Beth Otway (Pumpkin Beth)
@pumpkinbeth.bsky.social
Horticulturist, Garden Writer, National Collection holder, & nature lover. Gardening for wildlife. Growing vegetables, fruit, herbs, & flowers.
Planting terrariums. Growing orchids, ferns, & houseplants.
Plant conservation.
https://www.pumpkinbeth.com
Planting terrariums. Growing orchids, ferns, & houseplants.
Plant conservation.
https://www.pumpkinbeth.com
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Lots of chat at the moment about lack of new allotment sites, our charity Green Allotments is buying land for new allotment sites in England and has also launched The New Allotment Site Fund ⬇️
🍓🐝🌻 Launching THE NEW ALLOTMENT SITE FUND!! 🌻 🍅🦔
From today, you can ask our charity to fund and help create a new allotment site in your area. You must be passionate about allotments and willing to collaborate with us to get a new site👇
#🇬🇧🌱 #AllotmentLife #communities
From today, you can ask our charity to fund and help create a new allotment site in your area. You must be passionate about allotments and willing to collaborate with us to get a new site👇
#🇬🇧🌱 #AllotmentLife #communities
September 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Lots of chat at the moment about lack of new allotment sites, our charity Green Allotments is buying land for new allotment sites in England and has also launched The New Allotment Site Fund ⬇️
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Pick the last of the Allotment tomatoes and start thinking about #SeedSwap events early in 2026. Help biodiversity!
I’m helping out at this one, they’re a lovely bunch of folk.
The fabulous @pumpkinbeth.bsky.social keeps a calendar, please follow Beth for your local events.
I’m helping out at this one, they’re a lovely bunch of folk.
The fabulous @pumpkinbeth.bsky.social keeps a calendar, please follow Beth for your local events.
October 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Pick the last of the Allotment tomatoes and start thinking about #SeedSwap events early in 2026. Help biodiversity!
I’m helping out at this one, they’re a lovely bunch of folk.
The fabulous @pumpkinbeth.bsky.social keeps a calendar, please follow Beth for your local events.
I’m helping out at this one, they’re a lovely bunch of folk.
The fabulous @pumpkinbeth.bsky.social keeps a calendar, please follow Beth for your local events.
🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
April 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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A bee enjoying comfrey flowers.
#InsectThursday
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
#InsectThursday
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
April 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A bee enjoying comfrey flowers.
#InsectThursday
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
#InsectThursday
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
🌱 Here's a link to my Calendar of UK Bluebell gardens, bluebell woods, & bluebell-themed events.
Click a heading at the top of the page to show only events near you. Remember to scroll down to see woods & #UKGardens open every day: www.pumpkinbeth.com/2022/04/magn...
#UKGardening #Bluebells #Nature
Click a heading at the top of the page to show only events near you. Remember to scroll down to see woods & #UKGardens open every day: www.pumpkinbeth.com/2022/04/magn...
#UKGardening #Bluebells #Nature
Magnificent Bluebell Woods & Bluebell Gardens to Visit - Pumpkin Beth
Magnificent Bluebell Woods and Bluebell Gardens Bluebell woods are such relaxing and uplifting places to visit. I hope you can enjoy time walking in amongst the bluebells this spring, so you can enve...
www.pumpkinbeth.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🌱 Here's a link to my Calendar of UK Bluebell gardens, bluebell woods, & bluebell-themed events.
Click a heading at the top of the page to show only events near you. Remember to scroll down to see woods & #UKGardens open every day: www.pumpkinbeth.com/2022/04/magn...
#UKGardening #Bluebells #Nature
Click a heading at the top of the page to show only events near you. Remember to scroll down to see woods & #UKGardens open every day: www.pumpkinbeth.com/2022/04/magn...
#UKGardening #Bluebells #Nature
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This weekend we are set up at Cornwall horticultural show with our family grown peatfree herbs
Also we have over 120 varieties online
#peatfree #cornwall #ukgardening #gardening #online #herbs #nurserylife
Also we have over 120 varieties online
#peatfree #cornwall #ukgardening #gardening #online #herbs #nurserylife
April 5, 2025 at 6:23 AM
This weekend we are set up at Cornwall horticultural show with our family grown peatfree herbs
Also we have over 120 varieties online
#peatfree #cornwall #ukgardening #gardening #online #herbs #nurserylife
Also we have over 120 varieties online
#peatfree #cornwall #ukgardening #gardening #online #herbs #nurserylife
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Our next event - #ukGardening #gardens #growyourown #transitiontelford #sustainability
Same format, bring, swap & buy for donations..
transitiontelford.wordpress.com/all-kinds-of...
Same format, bring, swap & buy for donations..
transitiontelford.wordpress.com/all-kinds-of...
April 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Our next event - #ukGardening #gardens #growyourown #transitiontelford #sustainability
Same format, bring, swap & buy for donations..
transitiontelford.wordpress.com/all-kinds-of...
Same format, bring, swap & buy for donations..
transitiontelford.wordpress.com/all-kinds-of...
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It’s a good year for blossom - let’s hope we don’t get frost.
This is the ‘Pershore Yellow Egg’ plum. It produces big plums that are terrible raw but cooked produce fruit with a great flavour and clear, golden juice. Pershore isn’t far from me so almost a local variety.
#UKGardening 🌱 #cotswolds
This is the ‘Pershore Yellow Egg’ plum. It produces big plums that are terrible raw but cooked produce fruit with a great flavour and clear, golden juice. Pershore isn’t far from me so almost a local variety.
#UKGardening 🌱 #cotswolds
April 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
It’s a good year for blossom - let’s hope we don’t get frost.
This is the ‘Pershore Yellow Egg’ plum. It produces big plums that are terrible raw but cooked produce fruit with a great flavour and clear, golden juice. Pershore isn’t far from me so almost a local variety.
#UKGardening 🌱 #cotswolds
This is the ‘Pershore Yellow Egg’ plum. It produces big plums that are terrible raw but cooked produce fruit with a great flavour and clear, golden juice. Pershore isn’t far from me so almost a local variety.
#UKGardening 🌱 #cotswolds
🌱 If you live in the UK and love daffodils - I hope my Calendar of Daffodil Garden Openings, Daffodil Shows & Events helps you find stunning gardens and lovely days out - here's a link:
www.pumpkinbeth.com/2022/01/daff...
#UKGardening #Daffodil #Narcissus #Daffodils #Spring #Springtime
www.pumpkinbeth.com/2022/01/daff...
#UKGardening #Daffodil #Narcissus #Daffodils #Spring #Springtime
Daffodil Garden Openings, Daffodil Shows, & Daffodil Events Calendar 2025 - Pumpkin Beth
2025 Calendar of Daffodil Garden Openings, Daffodil Shows, & Daffodil Events Daffodils are full of spring cheer! I want to brighten up your spring and so I’ve created this calendar of daffodil events...
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March 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🌱 If you live in the UK and love daffodils - I hope my Calendar of Daffodil Garden Openings, Daffodil Shows & Events helps you find stunning gardens and lovely days out - here's a link:
www.pumpkinbeth.com/2022/01/daff...
#UKGardening #Daffodil #Narcissus #Daffodils #Spring #Springtime
www.pumpkinbeth.com/2022/01/daff...
#UKGardening #Daffodil #Narcissus #Daffodils #Spring #Springtime
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Our tunnels are always filling up with fresh herbs all grown in peat free compost by us, a small family farm in Gloucestershire today we have 114 varieties of herbs to ok choose from on our website
Kitchengardenplantcentre.co.uk
#ukgardening #herbs #peatfree #familyfarm #nurserylife #pesticidefree
Kitchengardenplantcentre.co.uk
#ukgardening #herbs #peatfree #familyfarm #nurserylife #pesticidefree
March 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Our tunnels are always filling up with fresh herbs all grown in peat free compost by us, a small family farm in Gloucestershire today we have 114 varieties of herbs to ok choose from on our website
Kitchengardenplantcentre.co.uk
#ukgardening #herbs #peatfree #familyfarm #nurserylife #pesticidefree
Kitchengardenplantcentre.co.uk
#ukgardening #herbs #peatfree #familyfarm #nurserylife #pesticidefree
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Good morning!
The narcissus continues, the historic varieties are tricky as they colour morph as they age but here's Stella with elegance and the one I thought was mrs langtry
At the front Thalia and pueblo have joined in
Have a great Monday
#ukgardening #Narcissus 🌱
The narcissus continues, the historic varieties are tricky as they colour morph as they age but here's Stella with elegance and the one I thought was mrs langtry
At the front Thalia and pueblo have joined in
Have a great Monday
#ukgardening #Narcissus 🌱
March 24, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Good morning!
The narcissus continues, the historic varieties are tricky as they colour morph as they age but here's Stella with elegance and the one I thought was mrs langtry
At the front Thalia and pueblo have joined in
Have a great Monday
#ukgardening #Narcissus 🌱
The narcissus continues, the historic varieties are tricky as they colour morph as they age but here's Stella with elegance and the one I thought was mrs langtry
At the front Thalia and pueblo have joined in
Have a great Monday
#ukgardening #Narcissus 🌱
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When things get tough, I head outside, usually into my own garden. Yesterday, it was Painswick Rococo Garden where I found escape from the stress of world news and life in general.
This is for anyone who wants a moment of natural calm.
#daffodils #gloucestershire #UKGardening 🌱 #greenheart
This is for anyone who wants a moment of natural calm.
#daffodils #gloucestershire #UKGardening 🌱 #greenheart
March 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
When things get tough, I head outside, usually into my own garden. Yesterday, it was Painswick Rococo Garden where I found escape from the stress of world news and life in general.
This is for anyone who wants a moment of natural calm.
#daffodils #gloucestershire #UKGardening 🌱 #greenheart
This is for anyone who wants a moment of natural calm.
#daffodils #gloucestershire #UKGardening 🌱 #greenheart
March 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🌱 If you're growing tomatoes, be sure to grow the best tasting varieties - read about the most delicious tomato varieties from my last Tomato Trial. Here's a link: www.pumpkinbeth.com/2025/02/sow-...
#UKGardening #Tomato #Tomatoes #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Foodie #Cooking #Food #Garden #Greenhouse
#UKGardening #Tomato #Tomatoes #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Foodie #Cooking #Food #Garden #Greenhouse
Sow these Tomato Seeds in Spring and Grow the Best Tasting Tomatoes this Summer! - Pumpkin Beth
I adore tomatoes and devote a phenomenal amount of energy into running Tomato Trials in my never-ending search for the best tasting tomatoes. I snap up the tomato varieties that the seed catalogues d...
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March 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🌱 If you're growing tomatoes, be sure to grow the best tasting varieties - read about the most delicious tomato varieties from my last Tomato Trial. Here's a link: www.pumpkinbeth.com/2025/02/sow-...
#UKGardening #Tomato #Tomatoes #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Foodie #Cooking #Food #Garden #Greenhouse
#UKGardening #Tomato #Tomatoes #GrowYourOwn #Gardening #Foodie #Cooking #Food #Garden #Greenhouse
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This is one of the most gruesome raptor persecution cases I have ever heard– yet incidents like this take place up and down the country every single year .
It must end , please sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting now govpetition.uk/700036
It must end , please sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting now govpetition.uk/700036
March 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is one of the most gruesome raptor persecution cases I have ever heard– yet incidents like this take place up and down the country every single year .
It must end , please sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting now govpetition.uk/700036
It must end , please sign our petition to ban driven grouse shooting now govpetition.uk/700036
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Good morning, from the back page of Private Eye magazine!
March 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Good morning, from the back page of Private Eye magazine!
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The planting dishes of Crocus and Cyclamen on our terrace still flowering well.
These are permanently planted, the dishes get tucked away when the flowering finishes and the come autumn, they awaken again.
#Garden #Gardening #Plants 🌱
These are permanently planted, the dishes get tucked away when the flowering finishes and the come autumn, they awaken again.
#Garden #Gardening #Plants 🌱
March 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The planting dishes of Crocus and Cyclamen on our terrace still flowering well.
These are permanently planted, the dishes get tucked away when the flowering finishes and the come autumn, they awaken again.
#Garden #Gardening #Plants 🌱
These are permanently planted, the dishes get tucked away when the flowering finishes and the come autumn, they awaken again.
#Garden #Gardening #Plants 🌱
Here's a picture of the frogspawn in my garden pond today. Utterly thrilling! #UKGardening #Nature #Frogspawn #Frogs #Amphibians
March 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Here's a picture of the frogspawn in my garden pond today. Utterly thrilling! #UKGardening #Nature #Frogspawn #Frogs #Amphibians
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So touched by the responses to Land Beneath the Waves from early readers. I was SO nervous about sending it out into the world, but comments like this make it all worthwhile. Thank you @amyjanebeer.bsky.social, you've made my month! 💚
#lifewriting #naturewriting #booksky #writinh
#lifewriting #naturewriting #booksky #writinh
February 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
So touched by the responses to Land Beneath the Waves from early readers. I was SO nervous about sending it out into the world, but comments like this make it all worthwhile. Thank you @amyjanebeer.bsky.social, you've made my month! 💚
#lifewriting #naturewriting #booksky #writinh
#lifewriting #naturewriting #booksky #writinh
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Hello! I'll be chatting about my memoir, Land Beneath the Waves & how growing my own food & spending time in the natural world help me deal with #chronicillness at the Allergy & Free From Show on 21 June at Olympia London. Limited FREE tickets with code: NWILSON... #lifewriting #coeliacdisease
allergyshow.seetickets.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Hello! I'll be chatting about my memoir, Land Beneath the Waves & how growing my own food & spending time in the natural world help me deal with #chronicillness at the Allergy & Free From Show on 21 June at Olympia London. Limited FREE tickets with code: NWILSON... #lifewriting #coeliacdisease
Yay! @kitchengardenpc.bsky.social are peat-free and pesticide-free growers of edible plants. #UKGardening
Niamh and Neil are family growers of herbs and edibles. We grow over 200 varieties on our award winning nursery using peatfree compost and no pesticides.
Currently we have over 90 varieties in stock all looking fantastic
Kitchengardenplantcentre.co.uk
#ukgardening #nurserylife
Currently we have over 90 varieties in stock all looking fantastic
Kitchengardenplantcentre.co.uk
#ukgardening #nurserylife
March 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Yay! @kitchengardenpc.bsky.social are peat-free and pesticide-free growers of edible plants. #UKGardening
The amazing award-winning garden designer, author, journalist & TV presenter @ann-mariepowell.bsky.social is giving a talk at 7.30pm on Tue-18-March-2025 at Normandy Village Hall, #Guildford, #Surrey GU3 2DE. 🌿 🌱 #UKGardening #Design
Link with info:
surreyhorticulturalfederation.org/events/yatel...
Link with info:
surreyhorticulturalfederation.org/events/yatel...
March 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The amazing award-winning garden designer, author, journalist & TV presenter @ann-mariepowell.bsky.social is giving a talk at 7.30pm on Tue-18-March-2025 at Normandy Village Hall, #Guildford, #Surrey GU3 2DE. 🌿 🌱 #UKGardening #Design
Link with info:
surreyhorticulturalfederation.org/events/yatel...
Link with info:
surreyhorticulturalfederation.org/events/yatel...
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Fox , pond , sunlight . Thank you to @LizzieChaos for today's #FoxOfTheDay
March 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Fox , pond , sunlight . Thank you to @LizzieChaos for today's #FoxOfTheDay