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Sam Preston

@Sam_SSSLearning

4 months

It’s that time of year again #GardeningTwitter #GardeningX #GardenersWorld

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Sam Preston

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1 year

It’s been 5 years since I moved here & never had any reasonable fruit but this year the tree is full of figs. Made my day.

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2 years

Port Sunlight #RoseWednesday #GardeningTwitter

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Thank goodness, finally the beans are blooming. Anyone else finding them slow this year? #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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4 months

Loving this tulip. Reminds me raspberry ripple ice cream #GardensHour

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5 months

Watched #Ripley this weekend & loved every minute of it. Great performances & beautifully filmed. Literally every shot was perfection.

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9 months

Ok I’m cheating, not a photo but a video. Bees buzzing, birdsong & glorious wisteria. One of my favourite parts of the garden #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Has anyone else sown morning glory yet? Mine have germinated in a week & look fab. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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2 years

@RevRichardColes Warmth probably. Original panelling in our 1930 built house

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Sam Preston

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2 years

The promise of things to come #RoseWednesday #roses #mygarden #GardeningTwitter

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Sam Preston

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3 months

Didn’t have the heart to remove this little strawberry plant growing on the pathway #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Huge showy heads- just scream diva!

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Sam Preston

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10 months

@GillianKeegan @Conservatives Do you mean the Labour Party which had the most comprehensive, widely integrated multi-agency Every Child Matters policy & groundbreaking children's centres which offered Sure Start with 30+ hours of support- all of which has disappeared under conservative policy?

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Sam Preston

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11 months

A lovely pop of colour for #Autumn

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Sam Preston

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2 years

One for #ClematisThursday

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Sam Preston

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1 year

So excited to have a new car for Ted & I to have adventures in (he’s not allowed in my work car). Very nostalgic as my dad had one when I was a wee girl & we travelled the Scottish highlands in it. So, let the adventures begin!

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Dahlia love 💕 #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Bridal Crown. Tiny but lovely #GardenersWorld #GardeningTwitter

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Sam Preston

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1 year

A lovely deep coloured aquilegia which has appeared as if by magic. #GardenersWorld #GardeningTwitter

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Sam Preston

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1 year

All shades of purple & these stocks smell wonderful too. Supported by purple /blue background #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

One for #RoseWednesday Olivia Rose Austin

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Sam Preston

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2 years

Smashing chantaney carrots grown in a small trough organically & peat free. Growing this way I get 4 crops per year. Super tasty #gardenshour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

@Mrawlins1974 Wonder if the mum of the person who sculpted this Moai felt the same...

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2 years

The hellebores are taking centre stage #GardeningTwitter #GardenersWorld #FlowersOnFriday

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Sam Preston

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11 months

Another in bloom for #RoseWednesday

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Symmetrical pink gorgeousness #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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10 months

The autumn sun made this morning’s early walk with Ted magical. Have a super day everyone.

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Sam Preston

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2 months

Squished by the other buds. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Love it or hate it, you don’t get more orange than crocosmia. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Forget me not & sweet woodruff rambling through the borders.

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Just perfect- growing in deep shade #GardeningTwitter #GardenersWorld

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Sam Preston

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2 months

Simply gorgeous #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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7 months

Thinking about planting for next year, I want more pollen sources for early emerging bees etc. I’ve got aconites, snowdrops, crocus, primroses & hellebores. Ideas? #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Not a bulb but a corm. Scilla Peruviana which I planted for the first time this year. I love them. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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6 months

I’ll soon be sowing borage. Great companion plants & a fantastic support for the pollinators #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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2 months

It’s June & the borders are spilling over onto the pathways. I’m not quick to tidy as it’s getting warmer & lots of lovelies like moths need cool shady shelters. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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3 months

The first ranunculus about to fully open #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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2 months

A really gorgeous old rose, inherited so not sure which, looking wonderful #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Purple #SixWeeksOfColour - well it would be rude not to include lavender #GardensHour

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1 year

One of my favourite spots for a cuppa but too damp today. #GardenersWorld #GardeningTwitter

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Sam Preston

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2 months

One of my favourite plants. Just love astrantia, particularly as a companion to roses. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Nature is just wonderful. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Pink bee heaven #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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6 months

Some gorgeous hyacinths to cheer up the day. Highly fragrant Miss Saigon. They will be transplanted in the woodland area of the garden when finished so they will provide colour outside next year #GardeningTwitter #GardeningX #GardenersWorld

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Morning all. A bright start to the day so hopefully that will continue. Have a super day #fridaymorning

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10 months

& a Halloween coloured dahlia still in bloom #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

The first of the hellebores to bloom & still going strong #GardenersWorld #GardeningTwitter

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Sam Preston

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2 months

Hi everyone. Wonderful to see the bees enjoying the garden. Rosa Rugusa Rubra is party land for the bees. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

@Sam_SSSLearning

1 year

Fantastic episode of #GardenersWorld with Frances, really enjoyed every minute. (I'm betting her sister with the 'huge head' didn't though 🤣) @GWandShows

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Sam Preston

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4 months

Lovely to arrive home & still have bulbs on display. #GardeningTwitter

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Sam Preston

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1 year

For me, the best blue flowers in the garden. Masses of blooms which attract pollinators & insects which control pests. It replenishes its nectar in minutes. Lots of medicinal uses too. #GardensHour #SixWeeksOfColour

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Sam Preston

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2 years

For #RoseWednesday Gertrude Jekyll & the fragrance is wonderful too #GardeningTwitter

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Loving the colour of these hyacinths #GardenersWorld #GardeningTwitter

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Sam Preston

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11 months

Don’t you just love nasturtiums? These will keep going right through to December. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Love the egg yolk yellow centres of Bridal Crown narcissus #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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9 months

Morning all. Blooming freezing here today. It’s a vest & 2 fleece day. Fantasising about a liberty bodice! Hope it’s warmer where you are. Have a super day. #MondayMorning

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Sam Preston

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1 year

This is how desperate I am to get more greenhouse space- an old fish tank repurposed as a cold frame. #GardeningTwitter

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11 months

Amazing what an old chimney & a dish can become. Even though I have a pond lots of the smaller birds prefer this spa! #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Looking lovely in the rain #GardenersWorld #GardeningTwitter

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1 year

Blue with a halo of white. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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5 months

At last the tulips are starting to bloom #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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9 months

Morning all. Big freeze overnight which has left gorgeous patterns on the unheated greenhouse. It’s very slippy afoot so take care everyone 😊❄️

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Sam Preston

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3 months

Morning all. Thought I’d share a quick video of this part of the garden. Have a super day everyone 😊 #GardeningTwitter #GardeningX #GardenersWorld

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Sam Preston

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5 months

It is blowing a hoolie thanks to #StormKathleen Been out to rescue a few of the casualties, now happily in a jug.

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Sam Preston

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7 months

Still very cold but have to admire the ice fringes on this foliage #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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5 months

The wind & rain has certainly battered the garden the last few days but have managed to rescue a few casualties for indoor displays. Daffodils with Kerria Japonica & cotoneaster. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

June loveliness #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

They’ve survived a squirrel attack, snow & rain. Love these miniature tulips- Helene #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

@Sam_SSSLearning

10 months

Morning all. Walk in the rain first thing with Ted so we’re both damp but invigorated. Thoughts are with all affected so far by #StormCiaran Please do take care & keep safe everyone.

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3 months

Just about to open

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Sam Preston

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1 year

June & it’s time for the roses to shine #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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3 months

That moment you realise your gardening assistant isn’t pulling their weight 😂 #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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2 years

Something a bit different-In the greenhouse, grown from seed & this is 3 years on. Now about the size of a 50p. Really hoping for an extra nodule so it looks foot like! It’s a slow burn but I’m so pleased #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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6 months

The stars on this budded muscari look like they’ve been drawn on #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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10 months

Even the berries have a Halloween vibe #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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2 months

Sometimes it’s the simple things that make me smile. Love the random spilling onto the pathway #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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8 months

Looking forward to harvesting these lovelies in a week’s time #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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6 months

Never ceases to amaze me that planting a tiny bulb can result in such beauty #GardenersWorld

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Sam Preston

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10 months

The path at the bottom of the veg plot. Lots of lovely leaves providing snuggly places for moths ladybirds etc.

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Sam Preston

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10 months

Out of all the dahlias I think the small Pom Pom varieties best survive the autumn weather for a late show of blooms #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

@Sam_SSSLearning

2 years

A minute to go- sharing dinner plate size #dahlialove #Gardenshour

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Sam Preston

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3 months

Morning all. So far there’s been hailstones, heavy rain & sunshine. The weather really can’t make its mind up. Blooming freezing too! Hope it’s more settled where you are. Have a super day everyone. I’m off to meet a friend for lunch & a catch up. #RoseWednesday

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Sam Preston

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5 months

It’s been a fabulous year for the outdoor hyacinths. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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7 months

Lots of hedgehogs visiting. They set the outdoor lights off, handy for taking photos #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

@Sam_SSSLearning

11 months

Whilst the rest of the Rosa Rugosa Rubra hedge is covered in hips there’s one last beautiful bloom.

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Sam Preston

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2 months

An absolutely stunning rose I inherited. It’s about 5ft, covered in blooms & beautiful foliage. Anyone able to identify? TIA #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

@Sam_SSSLearning

2 years

So enough on the veg, here’s my favourite #dahlia for this year #gardenshour

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Sam Preston

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4 months

The tulips have been amazing this year. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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2 months

Ted is supposed to be indoors resting after his surgery. He’s not very good at hiding! #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Skimmia still looking magnificent & providing shelter for the hedgehog house 🦔 🏡 #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Blooming lovely #GardeningTwitter #GardenersWorld

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Sam Preston

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6 months

Just thought I’d share this lovely blossom to brighten up an otherwise grey dull day. #FridayFeeling #GardenersWorld #GardeningTwitter

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Sam Preston

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4 months

Apple blossom #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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9 months

Photographed today. Despite the frosts still blooming lovely #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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1 year

My OH built me this lovely robin house today. Seen lots of different info on installation height. I know it needs coverage but some say 1m others 2m. Anyone had successful occupancy & advice on height placement? #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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3 months

Rosa Comte de Chambord. A lovely old rose which does well in full sun or in shade. #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

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5 months

In the walled garden today, some delicate erythroniums. #GardeningTwitter #GardeningX #GardenersWorld

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Sam Preston

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1 year

Such joy, the alstroemerias are flowering #GardensHour

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Sam Preston

@Sam_SSSLearning

1 year

@DavidNautilus1 The only positive in this scenario is the person who asked if he was okay. Highlights the importance of safeguarding training & embedding best practice across all roles, especially the importance of opening up dialogue.

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Sam Preston

@Sam_SSSLearning

6 months

My favourite clematis now in bloom #GardensHour

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