Harriet Rycroft
@harrietrycroft.bsky.social
Notorious for gardening in pots. Author, speaker. Interested in greenery of all sorts
Sound up for slomo bumbling and birdsong
February 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Sound up for slomo bumbling and birdsong
Froggery croakery
February 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Froggery croakery
A little trip to Painswick Rococo Garden to celebrate snowdrop time
February 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A little trip to Painswick Rococo Garden to celebrate snowdrop time
St Edwards, Stow-on-the-Wold. That door gets a lot of visitors, partly because it is claimed to have inspired Tolkien’s Doors of Durin.
January 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
St Edwards, Stow-on-the-Wold. That door gets a lot of visitors, partly because it is claimed to have inspired Tolkien’s Doors of Durin.
A favourite walk yesterday with a screaming ash confined above beautiful Chastleton house, ridge-and-furrow fields, curious sheep and a beech cathedral with gargoyles
January 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
A favourite walk yesterday with a screaming ash confined above beautiful Chastleton house, ridge-and-furrow fields, curious sheep and a beech cathedral with gargoyles
Day 24 of my Advent calendar. Happy Christmas to you all from me and my tiny garden angel
December 24, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Day 24 of my Advent calendar. Happy Christmas to you all from me and my tiny garden angel
Day 23 of my Advent calendar. Some unseasonal/seasonal red and green in the garden. No wonder we crave those colours in the winter gloom!
December 23, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Day 23 of my Advent calendar. Some unseasonal/seasonal red and green in the garden. No wonder we crave those colours in the winter gloom!
Day 22 of my Advent calendar. Dahlia ‘Labyrinth’ to warm us after going out in the icy wind to sing carols
December 22, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Day 22 of my Advent calendar. Dahlia ‘Labyrinth’ to warm us after going out in the icy wind to sing carols
Day 21 of my Advent calendar. Rejoice! The shortest day is over and before you know it the freshly-clothed oaks will be ankle deep in cow parsley.
December 21, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Day 21 of my Advent calendar. Rejoice! The shortest day is over and before you know it the freshly-clothed oaks will be ankle deep in cow parsley.
Day 20 of my Advent calendar. While we’re in Edinburgh let’s have the view across the city from Salisbury crags. We climbed up and watched the setting sun play among the trees, hoping that a ray or two would illuminate the castle. Eventually we gave up and walked to Leith for jazz and fish pie.
December 20, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Day 20 of my Advent calendar. While we’re in Edinburgh let’s have the view across the city from Salisbury crags. We climbed up and watched the setting sun play among the trees, hoping that a ray or two would illuminate the castle. Eventually we gave up and walked to Leith for jazz and fish pie.
Day 19 of my Advent calendar. This was one of my favourite paintings in The National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. Thanks to my sister when I look at it I can hear Mr Hardwood from Blackadder III shouting “…I’ll take off my belt and by thunder my trousers will fall down!”
December 19, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Day 19 of my Advent calendar. This was one of my favourite paintings in The National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. Thanks to my sister when I look at it I can hear Mr Hardwood from Blackadder III shouting “…I’ll take off my belt and by thunder my trousers will fall down!”
Day 18 of my Advent calendar. Let’s have a smattering of poppies
December 18, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Day 18 of my Advent calendar. Let’s have a smattering of poppies
Day 17 of my Advent calendar. Knockvologan beach, Mull. She was standing on the sandy green clifftop watching the rest of the herd down on the beach, appreciating the view and thinking deeply.
I looked back as we headed up the cliff path and she was contentedly scratching her bum on the bench.
I looked back as we headed up the cliff path and she was contentedly scratching her bum on the bench.
December 17, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Day 17 of my Advent calendar. Knockvologan beach, Mull. She was standing on the sandy green clifftop watching the rest of the herd down on the beach, appreciating the view and thinking deeply.
I looked back as we headed up the cliff path and she was contentedly scratching her bum on the bench.
I looked back as we headed up the cliff path and she was contentedly scratching her bum on the bench.
Day 16 of my Advent calendar. Autumn in the pots - the car nestles in bright foliage at a time when the rest of the yard is a chaos of fading dahlias and desperate bulb planting
December 16, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Day 16 of my Advent calendar. Autumn in the pots - the car nestles in bright foliage at a time when the rest of the yard is a chaos of fading dahlias and desperate bulb planting
Day 15 of my Advent calendar. A memory from a trip to Bristol, when we sat on this balcony in Clifton drinking coffee and admiring our friends’ wisteria.
December 15, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Day 15 of my Advent calendar. A memory from a trip to Bristol, when we sat on this balcony in Clifton drinking coffee and admiring our friends’ wisteria.
Day 14 of my Advent calendar. I like a nice bit of stone walling - this herringbone pattern is Cornish.
December 14, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Day 14 of my Advent calendar. I like a nice bit of stone walling - this herringbone pattern is Cornish.
Day 13 of my Advent calendar is green again. High on the hill a footpath threads between two rows of trees, most of them beech. I have always thought beech trunks look like there is muscle under the bark. When we’re not looking the trees probably dance off hand in hand along the path.
December 13, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Day 13 of my Advent calendar is green again. High on the hill a footpath threads between two rows of trees, most of them beech. I have always thought beech trunks look like there is muscle under the bark. When we’re not looking the trees probably dance off hand in hand along the path.
Day 12 of my Advent calendar is another from Cornwall. I don’t know which rhodie this is and I can’t even remember which Tre-garden it was in. Does it matter? It’s just a fizzy shot of pink and green on this dank December day.
December 12, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Day 12 of my Advent calendar is another from Cornwall. I don’t know which rhodie this is and I can’t even remember which Tre-garden it was in. Does it matter? It’s just a fizzy shot of pink and green on this dank December day.
Day 11 of my Advent calendar. As many of you know, I have a silly number of pots in the yard. Most visitors only notice the big, bright plants and so the tiny ones such as this little (about 6cm tall) Campanula cochlearifolia ‘Elizabeth Oliver’ are just for me.
December 11, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Day 11 of my Advent calendar. As many of you know, I have a silly number of pots in the yard. Most visitors only notice the big, bright plants and so the tiny ones such as this little (about 6cm tall) Campanula cochlearifolia ‘Elizabeth Oliver’ are just for me.
Day 10 of my Advent calendar and it’s about time we had a horse nose. This one was on Port Meadow, Oxford
December 10, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Day 10 of my Advent calendar and it’s about time we had a horse nose. This one was on Port Meadow, Oxford
Let’s stay in Kent for day 9 of my Advent calendar. This is the nuttery at Sissinghurst, a green haven on a hot day
December 9, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Let’s stay in Kent for day 9 of my Advent calendar. This is the nuttery at Sissinghurst, a green haven on a hot day
Day 8 of my Advent calendar is a snail. We had a short trip to Kent in May and as we walked through the woods near our B&B we met lots of Roman snails.Their shells are tough and their bodies muscular (stretching to about 4 inches). If your car breaks down in Kent just harness a couple of these.
December 8, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Day 8 of my Advent calendar is a snail. We had a short trip to Kent in May and as we walked through the woods near our B&B we met lots of Roman snails.Their shells are tough and their bodies muscular (stretching to about 4 inches). If your car breaks down in Kent just harness a couple of these.
Day 7 of my Advent calendar. Another one from Cornwall. I have a million pics of tree ferns from those gardens but I particularly love the underside of the silver fern, Cyathea dealbata embroidered with double rows of French knot sporangia.
December 7, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Day 7 of my Advent calendar. Another one from Cornwall. I have a million pics of tree ferns from those gardens but I particularly love the underside of the silver fern, Cyathea dealbata embroidered with double rows of French knot sporangia.
Day 6 of my Advent calendar. Planting bulbs is a pretty tedious job, let’s be honest. But oh so worth it when we emerge from greybrown winter into tuliptime Technicolor
December 6, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Day 6 of my Advent calendar. Planting bulbs is a pretty tedious job, let’s be honest. But oh so worth it when we emerge from greybrown winter into tuliptime Technicolor
Day 5 of my Advent Calendar. The garden of St Michael’s Mount. Having worked as a professional gardener in public gardens for a big chunk of my life I know that many people look down on gardeners. Literally so here but at least the gardeners don’t have to listen to their fatuous comments.
December 5, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Day 5 of my Advent Calendar. The garden of St Michael’s Mount. Having worked as a professional gardener in public gardens for a big chunk of my life I know that many people look down on gardeners. Literally so here but at least the gardeners don’t have to listen to their fatuous comments.