The Vicar’s Garden
@vicarsgarden.bsky.social
I'm a retired vicar who gardens quite a bit when not riding a bicycle.
Morning, Friends. Now that the temperature has fallen spring bulb planting season in the garden. Yet even with the cold my rose Gaye Hammond still flowers beautifully! Have a safe Thanksgiving.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Morning, Friends. Now that the temperature has fallen spring bulb planting season in the garden. Yet even with the cold my rose Gaye Hammond still flowers beautifully! Have a safe Thanksgiving.
#inmygardentoday
#inmygardentoday
A quiet week of garden jobs as I wait for the first frost, listening to the autumn birdsong, while a train horn sounds in the distance.
Here’s a gift, rose Happy Go Lucky which continues to flower joyously. Have a blessed weekend. #inmygardentoday
Here’s a gift, rose Happy Go Lucky which continues to flower joyously. Have a blessed weekend. #inmygardentoday
October 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A quiet week of garden jobs as I wait for the first frost, listening to the autumn birdsong, while a train horn sounds in the distance.
Here’s a gift, rose Happy Go Lucky which continues to flower joyously. Have a blessed weekend. #inmygardentoday
Here’s a gift, rose Happy Go Lucky which continues to flower joyously. Have a blessed weekend. #inmygardentoday
Because some asked what the Globe Amaranths (Gomphrena globosa) look like as a group planting aren’t they cool?
October 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Because some asked what the Globe Amaranths (Gomphrena globosa) look like as a group planting aren’t they cool?
Autumn jobs begun this week among the beauty of roses.
Today’s joy is Floribunda rose Bolero among the Globe Amaranth (the edible Gomphrena globosa). Near white with a strong fruity perfume to my nose. Both are solid cut flowers too. Have a safe week. #inmygardentoday #autumn
Today’s joy is Floribunda rose Bolero among the Globe Amaranth (the edible Gomphrena globosa). Near white with a strong fruity perfume to my nose. Both are solid cut flowers too. Have a safe week. #inmygardentoday #autumn
October 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Autumn jobs begun this week among the beauty of roses.
Today’s joy is Floribunda rose Bolero among the Globe Amaranth (the edible Gomphrena globosa). Near white with a strong fruity perfume to my nose. Both are solid cut flowers too. Have a safe week. #inmygardentoday #autumn
Today’s joy is Floribunda rose Bolero among the Globe Amaranth (the edible Gomphrena globosa). Near white with a strong fruity perfume to my nose. Both are solid cut flowers too. Have a safe week. #inmygardentoday #autumn
The star in the garden this week is my Elina Hybrid Tea Rose. It has a light tea perfume.
Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #rose #yellowrose #adr1987
Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #rose #yellowrose #adr1987
September 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The star in the garden this week is my Elina Hybrid Tea Rose. It has a light tea perfume.
Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #rose #yellowrose #adr1987
Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #rose #yellowrose #adr1987
Today’s joy is the marvelous rust red & smoky lavender floribunda rose Cinco de Mayo in the front garden bed. It has a mild, apple-like fragrance to my nose. I enjoy walkers who spot it and smile when they pass on the sidewalk.
Have a safe final summer weekend.
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Have a safe final summer weekend.
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September 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Today’s joy is the marvelous rust red & smoky lavender floribunda rose Cinco de Mayo in the front garden bed. It has a mild, apple-like fragrance to my nose. I enjoy walkers who spot it and smile when they pass on the sidewalk.
Have a safe final summer weekend.
#inmygardentoday
Have a safe final summer weekend.
#inmygardentoday
Today’s joy is the wonderful Grandiflora Rose Cherry Parfait. It is a delicious rose with creamy petals dripping in cherry red. It always makes me smile. I hope it makes you smile too. It’s been a tough week.
#inmygardentoday #rose #grandifloraroses
#inmygardentoday #rose #grandifloraroses
September 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Today’s joy is the wonderful Grandiflora Rose Cherry Parfait. It is a delicious rose with creamy petals dripping in cherry red. It always makes me smile. I hope it makes you smile too. It’s been a tough week.
#inmygardentoday #rose #grandifloraroses
#inmygardentoday #rose #grandifloraroses
Today’s joy is my Hermosa China rose in the morning light. It’s lightly fragrant blooming in clusters
Have a safe weekend.
#inmygardentoday #rose #chinarose #scentedflowers
Have a safe weekend.
#inmygardentoday #rose #chinarose #scentedflowers
September 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Today’s joy is my Hermosa China rose in the morning light. It’s lightly fragrant blooming in clusters
Have a safe weekend.
#inmygardentoday #rose #chinarose #scentedflowers
Have a safe weekend.
#inmygardentoday #rose #chinarose #scentedflowers
Today’s joy are the new cooler weather blooms on my roses. This is Westerland in the morning light.
#inmygardentoday #morninglight #roses #scentedflowers #apricotroses
#inmygardentoday #morninglight #roses #scentedflowers #apricotroses
September 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Today’s joy are the new cooler weather blooms on my roses. This is Westerland in the morning light.
#inmygardentoday #morninglight #roses #scentedflowers #apricotroses
#inmygardentoday #morninglight #roses #scentedflowers #apricotroses
I’ve been busy. I’ve had to do a bit of writing of sermons and lectures. Hot days = gardening for 2 hours before dawn finishing when the sun clears the trees. Still, pleased how the front bed is going. Here’s a view from the front window. Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #frontgarden
#inmygardentoday #frontgarden
August 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I’ve been busy. I’ve had to do a bit of writing of sermons and lectures. Hot days = gardening for 2 hours before dawn finishing when the sun clears the trees. Still, pleased how the front bed is going. Here’s a view from the front window. Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #frontgarden
#inmygardentoday #frontgarden
Today’s joy is our still wildlife pond (no fish) before the heat and thunderstorms. Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica) lower left, Iris ensata either side, Water Lily & Pickerel Weed (Pontederia cordata) within. The cream tufts of Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) at the back.
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Today’s joy is our still wildlife pond (no fish) before the heat and thunderstorms. Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica) lower left, Iris ensata either side, Water Lily & Pickerel Weed (Pontederia cordata) within. The cream tufts of Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) at the back.
Today’s joy is the Foxtail Lilly, Eremurus – White Beauty nestled among the Allium christophii
#inmygardentoday #latespring #cottagegardenflowers
#inmygardentoday #latespring #cottagegardenflowers
June 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Today’s joy is the Foxtail Lilly, Eremurus – White Beauty nestled among the Allium christophii
#inmygardentoday #latespring #cottagegardenflowers
#inmygardentoday #latespring #cottagegardenflowers
Today’s joy is the opium poppies, Papaver somniferum nestled next the the Himalayan birch, Betula utilis jacquemontii.
#inmygardentoday #latespringvibes #cottagegarden
#inmygardentoday #latespringvibes #cottagegarden
June 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Today’s joy is the opium poppies, Papaver somniferum nestled next the the Himalayan birch, Betula utilis jacquemontii.
#inmygardentoday #latespringvibes #cottagegarden
#inmygardentoday #latespringvibes #cottagegarden
Today’s joy is the long border on the east side of the garden in June with the Philadelphus coronarius and Tanacetum parthenium in the foreground. Walking north the planting immerses you in textures and the sounds of pollinators.
Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #cottagegarden
Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #cottagegarden
June 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today’s joy is the long border on the east side of the garden in June with the Philadelphus coronarius and Tanacetum parthenium in the foreground. Walking north the planting immerses you in textures and the sounds of pollinators.
Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #cottagegarden
Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #cottagegarden
Time well spent Friday afternoon and all day Saturday in the warm fellowship of The West Jersey Rose Society at our annual rose show. These were the top winners.
#roses #americanrosesociety #wjrs
#roses #americanrosesociety #wjrs
June 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Time well spent Friday afternoon and all day Saturday in the warm fellowship of The West Jersey Rose Society at our annual rose show. These were the top winners.
#roses #americanrosesociety #wjrs
#roses #americanrosesociety #wjrs
June in the garden = SOFT FRUIT!
1. Gooseberries are nearly ready (This is the Invicta)!
2. & 3 White Currants are!!
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1. Gooseberries are nearly ready (This is the Invicta)!
2. & 3 White Currants are!!
#inmygardentoday #cottagegarden
June 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
June in the garden = SOFT FRUIT!
1. Gooseberries are nearly ready (This is the Invicta)!
2. & 3 White Currants are!!
#inmygardentoday #cottagegarden
1. Gooseberries are nearly ready (This is the Invicta)!
2. & 3 White Currants are!!
#inmygardentoday #cottagegarden
Today’s joy is rose Blaze Improved with clematis entwined. A nesting pair of American Robins are within so no front door for a bit.
Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #rose #cottagegardenflowers
Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #rose #cottagegardenflowers
May 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Today’s joy is rose Blaze Improved with clematis entwined. A nesting pair of American Robins are within so no front door for a bit.
Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #rose #cottagegardenflowers
Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #rose #cottagegardenflowers
Today’s joy is the light pink flowers of the climbing Rose “New Dawn”. Discovered in 1930 here in New Jersey. It was the first plant to be patented in 1931.
#inmygardentoday #roses #climbingroses #cottagegardenflowers
#inmygardentoday #roses #climbingroses #cottagegardenflowers
May 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Today’s joy is the light pink flowers of the climbing Rose “New Dawn”. Discovered in 1930 here in New Jersey. It was the first plant to be patented in 1931.
#inmygardentoday #roses #climbingroses #cottagegardenflowers
#inmygardentoday #roses #climbingroses #cottagegardenflowers
Today’s joy for a rainy day: the silvery amethyst stars of Alium Christophii. Stay dry, friends.
#inmygardentoday #alium #cottagegardenflowers
#inmygardentoday #alium #cottagegardenflowers
May 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Today’s joy for a rainy day: the silvery amethyst stars of Alium Christophii. Stay dry, friends.
#inmygardentoday #alium #cottagegardenflowers
#inmygardentoday #alium #cottagegardenflowers
Today’s joy during Chelsea week is the resilient and majestic rose “Peggy Martin”. It’s a symbol of renewal and regrowth after Hurricane Katrina, when it was one of only two plants to survive being submerged in salt water for two weeks.
#inmygardentoday #rose #historicrosesgroup
#inmygardentoday #rose #historicrosesgroup
May 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Today’s joy during Chelsea week is the resilient and majestic rose “Peggy Martin”. It’s a symbol of renewal and regrowth after Hurricane Katrina, when it was one of only two plants to survive being submerged in salt water for two weeks.
#inmygardentoday #rose #historicrosesgroup
#inmygardentoday #rose #historicrosesgroup
There’s a quiet joy that comes when being out in the garden tending the plants and weeding in a gentle rain.
#inmygardentoday #gardenchores #cottagegardenjoys
#inmygardentoday #gardenchores #cottagegardenjoys
May 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
There’s a quiet joy that comes when being out in the garden tending the plants and weeding in a gentle rain.
#inmygardentoday #gardenchores #cottagegardenjoys
#inmygardentoday #gardenchores #cottagegardenjoys
Today’s joy is a rose in my garden, Souvenir du Président Lincoln. A bourbon rose introduced in 1865 and named to honor our president upon his death that year. It has a light perfume that fills the air. #inmygardentoday #rose #cottagegardenflowers
May 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today’s joy is a rose in my garden, Souvenir du Président Lincoln. A bourbon rose introduced in 1865 and named to honor our president upon his death that year. It has a light perfume that fills the air. #inmygardentoday #rose #cottagegardenflowers
Rose ‘Marie Pavie’ in the morning light. It’s a Polyantha introduced in 1888 with a delicate sweet perfume.
#inmygardentoday #rose #cottagegardenflowers
#inmygardentoday #rose #cottagegardenflowers
May 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Rose ‘Marie Pavie’ in the morning light. It’s a Polyantha introduced in 1888 with a delicate sweet perfume.
#inmygardentoday #rose #cottagegardenflowers
#inmygardentoday #rose #cottagegardenflowers
Today’s joy is Roseraie De L’Hay which arches a seating area at the back of the garden. The air is full of an old rose perfume. Have a blessed weekend.
#inmygardentoday #cottagegardenflowers
#inmygardentoday #cottagegardenflowers
May 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Today’s joy is Roseraie De L’Hay which arches a seating area at the back of the garden. The air is full of an old rose perfume. Have a blessed weekend.
#inmygardentoday #cottagegardenflowers
#inmygardentoday #cottagegardenflowers
Today’s joy is the view under our study window, species rose Rosa rugosa Alba and China rose Old Blush. When I open the window, the old rose scent floats across the room while you work. Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #oldrose #scentedflowers
#inmygardentoday #oldrose #scentedflowers
May 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Today’s joy is the view under our study window, species rose Rosa rugosa Alba and China rose Old Blush. When I open the window, the old rose scent floats across the room while you work. Have a safe week.
#inmygardentoday #oldrose #scentedflowers
#inmygardentoday #oldrose #scentedflowers