Stuart Bourne 🌷🌱
@stuartbourne.bsky.social
Allotment owner, professional gardener and former grower of royal roses at Buckingham Palace. 🌹
Senior Gardener at Grosvenor Estates London.
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Senior Gardener at Grosvenor Estates London.
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I’ve worked in horticulture for over 15 years, with 7 of them as a senior gardener at Buckingham Palace.
You can subscribe to my newsletter here, where I give simple tips and advice on how to turn your own garden into a royal palace.
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Leucogyrophana mollusca.
This resupinate fungus was growing on a dead pine trunk in a South Norfolk wood yesterday.
#Fungi #FungusFriends
This resupinate fungus was growing on a dead pine trunk in a South Norfolk wood yesterday.
#Fungi #FungusFriends
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Leucogyrophana mollusca.
This resupinate fungus was growing on a dead pine trunk in a South Norfolk wood yesterday.
#Fungi #FungusFriends
This resupinate fungus was growing on a dead pine trunk in a South Norfolk wood yesterday.
#Fungi #FungusFriends
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The old and the new.
Magpie Inkcaps, Coprinopsis picacea, in a South Norfolk wood yesterday.
Remains of two old fruitbodies and the start of a brand new one.
#Fungi #FungiFriends
Magpie Inkcaps, Coprinopsis picacea, in a South Norfolk wood yesterday.
Remains of two old fruitbodies and the start of a brand new one.
#Fungi #FungiFriends
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The old and the new.
Magpie Inkcaps, Coprinopsis picacea, in a South Norfolk wood yesterday.
Remains of two old fruitbodies and the start of a brand new one.
#Fungi #FungiFriends
Magpie Inkcaps, Coprinopsis picacea, in a South Norfolk wood yesterday.
Remains of two old fruitbodies and the start of a brand new one.
#Fungi #FungiFriends
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It’s that time of year when I keep staring up and wondering how many more leaves are left to drop 🍂🍁🍂
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #Autumn
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #Autumn
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It’s that time of year when I keep staring up and wondering how many more leaves are left to drop 🍂🍁🍂
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #Autumn
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #Autumn
Been asked to update the rose maintenance programme for the whole of the London Grosvenor estate and organise a training session for the gardeners. Very excited.
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Been asked to update the rose maintenance programme for the whole of the London Grosvenor estate and organise a training session for the gardeners. Very excited.
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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Everything is packaged away including a few larger #Houseplants #Gardenshour
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Everything is packaged away including a few larger #Houseplants #Gardenshour
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Hello everyone! A warm welcome to #GardensHour
What have you been up to in the garden this week?
To join in the houseplant theme - do you have any new additions? Anything quirky? Anything you’re particularly proud of? Family heirlooms?
What have you been up to in the garden this week?
To join in the houseplant theme - do you have any new additions? Anything quirky? Anything you’re particularly proud of? Family heirlooms?
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hello everyone! A warm welcome to #GardensHour
What have you been up to in the garden this week?
To join in the houseplant theme - do you have any new additions? Anything quirky? Anything you’re particularly proud of? Family heirlooms?
What have you been up to in the garden this week?
To join in the houseplant theme - do you have any new additions? Anything quirky? Anything you’re particularly proud of? Family heirlooms?
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Evening all! Saracenia Purpurea, I have saracenias that rotate between the greenhouse and indoors, but this one has lived outside year round for quite a while now. It takes longer to come back in spring but its a bit of a monster when it gets going 🌱🪴
#GardensHour #CarnivorousPlants #PlantSky
#GardensHour #CarnivorousPlants #PlantSky
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Evening all! Saracenia Purpurea, I have saracenias that rotate between the greenhouse and indoors, but this one has lived outside year round for quite a while now. It takes longer to come back in spring but its a bit of a monster when it gets going 🌱🪴
#GardensHour #CarnivorousPlants #PlantSky
#GardensHour #CarnivorousPlants #PlantSky
Not sure what to say when your nephew makes you a Dwayne ‘The Unicorn’ Johnson with his 3D printer for you birthday 🥴😄
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Not sure what to say when your nephew makes you a Dwayne ‘The Unicorn’ Johnson with his 3D printer for you birthday 🥴😄
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November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Please don't cut back shrubs and hedgerows until wildlife has taken all the autumn berries! Hawthorn, for example, is a fantastic source of food for birds - including blackbirds, thrushes and (if the weather gets very cold) waxwings.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Please don't cut back shrubs and hedgerows until wildlife has taken all the autumn berries! Hawthorn, for example, is a fantastic source of food for birds - including blackbirds, thrushes and (if the weather gets very cold) waxwings.
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They’re back! Huge delivery of hellebores in flower arrived at work. Of course I had to buy this beauty.
The weather is awful here today,
hope you’re having a better one. Happy #MagentaMonday #Hellebores
The weather is awful here today,
hope you’re having a better one. Happy #MagentaMonday #Hellebores
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
They’re back! Huge delivery of hellebores in flower arrived at work. Of course I had to buy this beauty.
The weather is awful here today,
hope you’re having a better one. Happy #MagentaMonday #Hellebores
The weather is awful here today,
hope you’re having a better one. Happy #MagentaMonday #Hellebores
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#MacroMonday #LunchtimeWalk #Wellbeing #macro #macrophotography #photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision #BloomScrolling
Rather wet in London on my walk today
(A pinktastic) Under the Dome (2013-2015)
Rather wet in London on my walk today
(A pinktastic) Under the Dome (2013-2015)
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
#MacroMonday #LunchtimeWalk #Wellbeing #macro #macrophotography #photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision #BloomScrolling
Rather wet in London on my walk today
(A pinktastic) Under the Dome (2013-2015)
Rather wet in London on my walk today
(A pinktastic) Under the Dome (2013-2015)
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Once on the edge of extinction in England, the rare Fen Orchid is making a comeback 🎉🌸 Careful conservation has helped this delicate plant reclaim its place in wetlands - one of many hopeful stories from the new GB Red List for vascular plants 🧵👇🌿
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Once on the edge of extinction in England, the rare Fen Orchid is making a comeback 🎉🌸 Careful conservation has helped this delicate plant reclaim its place in wetlands - one of many hopeful stories from the new GB Red List for vascular plants 🧵👇🌿
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For #MagentaMonday 🌱
Camellias blooming like they haven't a care in the world...
Camellias blooming like they haven't a care in the world...
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For #MagentaMonday 🌱
Camellias blooming like they haven't a care in the world...
Camellias blooming like they haven't a care in the world...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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November 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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I'm on a podcast! Sadly I wasn't asked for my views on tunnelling to the Isle of Wight though.
Let's build a tunnel to the Isle of Wight!
- A new episode of THE ABUNDANCE AGENDA, where we also speak to @edjennings.bsky.social about a maddening NIMBY assault on a proposed battery storage facility in Kent.
www.abundancepod.com/p/isle-of-wi...
- A new episode of THE ABUNDANCE AGENDA, where we also speak to @edjennings.bsky.social about a maddening NIMBY assault on a proposed battery storage facility in Kent.
www.abundancepod.com/p/isle-of-wi...
Let's build a tunnel to the Isle of Wight!
And we check in on what Reform is doing to Kent County Council
www.abundancepod.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I'm on a podcast! Sadly I wasn't asked for my views on tunnelling to the Isle of Wight though.
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Parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) in coastal dunes.
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) in coastal dunes.
#fungifriends
#fungifriends
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I’ve been sick this last week finally I have a new photo to post
October 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I’ve been sick this last week finally I have a new photo to post
The Salvias are still producing a good show for November. #MagentaMonday
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Salvias are still producing a good show for November. #MagentaMonday
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling
🌱 #Gardening #UKGardening #FlowerFeed #BloomScrolling