I feel a mess.
My hard work.
The tools tailored to me, bought along the way.
I’ve done EVERYTHING from scratch.
Who does this to people?
Who steals their livelihoods?
I’m devastated. From the loss and the damage.
This is how I make my living.
#GardeningTwitter
So the cat 🐈 is out of the bag!
Today, I start a new chapter of my life.
I am OFFICIALLY a GARDENER!
All this hard work over the years & I’ve accomplished my dreams.
Wish me luck as I head to work OUTDOORS!!
I’ve finally done it 💚
#GardeningTwitter
I write this tweet with happiness. As you guys know I’ve struggled to get a job in these hard and dreadful times.
Well this morning, I was offered a JOB! Then walked into
@RHSWisley
to this autumnal sight.
I’ll be working at a plant nursery.
#allotment
#gardening
#dreams
I’ve had msgs suggesting I move plots.
No.
I am now determined to make our allotments safer.
I’ve had time to clean up and repair as much damage as I can.
I’m still leaving with a smile because THIS is why I’m here.
I can still achieve 🩷
#GardeningTwitter
All my tools are gone, my plants trampled, ripped up.
This is my livelihood. This is my career.
All my hard work. I’m absolutely fucking done with the world today.
Time for me to reintroduce myself 💚
I’m Kelly 👋🏻
I was a keen allotment hobbyist, now turned professional horticulturalist, blogger & garden writer.
Gardening has helped me cope w/ chronic illnesses.
Horticulture is my life & soul.
#GardeningTwitter
#GardeningX
So as you know, I’ve been working as a professional gardener since May.
Today I started my first official day as a gardener for Which?.
I’ve went for my dreams & I did it.
I’ve never been happier as a person.
It’s been years in the making & I’m so proud.
#GardeningTwitter
Hey all,
As you can imagine, it’s been a rollercoaster these last few days.
I’m heading to the plot with my husband’s power tools and a black bag.
I’ve also been unwell - today is a new day.
Let’s go show these fuckers who’s a stronger person from it.
#GardeningTwitter
Amazing things that can come from destruction.
Thank you all for your kind support. I msgd our plot Whatsapp & the WHOLE community turned up.
I gave out cut flowers as a thank you.
I’d give you all my flowers if I could.
Thank you for such a community spirit. That’s why I’m here.
Please reconsider before picking up anything else but plant feed from these shelves. Pretend they don’t exist. Nature and future generations will thank you, as will your health. This is not gardening. There are no ‘quick fixes’ without consequences.
#GardeningTwitter
#Gardening
My last and final certificate (for my RHS L2) & I feel so emotional that I’m here & I’ve done this.
I’ve never been prouder of anything in my whole life.
Thank you so much for all being there along the way.
#GardeningTwitter
#Gardening
I can’t keep up with the tweets… but please know I’m reading them and I feel so much love.
The tools aren’t valuable, I can replace them.
It’s more sentimental value, building my collection over the years & buying tools tailored for me.
It’s more the invasion & destruction 😞
Omg just stopped on a country road as a cyclist was on the floor having a heart attack. 2 hours for an ambulance. Kept warm & hauled into my car & taken to urgent care. I’m shaking now. Was ready for chest compressions. He’s in the care of the drs now. First aid is REAL.
ONE YEAR AGO I took over little plot & transformed her into something fabulous for the summer season.
It was my first project of any kind & I wanted to make it packed with life & edibles. Can’t wait to see this year! 🌸🌱🌻
#GardeningTwitter
#Gardening
#Allotment
#FlowersOnFriday
I’ve been debating posting this. What is chronic pain? It’s not being able to wash. Depressed. Anxious. 24/7 body & targeted pain. Loss of self-worth. Trying to keep a job. The reason I took up gardening. My self help distraction. It never ends.
#GardeningTwitter
#ChronicPain
Omg can people just rein it in a little please?
I’m here to help people be better gardeners.
I don’t need comments about my clothes or appearance EVER.
Just leave me alone & if it’s not gardening related, I don’t care.
Get a life.
#GardeningTwitter
Hi Clarion!
Your Housing Office, Cheryl Hunter, just arrived and let herself into our property.
No appointment,
We supervised the rest of her visit and she left.
It’s unclear as to why she was here as she wouldn’t tell us (again!).
This is illegal, obsessive & inappropriate
Sometimes, I’m afraid to post my progress and what I do. The comments I’ve had about my disabilities recently have been shocking and I’m really suffering as a result. You can do anything you put your mind to.I just do what makes me happy.
#GardeningTwitter
Just got my CT results back & it’s good news.
The cyst in my sinuses has gone and the tumour has SHRUNK 2mm (from 13mm to 11mm!) since my last scan!
I think I’m going to cry with joy!
This is the first time this has EVER happened.
#GardeningTwitter
#GardeningX
I’ve been having a really hard time mentally this week.
I turn up to the plot and this beauty greets me.
Restored part of the faith in myself.
I CAN do this.
I’m often very hard on myself.
Sometimes you just need that reminder.
#GardeningTwitter
#GardeningX
Stressful journey in as my train was cancelled whilst I was on it…
We talked through my recent scan results, which are the best they’ve been in 5 years.
As you know my tumour has shrunk!
I feel I can breathe and live my life again 😮💨
#GardeningX
#GardeningTwitter
Can I please ask that if my tweets are EVER helpful or enjoyable, to please RT 🩷 and/or add me to your lists?
I have so much gardening love to share with you 🩷
Maybe I’m just rubbish 😝
#GardeningTwitter
I’d say that my plot is my happy place, but it’s also my sad place.
A place to process my emotions & thoughts. & turn my despair into creativity & expressive artwork.
Behind my smile is someone whose deeply depressed,but this place makes me feel worthwhile.
#GardeningTwitter
Why you should sow Nasturtiums:
•They act as great ground cover plants, soil cover = less water loss through evaporation
•Edible
•Sacrifice plants for Caterpillars
•Quick growing
•Aesthetically pleasing
•Pollinator friendly
•Indicator plant
#GardeningTwitter
A year ago, I lost my allotment competition to a trendy lawn. It set me back as I had transformed the area in months & brought diversity w/me. Perfection isn’t straight lines & cut grass. It is what you bring to nature that’s the real joy. So I just did it MORE.
#GardeningTwitter
I don’t have land.
Or a garden.
Or a homestead.
Or a field.
I don’t own ANY property I grow plants on.
I’m a North/West London council estate grower on an allotment and will be for the foreseeable future.
I just love gardening and what it’s given me.
#GardeningTwitter
My first gardening heartbreak was blight.
Then it was losing a competition to a sterile lawn.
Then my exams.
Other stuff in-between as you know.
I’ve bounced back EVERY damn time.
And you know what?
I am a cracking gardener with a lot of love to share 💗
#GardeningTwitter
🌱💚
My husband booked a surprise table out so we could all have dinner together as a celebration 🍾
I’m literally crying in this photo 😂
I can’t believe I’ve done it!
Thank you for the messages of such support & kindness.
Level 3 here we come!
#GardeningTwitter
#GardeningX
I’m a firm believer that you don’t need to make gardening fun.
It already is.
It’s joyous, interesting, & rewarding.
That’s what we should celebrate today 💚
#GardeningTwitter
#GardeningX
Now, I’m pissed off.
Someone has been to my allotment and helped themselves to my flowers and produce.
They’ve even pulled out 2 plants (Verbena bonariensis & Echinacea purpurea) as a keep sake.
This is not in the spirit of allotments or growing at all.
#GardeningTwitter
One of the plot holders has just told me that no one likes me anyway - so who have I pissed off?
I’ll tell you what Fiona, just because you’ve had nothing stolen or ruined doesn’t mean they’re not coming back for your stuff.
I told her to get out of my sight ASAP. She ran.
I’m having a real bad depression and anxiety attack. Can’t sleep at night. Asleep all day. Highly emotional. V.dark thoughts. High chronic pain.
So I made this autumn 🍂 planter. Scares the shit out of me every time I see it. 👻🍁
#allotment
#gardening
#GardeningTwitter
#plants
Shit day. I’ve been a medical secretary for a lot of my working life. Today I failed a typing assessment for an interview.
No one will employ me for horti jobs either.
Sulked off to something that I think I’m good at.
#GardeningTwitter
#Gardening
#Allotment
#Plants
#Flowers
I’m having a media break for a week whilst I spend time with my family, which is long overdue.
I’ve been travelling since Feb & am exhausted.
I’m also trying 2 come 2 terms with a new medical diagnosis I’m struggling with.
I’ll see you Saturday 🩷
#GardeningX
#GardeningTwitter
I grow carrots in containers with spent compost.
Carrots 🥕 don’t like freshly fertilised soil and are happy in well drained compost.
I also leave some of them in the pots until Xmas day and harvest them for dinner.
#GardeningTwitter
5 flowers 🌸 and another flower spike incoming! Just in time for Xmas. Couldn’t be happier! Beautiful amaryllis on the magic windowsill!
#gardening
#houseplants
I’m not perfect.
I am still, to this day, recovering from major surgery and I suffer with chronic pain & disabilities.
I smile because I found my passion.
I found what a wonder it is to grow plants and as a person.
I’m still on this rollercoaster baby 🎢
#GardeningTwitter
I’m having an awful time currently.
Like truly awful.
I can’t describe how high my anxiety & depression levels are, which in turn is pumping up my chronic pain.
Some rough times coming up but it feels so good to have support w/ what I’m good at on here!
🙏🏻
#GardeningTwitter
We’ve had some not very good news this morning.
I’m not religious, but prayers are always appreciated.
The feeling of devastation and realising the worst case scenario is happening.
Gone to the plot to steal an hour of peace.
#GardeningTwitter
Might not seem a lot but these were mine.
They snapped my Hamamelis. The rest were grown by me, from seed.
It’s minimal in comparison but there’s calendula, cosmos, tree cabbage, verbena, echinacea + more.
With destruction comes new opportunities.
#GardeningTwitter
Finally got a pic of me in my mindfulness seat 💚🌿
Couldn’t get the 🌻 in the photo though 😂
Built this from scrap and a broken bendy arch. Hopefully the perennial climbers grow up the arch more next year. I’m proud of this so much 🌸
#allotment
#gardening
#GardeningTwitter
I can’t help but be frustrated sometimes.
I have to admit, I don’t know where I fit in this world.
I’m having a bit of an identity crisis.
I’m an odd puzzle 🧩 piece.
It’s really hard not to feel sad when you just don’t belong anywhere.
Feel so lost I could cry.
Today I got up. I went to work. I told my manager what had happened and he understood and we had a great chat.
Then I had a very strong word with myself & went to my allotment in the rain. Just because I needed to feel happy there. So I did. Thank you so much
#GardeningTwitter
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This season is the reason I spend hours in the greenhouse in spring, freezing my limbs off.
I achieve, I learn, I make mistakes, & I grow as the plants do.
It gives me purpose, time to process, & gives me hope.
What does gardening do for you?
🩷
#GardeningTwitter