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"I am an equally untrained plantswoman—for all my botanical successes, uncountable victims have nonetheless ended up on the compost heap." Dec 10 in the @essaydaily.bsky.social calendar brings you @j-sukys.bsky.social on weeds and art and more: www.essaydaily.org/2025/12/dec-...
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Thank you. I imagined, naïvely, that watering the planting hole well and mulching with compost would be enough ...

The new plants disappeared completely.

I am not a plantswoman.
September 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
‘To a lesser plantswoman, a holiday in Cork could be a to…

https://www.allforgardening.com/1397439/to-a-lesser-plantswoman-a-holiday-in-cork-could-be-a-to/

Illustration by Clara Dupré For Ireland, I’d packed light. Shorts, a single pair of sandals: thanks to the constant English heatwaves, I …
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Illustration by Clara Dupré
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August 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The down-to-earth story of a hardy gardener – The Irish News

https://www.allforgardening.com/1375754/the-down-to-earth-story-of-a-hardy-gardener-the-irish-news/

Desert Island Discs, Radio 4 Dead Ringers, Radio 4 Carol Klein, garden and plantswoman – the woman from Gardeners’ World – is likeable …
The down-to-earth story of a hardy gardener – The Irish News - All For Gardening
Desert Island Discs, Radio 4
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July 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
New book tells the story of a remarkable gardener in Cornwall

https://www.allforgardening.com/1373119/new-book-tells-the-story-of-a-remarkable-gardener-in-cornwall-2/

THE story of a remarkable woman is told in a new book which is being launched this month. Diary of a Plantswoman in Cornwall …
New book tells the story of a remarkable gardener in Cornwall - All For Gardening
THE story of a remarkable woman is told in a new book which is being launched this month.
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July 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
New book tells the story of a remarkable gardener in Cornwall

https://www.allforgardening.com/1371387/new-book-tells-the-story-of-a-remarkable-gardener-in-cornwall/

THE story of a remarkable woman is told in a new book which is being launched this month. Diary of a Plantswoman in Cornwall …
New book tells the story of a remarkable gardener in Cornwall - All For Gardening
THE story of a remarkable woman is told in a new book which is being launched this month.
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July 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
‘My Wife Is A Brilliant Plantswoman – I Just Grow Fruit And Do Garden Maintenance’

https://www.allforgardening.com/1304826/my-wife-is-a-brilliant-plantswoman-i-just-grow-fruit-and-do-garden-maintenance/

Grand Designs star Kevin McCloud stopped by the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to take a look at …
'My Wife Is A Brilliant Plantswoman – I Just Grow Fruit And Do Garden Maintenance' - All For Gardening
Grand Designs star Kevin McCloud stopped by the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to take a look at this year's crop of impressive gardens, and in a conversation with
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May 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Valerie Finnis: the great plantswoman and photographer. Awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour by the Royal Horticultural Society.
Artemisia ludoviciana, western mugwort. I think this is ‘Valerie Finnis’. Lovely silvery foliage that sets off other flowers beautifully.

#artemisia #artemisialudoviciana #artemisialudovicianavaleriefinnis #stalwartplants
May 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It's my first attempt. This is its first flowering year, and this will be its only flower. It's in a pot. My sister, who is the plantswoman that I am not, says her peonies always flower better in containers than they do in the ground. If it does turn out to be finicky, I'll pass it on to her. 🌸
May 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Church Gates may not be our biggest garden but its plantswoman owner has packed it with plants.

This cottage-style garden in Blockley has varied borders, seating areas and plenty of inspiration for smaller spaces.

Open Sun April 27, 2-6pm. Entry is £4. Details: buff.ly/Ws9si41
#GardeningThreads
April 24, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Magnificent talk tonight from Annette Bainbridge on "forgotten colonial plantswoman" Mary Mitchinson, of New Plymouth, at Hamilton Gardens. It should get a repeat performance in New Plymouth in a few months, and hopefully she can to do a recording of it also for those elsewhere. #gardenhistory
March 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Upcoming garden history talk at Hamilton Gardens (NZ):

“Finding Mrs Mitchinson: The Life of a Forgotten Colonial Plantswoman”

Mary Mitchinson ran the Caledonian Nursery in New Plymouth for over ten years after the death of her husband in 1895...

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Upcoming talk in Hamilton: “Finding Mrs Mitchinson: The Life of a Forgotten Colonial Plantswoman”
by Annette Bainbridge, Garden History Research Foundation 20 March 2025, 7.00-8.30 p.m. The Link Room at Hamilton Gardens (entry $5 waged; $2 unwaged) Mary Mitchinson (1860-1937) ran the Caledonian…
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March 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Lovely BBC News article about rare or lost daffodil varieties. This "is one of many bred by the plantswoman Sarah Backhouse. It was named for her by her husband after her death in 1921."

And 104 years later, she is remembered as we all learn about her through the article. Wonderful and romantic.
February 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Hand-pollination in the Winter Jewels Hellebore House at work yesterday at Little Prince of Oregon. So proud to continue the work of Marietta O'Byrne—such a great plantswoman.

#horticulture
#horticulturists
#handpollination
#plantbreeding
#littleprinceofor
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February 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A fly caught on a Drosera capensis (cape sundew) a carnivorous bog plant.
#plants #horticulture #plant #botany #sundews #blackandwhite #cannon #gardens #carnivorous #gardening #cannon #plantswoman
January 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Hi! Not only am I exploring a new platform here, but I’m also starting 2025 with some exciting new ventures and projects, so stay tuned for announcements in the coming days and weeks…
#newyearnewchallenge #gardendesigner #gardendesign #plantswoman #gardencoach
January 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I am a plantswoman from Dartmouth MA. Would love to connect with gardeners in the northeast.
November 23, 2024 at 6:17 PM
I did have a period in life when I could call myself a gardener ... not now, but maybe one day I will be able to do so again. My mother was also a plantswoman, and I loved maintaining her garden in the year that I looked after her, as you did with your mother and aunt.
November 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Hello Blue Sky! 👋 I am The Horticulture Mentor, an organic grower and plantswoman based in Dorset, UK. In a nutshell I give guidance and support for anything gardening related. 👩‍🌾🌱 This is my first post, come and say Hi!
November 17, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Do you have any favourite #gardening jobs? I love propagating. I'm more of a plantswoman than a garden designer. And doing small jobs while foraging for my meals.
November 9, 2024 at 8:54 AM
June 27, 1923: Gardener and plantswoman Beth Chatto is born (as Bessie Little) in Good Easter, England. She popularized the expression "right plant, right place" for her ecology-minded approach, wrote influential books on the subject, and founded Beth Chatto Gardens in Essex.
December 5, 2024 at 3:41 PM