#gardening #treepruning #fruittrees
January 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Refreshing tree circles and pruning fruit trees in the Old Kitchen Garden this afternoon … in beautiful sunshine no less 😊☀️
Lovely mix of trees including apples, pears, cherries, plums and medlars.
#gardening #treepruning #fruittrees
Lovely mix of trees including apples, pears, cherries, plums and medlars.
#gardening #treepruning #fruittrees
Got away pretty lightly with Storm Goretti at work. Awful drive home in the rain last night, but only a smattering of snow at work in the Cotswolds this morning. #stormgoretti #gardener #gardening
January 9, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Got away pretty lightly with Storm Goretti at work. Awful drive home in the rain last night, but only a smattering of snow at work in the Cotswolds this morning. #stormgoretti #gardener #gardening
Some clearance work around estate farm buildings yesterday. Lots of bramble and self-seeded trees growing in the wrong places. 🤦🏻♂️
#estategardener #gardening #january
#estategardener #gardening #january
January 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Some clearance work around estate farm buildings yesterday. Lots of bramble and self-seeded trees growing in the wrong places. 🤦🏻♂️
#estategardener #gardening #january
#estategardener #gardening #january
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
A chilly but beautiful return to work and the kitchen garden this morning.
🥶 ☀️ ❄️
#gardener #backtowork #januaryvibes
🥶 ☀️ ❄️
#gardener #backtowork #januaryvibes
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
A chilly but beautiful return to work and the kitchen garden this morning.
🥶 ☀️ ❄️
#gardener #backtowork #januaryvibes
🥶 ☀️ ❄️
#gardener #backtowork #januaryvibes
Up above the mist and in glorious sunshine on a North Nibley New Year’s Eve walk this morning.
Nice to get some sunshine at last, instead of the grey cloud drab we seem to have been under most of the festive season.
#walk #blueskies #northnibleymonument
Nice to get some sunshine at last, instead of the grey cloud drab we seem to have been under most of the festive season.
#walk #blueskies #northnibleymonument
December 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Up above the mist and in glorious sunshine on a North Nibley New Year’s Eve walk this morning.
Nice to get some sunshine at last, instead of the grey cloud drab we seem to have been under most of the festive season.
#walk #blueskies #northnibleymonument
Nice to get some sunshine at last, instead of the grey cloud drab we seem to have been under most of the festive season.
#walk #blueskies #northnibleymonument
Decent sunrise this morning on my last working day of the year ☺️ Season’s greetings folks - hope you have happy times over the next couple of weeks.
#estategardener #seasonsgreetings #sunrise
#estategardener #seasonsgreetings #sunrise
December 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Decent sunrise this morning on my last working day of the year ☺️ Season’s greetings folks - hope you have happy times over the next couple of weeks.
#estategardener #seasonsgreetings #sunrise
#estategardener #seasonsgreetings #sunrise
Wonderful light with this morning’s sunrise at work … and even a cheeky rainbow to top it all. 😊
#rainbow #sunlight #estategardener
#rainbow #sunlight #estategardener
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Wonderful light with this morning’s sunrise at work … and even a cheeky rainbow to top it all. 😊
#rainbow #sunlight #estategardener
#rainbow #sunlight #estategardener
Final pre-Christmas tidy of the kitchen garden today.
He’s good at camouflaging himself, but the keen-eyed may be able to find a lesser spotted Jon working away. 😆
#kitchengardening #gardening #gardener
He’s good at camouflaging himself, but the keen-eyed may be able to find a lesser spotted Jon working away. 😆
#kitchengardening #gardening #gardener
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Final pre-Christmas tidy of the kitchen garden today.
He’s good at camouflaging himself, but the keen-eyed may be able to find a lesser spotted Jon working away. 😆
#kitchengardening #gardening #gardener
He’s good at camouflaging himself, but the keen-eyed may be able to find a lesser spotted Jon working away. 😆
#kitchengardening #gardening #gardener
Great work by the garden team this week, making Christmas wreaths. Now up and around the Court and Old Village Shop.
🎄🎅🏼
#christmaswreaths #gardening #wreathmaking
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#christmaswreaths #gardening #wreathmaking
December 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Great work by the garden team this week, making Christmas wreaths. Now up and around the Court and Old Village Shop.
🎄🎅🏼
#christmaswreaths #gardening #wreathmaking
🎄🎅🏼
#christmaswreaths #gardening #wreathmaking
Head gardener Harry cutting the Christmas tree for the Overbury Enterprises estate office last week. Doesn’t get fresher than that - probably took longer to decorate!
🌲 ➡️ 🎄
#gardening #christmastree #overbury
🌲 ➡️ 🎄
#gardening #christmastree #overbury
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Head gardener Harry cutting the Christmas tree for the Overbury Enterprises estate office last week. Doesn’t get fresher than that - probably took longer to decorate!
🌲 ➡️ 🎄
#gardening #christmastree #overbury
🌲 ➡️ 🎄
#gardening #christmastree #overbury
Up on Bredon Hill earlier this afternoon, foraging for Christmas wreath material (don’t tell the forestry department! 🤫 🤣)
#estategardener #bredonhill #cotswolds
#estategardener #bredonhill #cotswolds
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Up on Bredon Hill earlier this afternoon, foraging for Christmas wreath material (don’t tell the forestry department! 🤫 🤣)
#estategardener #bredonhill #cotswolds
#estategardener #bredonhill #cotswolds
Reflecting on a beautiful day whilst mulching in the gardens today. 😆
#reflection #reflections #gardener
#reflection #reflections #gardener
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reflecting on a beautiful day whilst mulching in the gardens today. 😆
#reflection #reflections #gardener
#reflection #reflections #gardener
Lucky to have some impressive tree specimens around the gardens and wider estate.
Looking great in the sun today for #nationaltreeweek … a wonderful London Plane and a gorgeous Blue Cedar.
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#gardener #estategardener
Looking great in the sun today for #nationaltreeweek … a wonderful London Plane and a gorgeous Blue Cedar.
🌳🌲
#gardener #estategardener
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Lucky to have some impressive tree specimens around the gardens and wider estate.
Looking great in the sun today for #nationaltreeweek … a wonderful London Plane and a gorgeous Blue Cedar.
🌳🌲
#gardener #estategardener
Looking great in the sun today for #nationaltreeweek … a wonderful London Plane and a gorgeous Blue Cedar.
🌳🌲
#gardener #estategardener
Happy Friday ☺️
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Happy Friday ☺️
There was beautiful sunshine in parts of the garden today, but for some idiotic reason, I ended up choosing to work in all the shady sections 🤣🤦🏻♂️
A tad cooooooold! Beanie on all day! (Don’t say I wasn’t working quickly enough!)
#gardener #gardening #wintergardening
A tad cooooooold! Beanie on all day! (Don’t say I wasn’t working quickly enough!)
#gardener #gardening #wintergardening
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
There was beautiful sunshine in parts of the garden today, but for some idiotic reason, I ended up choosing to work in all the shady sections 🤣🤦🏻♂️
A tad cooooooold! Beanie on all day! (Don’t say I wasn’t working quickly enough!)
#gardener #gardening #wintergardening
A tad cooooooold! Beanie on all day! (Don’t say I wasn’t working quickly enough!)
#gardener #gardening #wintergardening
Winter / early spring flowering Clematis cirrhosa, currently in flower on The Court building.
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#clematis #clematiscirrhosa #gardening
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#clematis #clematiscirrhosa #gardening
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Winter / early spring flowering Clematis cirrhosa, currently in flower on The Court building.
🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
#clematis #clematiscirrhosa #gardening
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#clematis #clematiscirrhosa #gardening
Greeted by a queue of sheep when I arrived at work on Monday 😆
🐑 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
#sheep #cotswolds #gardeninglife
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#sheep #cotswolds #gardeninglife
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Greeted by a queue of sheep when I arrived at work on Monday 😆
🐑 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
#sheep #cotswolds #gardeninglife
🐑 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
#sheep #cotswolds #gardeninglife
Bulb planting some beds and containers this morning. Tulips, alliums and kamassias.
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#bulbs #bulbplanting #gardener #gardening #autumngardening
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#bulbs #bulbplanting #gardener #gardening #autumngardening
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Bulb planting some beds and containers this morning. Tulips, alliums and kamassias.
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#bulbs #bulbplanting #gardener #gardening #autumngardening
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#bulbs #bulbplanting #gardener #gardening #autumngardening
Wow! Such a huge contrast in the weather today, compared with last Friday’s washout.
A lovely day cutting back herbaceous plants in the west terrace borders … as well as the obligatory autumn leaf clearance.
🤩🍁🍂
#autumn #autumngardening #gardener #gardening #overbury #cotswolds #blueskies
A lovely day cutting back herbaceous plants in the west terrace borders … as well as the obligatory autumn leaf clearance.
🤩🍁🍂
#autumn #autumngardening #gardener #gardening #overbury #cotswolds #blueskies
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Wow! Such a huge contrast in the weather today, compared with last Friday’s washout.
A lovely day cutting back herbaceous plants in the west terrace borders … as well as the obligatory autumn leaf clearance.
🤩🍁🍂
#autumn #autumngardening #gardener #gardening #overbury #cotswolds #blueskies
A lovely day cutting back herbaceous plants in the west terrace borders … as well as the obligatory autumn leaf clearance.
🤩🍁🍂
#autumn #autumngardening #gardener #gardening #overbury #cotswolds #blueskies
Extremely glad of the shelter of the potting shed today! Biblical rain out there.
Busy tidying and sorting, as well as planting some bulbs in pots for forcing, which will be used for flower displays in the house in the spring.
#gardening #gardener
Busy tidying and sorting, as well as planting some bulbs in pots for forcing, which will be used for flower displays in the house in the spring.
#gardening #gardener
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Extremely glad of the shelter of the potting shed today! Biblical rain out there.
Busy tidying and sorting, as well as planting some bulbs in pots for forcing, which will be used for flower displays in the house in the spring.
#gardening #gardener
Busy tidying and sorting, as well as planting some bulbs in pots for forcing, which will be used for flower displays in the house in the spring.
#gardening #gardener
Hey @francesca-laura.bsky.social did you see our old RHS Level 2 tutor Tim Foster on Gardener’s World on Friday? Great to see him and his fruit tree knowledge again! ☺️
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hey @francesca-laura.bsky.social did you see our old RHS Level 2 tutor Tim Foster on Gardener’s World on Friday? Great to see him and his fruit tree knowledge again! ☺️