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#GardensHour Mondays 9-10pm UK time. Join in with the chatter about all things #garden related #allotment #gardens #flowers #wildlife #growyourown

Devon, UK
Joined February 2016
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Hello and welcome to #GardensHour Have you had a good week in the garden? What have you been up to? Share your plans and progress with us all!
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Hello lovely #GardensHour friends. This week, let’s celebrate autumn colour at it’s best. Post a pic below that sums it up for you...
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How is everyone?
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I’m loving how this clematis has really settled into its new fence! #GardensHour
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Hello #GardensHour ! How are you all? What’s been happening in the world of gardening where you are this week?
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Oh you lovely lot! Whoop whoop 10k - what a fabulous community of gardeners we are building together. See you all next Monday... ready to turn everyone's feed PINK!
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Wowsers, 45 people off 10k followers! Can we do it today? Tag your friends! The more the merrier in the #GardensHour community
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Hello #GardensHour ! As we welcome #March into our gardens, let’s fill this thread with blues and yellows as a sign of hope for a better future. All other posts welcome, as always ❤️
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Wowsers, 45 people off 10k followers! Can we do it today? Tag your friends! The more the merrier in the #GardensHour community
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Rest in peace, Queen Elizabeth II Thoughts with the Royal Family at this sad time
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It’s all pinks and purples in my garden right now… #GardensHour
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🌈COLOUR WHEEL 🌈 Please share your most colourful garden photos from now and from the past spring and summer 💐 Let's make Twitter glow with bright and cheery colours!🥰 Remember to use #GardensHour in your posts so we can find and retweet them! Go, go, go!
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My new little seating area is almost finished! Just in time for the sun ☀️ now just to decide what to plant in, around and over! This inherited clematis is definitely staying put though, and rewarded us with flowers late last week #GardensHour
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Hello #GardensHour ! How are you all! We’re adding to our #SummerOfColour this week all things #pink - post your fave pink photo below...
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It’s the one time of year I come out of hiding! I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for the masses of support you give me to help make sure #GardensHour is the success that it is! It wouldn’t work without you all showing up each week and sharing ❤️ Cheers all 🥂
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Right now I’m thinking I’m nuts for considering getting rid of this buddleja, it was looking glorious in the evening sun! But it’s just too big for that border… I wonder if I can move it elsewhere instead 🤔 are they easy to move once dormant? #GardensHour
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It’s that time again! Welcome to this week’s #GardensHour . What have you been up to this week? This little surprise turned up for me, in a pot I moved from my old house. Made me smile 😊 What has made you smile this week?
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Daisy, Daisy! Providing some much needed colour in the front border now the tulips have almost all gone over. #GardensHour
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Hello everyone! Welcome to this week’s #GardensHour . Let’s start tonight with some advice - plenty of time for pics later! What is the one thing you wish someone had told you as your started your gardening journey? Or what key advice would you give to newbies?
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Hello #GardensHour ! It’s December and we are having a festive countdown of colour! Tonight, we’re starting things off with RED. Off you go...
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Breaking News: on Wednesday we are likely to see a rare phenomenon streaking through the skies. The celestial object commonly referred to as ‘The Sun’ will be visible for most of the day in Devon and many other parts of the UK. Mass hysteria and confusion expected #GardensHour
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If your anxiety levels are creeping up, it’s time to get outside and enjoy the garden this weekend 🌱
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Who wants a sneaky peek at this coming Monday’s colour theme...? #GardensHour
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Hello #Autumn 👋 who here loves this time of year?
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My almost blooms, so many more this year, can’t wait to see them against the new fence! Love peonies, I only wish they lasted longer #GardensHour
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Hello #GardensHour ! Spring has sprung, even if only according to the calendar for some... can you guess what we’re talking about this evening?! #Spring what does it mean for you?
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The sun came out, and with it, the crocuses! They were positively glowing in the garden this weekend! #GardensHour
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Good evening! Welcome to #GardensHour . Let’s start with the thing that brought you the most joy this week in the garden, or if you’ve been able to go on a walk somewhere. Post your pics below...
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Thanks all for another fabulous #GardensHour I can’t wait to see you all back here as we start #SixWeeksOfColour next week! Let’s fill the newsfeeds with gorgeous colour, every Monday for weeks! See you next week for pretty in PINK! 👋
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Hello #GardensHour ! How are you all? What have you been up to? Do you have any top tips for new gardeners for this time of year? What are your must do jobs at this point?
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Got told off for spamming again last night, naughty me 😂 It’s all your fault for posting all those beautiful shots of your gardens blooming! I’ll keep on with it. Here, have more spam:
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Hello and welcome to this week’s #GardensHour ! Let’s try something different this week. I don’t think we’ve ever discussed favourite scents in the garden. What are yours, and why? 🌷
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Monday again! Hello #GardensHour ! We’re supporting #NationalGardeningWeek in the UK this week by discussing the positive impact gardening has on our mental health and well-being. Do you have a story you’d like to share? Or a tip for how you use the garden if you’re feeling down?
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Peonies coming up fast #GardensHour
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It’s #NationalCreamTeaDay in the UK. If you know, you know 😂 #CreamFirst #SorryNotSorry have a lovely weekend #GardensHour folk 🌸
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Good evening #GardensHour - I’m sure we’re all feeling a little sombre right now, but this is one hour of the week we get to put a smile on other people’s faces 😊 it’s officially now spring, our gardens are alive, please share your happy photos below...
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I have one sunny windowsill in my house, and I’ve filled it! We don’t usually grow veg anymore, but I’m setting my girls a little lockdown project to get a mini veg patch going. Planted last Tuesday just starting to see some sprouting #GardensHour
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Hello #GardensHour ! Have you had a good week? I got a glimpse of the Lesser-Spotted Sun today and it felt good! Let us know what you’ve been up to in the garden this week…
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I made a gate! Soooo much work still to do to make this garden what I want, but 3/4 of the fence replaced and a bespoke gate that actually works! Time to move away from timber and back to planting from next weekend, so hopefully some more excitement to come 🤞 #GardensHour
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Alliums going over and making way for the peonies. Loving the two tones in the alliums at the moment! #GardensHour
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Quick few snaps of my garden before we left for our holiday, peonies and roses really shining at the moment! #GardensHour
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Loving how effective this is against my new, darker fence! So pretty!! Had to move it at a not ideal time, so I’m very pleased it’s doing well... in fact better than last year! Must like the new home #GardensHour
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To everyone affected by this current global crisis, whatever the impact it has had or might have... it will pass ❤️
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Evening and welcome to #gardenshour with @grazersfamily ! Share your gardening wildlife pictures - be inspired by the first episode of Attenborough's #WildIsles last night. @Natures_Voice @WWF @nationaltrust
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Good evening and welcome to #GardensHour ! In light of recent news here and across the world, I would love for tonight all to be about positivity and looking forward to brighter futures! If you can, please dig out a photo from last spring/summer and pop it below and say why...
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I saved this until last! Thank you for another wonderful #GardensHour , three fab weeks of festive colour and a year of positivity! I wish you all a Merry Christmas, however different it might be. I’m having a little break now, and we’ll be back to welcome 2021 on 4th Jan ❤️💛💚
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My new garden is slowly coming to life! There are still a few things yet to wake up so I can discover what I have inherited, but here’s a few things that are starting to brighten things up #GardensHour
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Welcome to this week’s #GardensHour ! Who’s here, say hi 👋 We’ve had a day of rain here and I’d love to see your garden photos on the theme of Bright and Sunny… what have you got for us?!
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Hello lovely people! Welcome to #GardensHour . What’s been bringing you joy in the garden this week?
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Hello my LOVElies! Welcome to #GardensHour ! Who’s here this evening, say hi 👋
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I was really late putting these in, really did not expect them to flower! Lovely surprise when the first one opened last week, lots more just about to open! #GardensHour
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And sadly another #GardensHour comes to a close. Thanks once again. Many of us across the world are facing increasing restrictions on our daily lives - it’s wonderful to be able to keep providing this happy space once a week to all. Have a brilliant week everyone - see you soon.
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My OH has been finishing the new patio area - anyone who’s been on #GardensHour long enough may have caught him vacuuming the garden before… but as it’s his birthday (and he doesn’t do Twitter) I thought I’d share this lovely shot of the new tiles for you all 🤣
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Hello #GardensHour ! Let’s see out the year with your best greenery! I’m looking forward to seeing what you’ve got! I snapped this rain splattered lot this evening. GREEN means GO!
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It’s been unseasonably warm around here recently (well, since about May tbh 😂) but temps look set to drop a *little* this week. No sign of frosts here yet though. And peeped outside to see this late beauty nestled amongst the hips #GardensHour
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Good evening everybody! How are you all doing? We’re well into June now - do you consider it summer yet? Please post below the photos of what you’ve been up to in the garden or on the allotment this week #GardensHour
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We had four healthy butterflies emerge last week and set them free on Saturday. Two flew off super quick, but a couple took their time and hung around to say goodbye to us. A great project for kids (and us!) #GardensHour
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Welcome to #GardensHour ! How has your week been? Post below your favourite thing about your June garden... if you’re new here, give us a wave 👋
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Not sure #GardensHour has ever fallen on #ValentinesDay before, so let’s use the chance to celebrate the rose! Share your favourite rose pics below and let everybody know the name if you can 👇
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I have a small, courtyard garden so I tend not to do any veg. But decided a good lockdown project for my girls would be to grow a few bits. On Saturday we got our first produce! Going to do something yummy with them for dinner tomorrow, just not sure what yet! #GardensHour
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Hello and welcome everyone! It’s #GardensHour once again, filling your newsfeed with wonderful garden chat and gorgeous photos! So come on, what have you got to share with everyone tonight? Post below...
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After the rain… #GardensHour
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A little friend... #GardensHour
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I know we focus a lot on what’s on the ground for obvious reasons, but today in the garden I just looked up. What a beautiful sky I got to look at this afternoon, making me feel anything but blue. Hope you are all doing ok ❤️
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What have you been up to this week? I started a massive project helping my mum overhaul a very neglected garden - here’s how it started #GardensHour
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Couldn’t resist this bird bath! Really hoping adding a water source will help encourage more birds. The seed has been disappearing off the new bird table but so far not actually seen any birds at it! #GardensHour
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Wow!!! I couldn’t have asked for more. An incredible amount of photos shared tonight, I wish I could count them but I’m sure that’s one of the busiest #GardensHour ’s yet! SO MUCH BEAUTIFUL PINK! Thank you all! See you next week. I’ll have a think on the colour and let you know...
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Welcome to #GardensHour ! Hope you’re all doing brilliantly. This week we are going PURPLE for our #SummerOfColour post below...
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No sunny pics for me today, but raindrops can look pretty too (when they take a break from drowning me!) #GardensHour
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Not strictly #GardensHour but one of my daughters made this and I love it!
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Hello #GardensHour ! How are you all? You know the score by now, for this week’s entry into #SummerOfColour we are seeing RED! Do you have a favourite red pic to post below? It doesn’t need to be this week...
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Hello and welcome to this week’s #GardensHour . I hope you all enjoyed a lovely Easter weekend. I spent most of mine in the garden, did you? Post pics below of what you got up to!
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Early in lockdown as part of homeschool, we tried different ways of germinating an avocado stone. This one worked, but took over 4mths to germinate!! It has then taken another 3 to get here. Any advice? We’d love to keep it going as a positive keepsake from this year #GardensHour
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Good evening lovely #GardensHour folk! How are you all doing? You know what to do, post below your favourite thing photo from the garden this week...
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I went for a walk with a friend today who I’d not seen since before lockdown. Not only was it lovely to see her, but came across these beauties along the way #GardensHour
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Welcome to #GardensHour ! Please share what you’ve been up to below, or tell us the highlight of your gardening week. New here? Say hi below! 👋
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Hello all! Welcome to the the first #GardensHour of 2021! We are looking forwards tonight... what’s spring up in your garden to fill you with positivity? Or what are you most looking forward to in the coming weeks?
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For #BlueMonday I’m looking back and forwards to sunny summer days and blue skies. I’m nearing the end of isolation and it’s been tough, but it’s nothing compared to what others are going through. Check in on friends and family who might be struggling #GardensHour
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Hello and welcome to #GardensHour ! How has your week been? What has brought you the most joy in the garden this week?
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL, for an absolutely brilliant year of #GardensHour ! 2022 is going to be even better, I can feel it! I’m taking my usual winter break to recharge (drink wine) and we’ll be back to focus on the year ahead on Monday 11 Jan. Happy holidays! 🥂🎄
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With garden centres and nurseries closing, and online deliveries sporadic and delayed, perhaps #GardensHour could become a sharing space for excess seeds etc in these times? Who’s up for that?
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It's crocus season♥ Are there any great crocus spots near you? There is nothing better than a lawn full of purple, yellow and white! #GardensHour
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A few more from my garden today #GardensHour
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Welcome to #GardensHour 💐 @lovely_plot here! 👋 Tonight we are celebrating colour 🌈 Show off your summer palette! Let's cast our mind to balmy summer evenings and celebrate gardening life, plants and diversity of colours, shapes and scents! 🥳🎊🎉
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Hello! Who’s here tonight? Say hi 👋 …and please share your FAVOURITE photo of the week below 👇 #GardensHour
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Hello all and welcome to #GardensHour ! How has your week been? What have you enjoyed most in the garden this week?
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Fab surprise waiting when I got home after Christmas. This winter jasmine is still tiny, but what a great concentration of flowers on a couple stems. I can’t wait for the next few years to watch this grow and provide amazing colour to look at from the kitchen window #GardensHour
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Good evening #GardensHour ! Have you had a good week? This week’s theme is YELLOW! Go on, show us your pics! 👇
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Hello and welcome to this week’s #GardensHour ! Let’s celebrate our gardens - post your favourite photo of the season below 👇 Something else to share with us? Go ahead as usual, all things garden, allotment, plants and flowers, wildlife… you name it… all welcome here!
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Well that was another speedy hour of loveliness! Roses and peonies stealing the show tonight I think. Wishing you all a fabulous week wherever you are and I’ll see you all again next Monday #GardensHour
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Since lockdown our little walks have become really important. My youngest is just 5 so we can’t go far, but the other day found all this just a few mins from home in a park I usually avoid. Will make more of an effort to visit throughout the seasons now #GardensHour
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Hello #GardensHour ! How are you? Let’s share our plant phobias or unpopular opinions! What plants can’t you handle, that others think are beautiful?
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Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s #GardensHour Today is all about positivity, sharing your beautiful garden spaces with each other. If you can find something blue, please do, but all of your wonderful celebrations of your garden are very welcome for #BlueMonday
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Good evening everyone! It’s time for #GardensHour - who’s here? I fancy a colour theme this evening... post something yellow below!
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Goodnight folks. Happy new year, spring is on the horizon, we just need to get past this final phase of winter. Thanks for a wonderful #GardensHour looking forward to the year ahead with you all.
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Seeing loads of wild garlic on my daily walks. Have been passed a recipe for wild garlic and cheese scones courtesy of @NTPriorPark . Any other suggestions? Anyone do much foraging? I’d love to get into it #GardensHour
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Night all! Loved the yellow theme tonight! And the blues and pinks and oranges and purples 😂 lovely colours. See you all next week...AUGUST?! How did that happen? Happy gardening peeps 🌻 #GardensHour
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Hello and welcome to #GardensHour It’s our festive, end of year celebration this week. An opportunity for a relaxed hour, stay on theme or meander off if you like! Who’s here?
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Hello and a huge welcome to this week’s #GardensHour Who’s here? Say hi 👋 As we near the end of April, how’s your garden looking? What have you been up to?
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Good evening #GardensHour ! The UK clocks have changed, everything feels a little darker, colder and bleaker to me. What do you love about this time of year in the garden to help keep your spirits up? Or do you love everything about this time of year already?
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GardensHour
4 years
Wow, that purple theme was the best yet! You all have so much purple in your gardens. Thank you once again for your contributions. I am having a little holiday next week but #GardensHour is still running, thanks to the lovely @Abis_snaps . The colour choice next week is hers..
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GardensHour
4 years
Bringing me joy this week in the garden... #GardensHour
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