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AD Here’s how to grow a bee-friendly garden, from pollinator friendly plants, bee habitats, and mowing the lawn less. I also carry my favourite @Burt’s Bees UK balm in my pocket, which is made with responsibly sourced beeswax. #burtsbees #beeday

All I want to do is grow flowers and food 😌🌱 #garden #cottage #ducks #cottagecore #runnerducks #calm

Slow and comforting moments from the garden. Thankfully this year seems to be better for the pollinators so far, and actually for wildlife in general. Lots of lovely creatures doing their thing. I always feel better for watching them. 🐝 #garden #cottage #ducks #runnerducks #spring #cottagegarden

Slow afternoons from my cottage garden 💕🌱☀️ #vintage #jazz #cottagecore #cottage #garden #jazztok #ducks #runnerducks

Beautiful May. It feels like everything is coming together in the garden 💚 lots of lovely wildlife including newts, nesting birds, and bees making use of the shallow areas of pond. Although I never get to see them face to face, lots of areas of badger destruction too 😂 but I think they are enjoying themselves. #cottage #garden #ducks #spring #wildlife #cottagegarden #gardeninspo #calm #runnerducks #slowliving

May from my cottage garden. This week our wisteria floribunda alba is flowering for the first time since I planted it six years ago. I’ve been eagerly watching it every spring and finally we have been rewarded. There’s a moment where the wisteria and clematis montana are in bloom together and it looks amazing. How long awaited that was! I’m now waiting for the yew hedge we planted last year to settle into shape. Have done a formative prune and happy with it already, though it has a good few years of growing to do. 💚🌱 #cottage #garden #ducks #tulips #wisteria #spring #calm

Summer moments in the English countryside 🌸 From golden hour at the Mottisfont rose garden to quiet walks near home, this is a soft roundup of some favourite places: Great Chalfield Manor, The Manor House in Castle Combe, and Waddesdon Manor. Hope you’re having a lovely Sunday. #england #garden #countryside #Summer #slowliving #cottagecore #calm

So many lovely creatures it was hard to condense into one video. This week I was lucky enough to spot the mole that lives under the lawn as it popped up for a visit. So sweet and soft! It was less keen on me though 😄 the baby birds have fledged the nest in the side of the house too, with more success this year than last. The garden is so wild this year that I’m having trouble harvesting anything annual at all 😂 my broad beans are being eaten by someone once they get any bigger than 2cm. Thank goodness for fruit trees and perennial veg. #garden #cottagegarden #wildlife #gardeninspo #spring #ducks #runnerducks #beatrixpotter #cottagelife

Wishing you a happy new month. In the garden now we have summer clematis, the first few strawberries, roses (rambling rector and Eden look the best at the moment). I’m trying to get my tomatoes and courgettes in the ground this week. All on the small side this year but I’m sure it will catch up. You may have seen on my story that our blue agave started flowering this week too. It’s sometimes called a death flower as the plant will die after, but before that the flower will reach a height of 6-8m. Very exciting to see, but inconveniently the plant is in the greenhouse, so we have to try and get the roof tiles off asap 😂 have any of you ever seen or grown one? Are they likely to topple in the wind and take the greenhouse with it? #cottagegarden #garden #ducks #runnerducks #gardeninspo #calm #slowliving #wildlife #cottagelife #cottage

Summer from my cottage garden, featuring ducks, food and flowers 🌱 if you look closely at the big greenhouse you might be able to spot the agave that’s going to flower - it’s grown through the roof and will keep going over the next month or two until it reaches 6-8 meters. I’ve never seen something like it before so watching in excitement. #cottage #garden #ducks #runnerducks #gardensoftiktok #calm #slowliving

A Beatrix Potter inspired life. It’s been a very good year for raspberries and tayberries thanks to the sunshine. I’ve been portioning them up for future smoothies. Clematis is looking very lovely at the moment too, a bit wild but that’s our style really. 🍓 #cottage #garden #ducks #slow #calm #runnerducks #cottagecore

Some lovely garden visits from June. Yesterday we went to Batcombe House open garden day (open on selected dates through the National Garden Scheme) and it was absolutely beautiful — one of those places that just takes your breath away. Also sharing a few favourites from this time of year: Mottisfont Rose Garden, Cothay Manor (now closed to visitors), and Great Chalfield Manor. Always a joy to wander these spaces at their summer best and bring some inspiration home. #garden #cottagecore #calm #england #countryside #gardens

Moments of calm for you from the garden 🌱🦆 wishing you a happy Sunday. #cottage #garden #wildlife #ducks #calm

Summer from the English countryside 🌱☀️ including dog walks and local gardens. Featured places you can visit are Great Chalfield Manor, Gold Hill Shaftesbury and The Manor House Hotel in Castle Combe. #garden #countryside #calm #cottagecore

Spring from my cottage garden. Crocuses, primroses, nesting birds and newts. And runner ducks of course. It’s messy, wild and full of life. 🌱🐝🦆 #cottage #garden #ducks #runnerducks #calm #relaxing #gardening #wildlife

Summer afternoons from our cottage garden. Featuring more raspberries than I know what to do with. I probably should have made jam but in an absence of time I’ve filled the freezer with them. 😅☀️🌱 #garden #ducks #cottage #slowliving #cottagecore #runnerducks