Anne Hinks
@annehinks.bsky.social
Gardener and cut flower grower. Love arranging flowers. Work at Bluebell Cottage gardens and for Higgledy Garden seeds.
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Anne Hinks
@annehinks.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Hello Bluesky 👋
I'm Anne, I'll be mostly posting flowery photos, tales of working @bluebellcottage.bsky.social and seed sowing & flower growing with @higgledygarden.bsky.social Looking forward to giving this a go 💚🌱🐝
I'm Anne, I'll be mostly posting flowery photos, tales of working @bluebellcottage.bsky.social and seed sowing & flower growing with @higgledygarden.bsky.social Looking forward to giving this a go 💚🌱🐝
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Our new website is fully up and running! Choose plants by colour, height, where they'll grow best etc. Free delivery on orders over £40 in February. Lots of info about the gardens and nursery too. A relaxing browse for a wet Saturday :-) www.bluebellcottage.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Our new website is fully up and running! Choose plants by colour, height, where they'll grow best etc. Free delivery on orders over £40 in February. Lots of info about the gardens and nursery too. A relaxing browse for a wet Saturday :-) www.bluebellcottage.co.uk
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Once they are trimmed, we pack them neatly into crates and put them in our unheated polytunnel. We'll pot most of them up, but some will be on our website soon for sale as bare root plants. Here's a bare root Geranium 'Patricia' and how it looks packed in crates :-) All peat-free of course :-)
February 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Once they are trimmed, we pack them neatly into crates and put them in our unheated polytunnel. We'll pot most of them up, but some will be on our website soon for sale as bare root plants. Here's a bare root Geranium 'Patricia' and how it looks packed in crates :-) All peat-free of course :-)
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With 14,000 bare root plants to deal with, it would take too long to pot them up - some would start to deteriorate in their boxes. So we unpack them all straight away, trim them and pack them upright into crates. This keeps them healthy until we can pot them up. Here's Tina trimming Angelica gigas.>
February 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
With 14,000 bare root plants to deal with, it would take too long to pot them up - some would start to deteriorate in their boxes. So we unpack them all straight away, trim them and pack them upright into crates. This keeps them healthy until we can pot them up. Here's Tina trimming Angelica gigas.>
Been a busy week but good to see all the signs of new growth. Excited for the growing year ahead!
A big day on the nursery today - the arrival of 14,000 bare root plants! All peat-free and squeaky clean :-) We try to unpack and pot up or crate them in just a few days so it's all hands to the task this week. Great job today by Tina, Anne, Louise, Chris, Ginny and Sheila :-)
February 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Been a busy week but good to see all the signs of new growth. Excited for the growing year ahead!
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A little posy with Cosmos 'Purity', Phlox 'Cherry Caramel' and 'Creme Brulee', Origanum, Lysimachia clethroides and Ammi visnaga. Can't wait to start picking flowers again.
January 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A little posy with Cosmos 'Purity', Phlox 'Cherry Caramel' and 'Creme Brulee', Origanum, Lysimachia clethroides and Ammi visnaga. Can't wait to start picking flowers again.
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The beautiful, muted hues of frosted leaves photographed last weekend. #DailyBotanicalBeauty #nature #joy
January 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The beautiful, muted hues of frosted leaves photographed last weekend. #DailyBotanicalBeauty #nature #joy
Celebrate the beautiful blues that you can grow in your cutting garden on this Blue Monday
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Some beautiful blues
The most depressing day of the year? Blue Monday, usually the third monday in January, and this is when, supposedly, we are at our least happy, the Christmas sparkle has gone, when pay day feels an…
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January 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Celebrate the beautiful blues that you can grow in your cutting garden on this Blue Monday
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New blog post on @higgledygarden.bsky.social blog. What to grow in your cutting patch. Introducing you to a few categories of flowers, the show stoppers, the supporting cast and the fillers/foliage, to give you a good range for cutting and arranging.
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What to grow in your new cutting patch
I’m not a florist or a professional flower grower I just grow on a small scale and just for me (and my family and friends) but its become a bit of a passion. There is nothing nicer than going…
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January 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
New blog post on @higgledygarden.bsky.social blog. What to grow in your cutting patch. Introducing you to a few categories of flowers, the show stoppers, the supporting cast and the fillers/foliage, to give you a good range for cutting and arranging.
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The Cornus was aglow at RHS Bridgewater today. Look at that red!
January 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Cornus was aglow at RHS Bridgewater today. Look at that red!
The tones of brown and beiges on the perennial seedheads and grasses in the paradise garden at RHS Bridgewater today. Looking a bit other worldly in the mist and murk in Salford.
January 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The tones of brown and beiges on the perennial seedheads and grasses in the paradise garden at RHS Bridgewater today. Looking a bit other worldly in the mist and murk in Salford.
Even more of a reason to love The Detectorists.
A conversation on here earlier reminded me of a thing that I’ve always loved and occasionally bang on about.
It’s the care taken by Mackenzie Crook to specify which bird species we can hear in the background for many scenes in Detectorists.
It’s the care taken by Mackenzie Crook to specify which bird species we can hear in the background for many scenes in Detectorists.
January 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Even more of a reason to love The Detectorists.
Needed a change from all the monochrome snowy scenes today and what better to do that than a sunflower! Some of my favourite varieties.
January 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Needed a change from all the monochrome snowy scenes today and what better to do that than a sunflower! Some of my favourite varieties.
So Pennington Flash #parkrun was cancelled this morning and I think I can see why! Walked there instead along the canal, which was well and truly frozen.
January 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
So Pennington Flash #parkrun was cancelled this morning and I think I can see why! Walked there instead along the canal, which was well and truly frozen.
Love how the frost crystallized the cobwebs and seedheads. An even colder night last night. Hoping we get a bit of a thaw today 🙏
January 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Love how the frost crystallized the cobwebs and seedheads. An even colder night last night. Hoping we get a bit of a thaw today 🙏
The garden was aglow in pink this morning. Chilly start to the day and never really got warmer!
January 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The garden was aglow in pink this morning. Chilly start to the day and never really got warmer!
Walked to the post office today with the @higgledygarden.bsky.social orders. The scenic route, a glorious winter landscape.
January 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Walked to the post office today with the @higgledygarden.bsky.social orders. The scenic route, a glorious winter landscape.
New blog for @higgledygarden.bsky.social inspiring you to start your own cutting patch.
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New Years resolution to start a new cutting patch?
Happy new year to you all, hope you had a lovely Christmas break and happy holidays. Mine was a mix of family time and lots of quiet days at home. My family is a big one and its hard to get us all …
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January 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
New blog for @higgledygarden.bsky.social inspiring you to start your own cutting patch.
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Ah Ranunculus I'm dreaming of you....
January 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Ah Ranunculus I'm dreaming of you....
Happy New Year everyone, wishing you all a peaceful 2025 💚
January 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Happy New Year everyone, wishing you all a peaceful 2025 💚
Photos of my back garden from earlier in the year. Can you spot Jed?
December 31, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Photos of my back garden from earlier in the year. Can you spot Jed?
Lots of beautiful Cheshire gardens!
For New Year's Eve, here are nine of my favourite Cheshire gardens that I picked earlier this year for Cheshire Life Magazine. Can you name any?
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December 31, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Lots of beautiful Cheshire gardens!
Hamamelis x intermedia 'Orange Beauty' at RHS Bridgewater yesterday. They look so beautiful when backlit by the low winter sun
December 31, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Hamamelis x intermedia 'Orange Beauty' at RHS Bridgewater yesterday. They look so beautiful when backlit by the low winter sun