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The Chatty Gardener

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Cotswold award-winning journalist, photographer & gardener. Blog of the Year finalist. Plants, books, singing, family, friends & gin make my world tick. #CheeringUpMondays https://thechattygardener.com/

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The Chatty Gardener @thechattygardener.bsky.social · Nov 19

An intro for new followers.

I'm a freelance journalist - started in news now everything gardening in magazines, newspapers & online. Blog at The Chatty Gardener. Member Garden Media Guild & Professional Garden Photographers Association. Garden in Cotswolds.
Other interests: #books, #singing & #gin

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The Chatty Gardener @thechattygardener.bsky.social · 1d

Need some sweet pea inspiration? I've been looking back at this year's sweet pea gardening trials and which were my favourite varieties. Read about it here: bit.ly/46V5SBZ

(Seed given. Not paid for post)
#UKGardening #photography 🌱 #Cotswolds #SweetPeas

Wooden trug with sweet pea flowers in pink, purple, lavender and white.

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Stuart Bourne 🌷🌱 @stuartbourne.bsky.social · 2d

The striking purple berries of a Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry) #MagentaMonday

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #Autumn

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d

If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).

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The Chatty Gardener @thechattygardener.bsky.social · 1d

I’m going to pull up the outdoor plants. Any green tomatoes will ripen indoors.

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The Chatty Gardener @thechattygardener.bsky.social · 3d

Something from the display by Harts Nursery at the Malvern Autumn Show for today's cheerful flower. More on the blog: bit.ly/42PL6mc

Have a great Monday.
#CheeringUpMondays #MondayMotivation #UKGardening #photography #BloomScrolling #FlowerRecord 🌱

Pink lily flower with white edges to petals and darker pink spotting.

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The Chatty Gardener @thechattygardener.bsky.social · 3d

Still picking. 😊

#tomatoes #UKGardening #cotswolds 🌱 #GYO

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Gloucestershire National Garden Scheme @glosngs.bsky.social · 6d

We’re delighted to welcome Dr Richard Claxton as the new CEO of @ngsopengardens.bsky.social

Richard worked as a GP for many years and has long championed nature-based therapies for patients.

#UKGardening 🌱 #NationalGardenScheme #OpenGardens

Dr Richard Claxton photographed outside with trees in the background.

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🦇🧛‍♂️Bram Stoker’s GuitarMoogula🧛‍♂️🦇 @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 6d

I burst into tears at this.

Even after 5 1/2 years with it, positive scientific confirmation of what I knew - this is real, I’m not imagining it, it’s not ageing, it’s not depression or anxiety, it’s that my brain *does not function properly* - means so much.

And a big step towards treatment too.

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 7d

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.

Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog

Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...

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Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦 @tenoaks6.bsky.social · 7d

Temporary relief from the madness....

#bloomscrolling #photography #nature #flowers #gardens #takeabreak #gooutside #wellbeing #mentalhealth

Three fuchsia dinner plate dahlias totally feeling themselves beneath a midday sun. Surrounded by greenery these giant flowers simple ooze happiness.

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 7d

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

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Stuart Bourne 🌷🌱 @stuartbourne.bsky.social · 7d

#Autumn 🍂

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #LoveLeaves

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The Chatty Gardener @thechattygardener.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you, Darran. 😊

The Chatty Gardener @thechattygardener.bsky.social · 8d

As The Chatty Gardener blog celebrated 10 years, I went back to where it all started - the Malvern Autumn Show.

From giant veg to fabulous flowers, it didn't disappoint. You can read about my visit here: bit.ly/4pLsrlp

#UKGardening #MalvernAutumnShow #FlowerRecord #photography 🌱

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The Chatty Gardener @thechattygardener.bsky.social · 10d

This week's #CheeringUpMondays bloom is a late arrival at the garden party. More on the blog: bit.ly/4nAHA79
#UKGardening 🌱 #dahlias #photography #BloomScrolling #FlowerRecord #cotswolds

Dark velvety red dahlia flower against soft focus green leaves.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15d

Our politics and media have become viciously obsessed with immigration. Farage has made sure of it. And in that obsession, they’ve all lost sight of the people they target. Fellow human beings trying to live and belong somewhere.
Shame on everyone responsible for this daily inhumanity
(Letter,Times)

Reform's plan for a benefit clampdown
Sir, Regarding Reform's plan to ban foreigners from claiming benefits ("Farage visas would make it harder to settle in the UK", news, Sep 22;
"Time's Up", leading article, Sep 23), in my small company for the past ten years we have employed, on a yearly average, 32 eastern European people, two of them in senior management positions. They all pay British taxes and have had little or no unexplained absences to date. Sick leave for them is extremely low. As far as I am aware, none of them is claiming benefits for dependants. These diligent people provide compassionate care for their clients, living with them for a few weeks at a time. During the pandemic they were responsible for ensuring zero transmission of the virus to people in their care. I feel utterly ashamed that many of them will be reading about Nigel Farage's plan on their various social media platforms
this morning.
Chrstina Sell
Managing director, Arbour

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Gloucestershire National Garden Scheme @glosngs.bsky.social · 15d

Brockworth Court, near Gloucester, remains open by appointment for groups of 10 to 35 until 7 October.

Expect naturalistic planting with plenty of autumn colour and views to Crickley and Coopers Hills.

Please contact the owner to arrange a visit. Full details here: ngs.org.uk/gardens/broc...

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The Chatty Gardener @thechattygardener.bsky.social · 17d

This week's cheerful flower is a dahlia that I just couldn't resist in the Peter Nyssen catalogue. More on the blog: bit.ly/3Is79s2

#UKGardening #CheeringUpMondays #MondayMotivation 🌱 #dahlias #photography #cotswolds #BloomScrolling #FlowerRecord

Orange-bronze dahlia flower with a green background of soft focus leaves.

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The Chatty Gardener @thechattygardener.bsky.social · 20d

Set up for my third talk this week. Tonight I’m with Leigh & District Gardeners’ Club.
#UKGardening

Screen showing title page of Finding the Angle at Chelsea talk with table of greetings cards showing flower photos in front.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22d

Appalled to see this image of Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle.

Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association

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Stuart Bourne 🌷🌱 @stuartbourne.bsky.social · 21d

Despite the gloomy morning, the roses are still looking beautiful #RoseWednesday

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling

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Trudy Taylor @trudyt.bsky.social · 21d

This is Lady Gardener holding her own in the change of weather. Some of my other roses are looking a bit bedraggled. Sad to think they’ll be finished soon. 😔😔 But until then Happy #RoseWednesday to you all. #Roses #Bloomscrolling.

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Mr Garden @mygardenuk.bsky.social · 21d

Rainy Morning Rose. 🌹

Hope you have a good day. 🙏😊

#Love #Peace
#RoseWednesday
#RooftopRoses
#Roses #Nature #Flowers
#FlowersEveryday #ukGarden #BlusSky
#ColoursOfLove #HarRose #ColoursOfNature
#BloomScrolling
#BeautyRange #NaturalArt #art

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The Chatty Gardener @thechattygardener.bsky.social · 22d

It's starting to get dark quite early now so if the weather's good enough to sit out, lights are definitely needed. I've been trying out the 4lite Solar Lanterns. Read my review on the blog: bit.ly/3K0Mdcl (#ad contains sponsored items).
#UKGardening #lighting #ProductReview

Tall and small garden lanterns sat on wooden steps.

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Stuart Bourne 🌷🌱 @stuartbourne.bsky.social · 22d

A beautiful rich red from a Persicaria #TinyFlowerTuesday

🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #BloomScrolling #FlowerFeed

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The Chatty Gardener @thechattygardener.bsky.social · 23d

Still plenty of colour in Cheltenham’s parks.
#UKGardening 🌱 #cotswolds

View over flower bed with yellow rudbeckia, blue, pink and white flowers towards ornate stone fountain, trees in distance and blue sky with white clouds.

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