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17/06/2026

Botanical Gardens Oxford
yesterday task was about helping Pachysandra terminalis getting started with what it does best, crawling & covering the floor.
next task was some edging close to events lawn and ready to go for someone's special day ✨️💍🔗

16/06/2026

Botanical gardens Oxford another brilliant
Tuesday Summer Lectures.
today subject was about Waterlillys
shout to Barnaby for insight on the history of waterlilys today.
this man a great person to work alongside and great person for people with interested in horticulture, from RHS books he's helped write,
has his owe website for wanting learn horticulture but in audiobook style.
https://www.learnhorticulture.co.uk/hortaudio

ps my apologies for buzzing notification in back of video

10/06/2026

Botanical gardens Oxford the summer lectures every Tuesday topic was about plants that are used for food consumption like wheat Rye barley and there differences
why & how modern day wheat much shorter more disease resistance 1930 people like Norman Borlaug helping modern food production and importance and need of farming.
if wish see differences in grain over years different variance of heritage grains with help by Jonh Lord Paleo arcane biologist
and fun fact the average number of plant we consume in our lifetime is 200 and there are over 7.500 different plants we can eat and not includeding variants of same plant.
talks like this
great for learning something new historical & currently or being open minded after attended.

09/06/2026

Botanical gardens Oxford task today was removing the Saponaria plant from the Japanese border well discovering wildlife along the way. formal gardens Oxford Botanical gardens seems to be a fan favourite with wildlife community noticed wide variation of animals and insects in this garden.

09/06/2026

07/06/2026

Wolvercote Community Orchard task today removing more ermine from leafs and parts of trees managed to knock of 3 and only half Rev Wink tree but met one or two locals enjoying orchard for what it is.

07/06/2026

Botanical gardens Oxford
task Thursday was working on Proteales border.
starting task removing the cateye from border
after moving on to the hoeing around border.
last task for the day was redging the border to giving it the fresh & clean ready to go look

03/06/2026

botanical gardens Oxford task today ermine moth larva not today time, removing all signs of ermine moth larva from leafs and some branches what infected by this moth.
I also andend the summer lectures the topic was "Hay fever" learning that are 30 types 30 Hay fever and some of the most problematic plant also have added benefits to preventing or reducing Hay fever symptoms.ChamomilePlantagoUrtica

01/06/2026

Wolvercote community orchard
today task removing ermine moth larva from Winston one side of tree had the worse it this tree planted in 1994 hopefully still going more years to come.

01/06/2026

week21 of DEAR CHARLOTTE the first Helianthus to on show and some Helianthus sunburst gone to a friend helping out cancer research