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I am visiting Sheffield Park on the 17th with the RHS Gardens Club. Looking forward to it.

🌱 #insectThursday A beautiful pink Zinnia for you this morning. If you look closely, there is a tiny fly on the petals. I have zoomed in on the second picture so you can see it clearly. I have a friend coming for lunch. She is the only person on the planet that has known me all my life!

A pink Zinnia with many petals. At the top of the flower is a tiny black insect.

A closeup of the insect showing that it is a fly.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🌱 #roseWednesday A rose called ‘Golden Smiles’ for you on a very wet (but very welcome) rainy Wednesday. I’m luckily not doing a tour today and can stay at home, dry and warm.

A bright yellow rose in sunshine. There are a few raindrops on its many petals.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’m so happy to hear that! Sending big hugs to Bowie.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🌱 #thicktrunkTuesday Another of the characterful trees in Hyde Park. We are so lucky to have free access to wonderful open spaces in the middle of London. @theroyalparks.bsky.social I am off to do a tour at Wisley this morning.

A huge tree with a knobbly trunk and leaves that are just turning an autumnal yellow.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just cancelled my membership.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Happy to be listed as a contributor.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The rest will probably do you good as well.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🌱 #magentaMonday Gorgeous “Morning Glory” flowers for you this morning. When I lived in Johannesburg as a child it was thought of as a pernicious weed, like we think of Bindweed. Perception is a mysterious thing! Bulb planting today with a bit of a rain dance/prayer added.

Two beautiful Morning Glory flowers, trumpet shaped with magenta stripes on the petals.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good thank you. Hope you are doing well.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I read that quickly and had a vision of you eating Bear! Enjoy your walk.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🌱 #SundayYellow The seasons are definitely changing and there is a bit of a chill this morning. Still no rain though, sadly. I’m off to do my volunteering shift at Wisley’s Hilltop and hope I will have enough energy at the end to visit the new exhibition in the Old Lab, “Wisley Then and Now”.

A Tansy plant with flowers like yellow bobbles. On one of them sits a bright red ladybird.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sending good wishes for Bowie. A worrying time for you.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So looking forward to seeing the rest of your vast estate!

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#postboxSaturday Some people are so clever and so generous sharing their talent. This is a local postbox with an autumnal topper. Enjoy!

A traditional red postbox in a suburban street. It has the letters GR on its front and a crocheted topper. See next pictures for the description of the topper.

On the top of the postbox is a crocheted squirrel with its head up. Next to it is the back of a large acorn and some yellow and white flowers.

A closeup picture of the acorn and yellow and white flowers. Next to the acorn is a little grey mouse.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thank you for a clear and comprehensible explanation.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My favourite colours so I would choose all the same tones.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🌱 #sixonSaturday from my tiny garden this week. Description in Alt text. Flu and Covid vaccines later so I will be taking it easy today.

A collage of six pictures from my tiny garden this week. Although it is officially autumn, there is still lots of colour. The large picture is a very striking Dahlia with yellow and red petals called Lake Ontario (definitely not Lake America). Next to it is a Heuchera with mottled green and grey leaves and a spike of tiny coral red flowers. Below it is a red Snap Dragon. At the bottom are two purple and fed Fuchsias, one with slender flowers and one with fat flowers. In between them is an orange Calendula flower.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🌱 #flowersonFriday It has been worth the wait for Dahlias to flower. This one is in Wisley’s Exotic Garden. So good to see the raindrops on the petals too. I’m heading off to buy some more bulbs.

A bright yellow Dahlia with narrow petals.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You are doing so well! Mine are on Saturday. I can have both because I am so ancient.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What an amazing harvest! I wish I could share them!

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🌱 #insectThursday #weebee So much furriness in this picture taken in Wisley’s Hilltop World Food Garden. I am back at Wisley this morning for the quarterly staff and volunteer update because I always like to know what is going on! We seem to have had a few drops of rain overnight but we need more!

A yellow Zinnia flower with a furry bumblebee sitting on the yellow stamens which look like tiny stars. In the centre of the flower it is white and fluffy.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The one on the left is my favourite too.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Very jealous of your rain! I think we had about 4 and a half drops despite the prediction on the BBC weather App. My garden is bone dry and plants are really suffering.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🌱 #roseWednesday I wish I had the ability to age as beautifully as this rose! We had a small bit of rain overnight, nowhere near enough though. Yesterday I planted lots of crocus bulbs but I am planning to plant more.

A white rose, fully open with splashes of red on the petals.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank you for a morning laugh out loud!

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🌱 #thicktrunkTuesday One of the LARGE trees I saw on my visit to The Hyde Patk Nursery last week. If you look closely, there is a person for scale. @theroyalparks.bsky.social

An enormous tree with a knobbly trunk. At the base is a person sitting looking tiny against the tree.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Here is who I spent time with yesterday at Wisley’s Hilltop. Isn’t he cute? #birdsof2026 #robin It’s the start of a lovely quiet week although who knows what opportunities might arise.

A robin standing on top of a wooden bench and looking straight towards the camera.

The same robin doubled over with its head almost between its legs.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🌱 #SundayYellow Full of pollen but looking for more! I took this picture last Sunday in Wisley’s Hilltop World Food Garden. I wonder what I will see today during my volunteering session. It’s set to be a beautiful autumn day with perhaps a chance of some rain later. 🤞

A bee covered with pollen hovering above a courgette flower.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Two for #postboxSaturday both taken on separate trips to London this week. The first is a very dirty but very old one in West Hampstead and the second, much newer and smarter in Hyde Park complete with a fancy lamppost and beautiful tree.

A double postbox standing in its own space.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nooooooo! But I suppose that’s nature.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There are a lot and even a white one but pink is the most common.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🌱 #sixonSaturday from my tiny garden. It has been such a busy week! Two training sessions at Wisley and a Volunteer’s Thank You tea party, three trips to London and a visit to very special friends with lunch on their roof garden. Not much time to garden but the flowers keep coming.

A collage of six pictures from my tiny garden this week. The large pictures are white Cosmos and red Salvia. The top small pictures are white Gaura which has been renamed Oenothera and tiny pink Abelia flowers. The bottom pictures are a red Penstemon and white Alyssum which suffered in the heat and drought but is flowering now.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🌱 #flowersonFriday Spotted in West Hampstead yesterday, a huge Oleander bush covered in pink flowers. I used to think it was too tender to grow outside in Britain but I have seen a few examples in London this summer, looking beautiful and coping well with the heat and drought.

A huge shrub overhanging a brick wall and almost blocking out the house behind. It is covered with pink flowers.

A close up of the pink flowers. Each one has five petals, flatted on the edge and looking like the twisted blades of a fan. The leaves are long and pointed.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m glad it’s not just me! I regularly find eggs in my garden, stamped so from the supermarket. I’m not sure how the fox gets hold of them.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🌱 #insectThursday I took the picture of flowers in Wisley’s Hilltop World Food Garden but when I looked at it I noticed a critter so zoomed in and this is what was lurking, a Tarnished Plant bug with a heart shape on its back.

White flowers, some in bud. On one of them is a tiny brown critter.

A close up of the Tarnished plant bug. It has a tan brown body with a white V or heart shape on its head.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🌱 #roseWednesday Isn’t this lovely? It was growing in the garden outside St Mary le Strand church in London. Inside the church was the Flower Festival but I think this outshone the displays. Today is the annual Wisley Volunteer Thank you day. We start with activities and then a tea party.

A perfect rose with apricot coloured petals and fresh green foliage.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🌱 #thicktrunkTuesday Another of Wisley’s “dead” trees which has been left and carved into a celebration of bees. Tour guide training with Jonathan this morning and then to London to see the Flower Festival in St Mary le Strand because of a prompt by @ianvisits.co.uk

A dead tree with carvings of bees and hexagons representing honeycomb. It is surrounded by ornamental grasses.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I hope your mojo returns from where it is hiding!

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I hope it is going to be archived.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I didn’t do a degree but at 42 I went back to studying horticulture and changed from being a teacher. It was the best thing! Enjoy the process!

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