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In #Scotland, young people would sneak into their neighbour’s garden on Halloween night to pick cabbage or kale. Here's what it was supposed to show:
Shape & length = luck in love
Dirt on roots = wealth of future partner
Taste = personality of future partner, bitter or sweet! 🥬

Halloween was sometimes called ‘nut-crack night’. New couples would throw hazelnuts into fires to predict the success of their marriage. Others would crack nuts in their teeth and throw them into the fire to glimpse their future in the flames. 🌰

If you are heading to @RHSBridgewater with the kids this #HalfTerm, keep your eyes peeled for our Harvest #Halloween display, inspired by our collections! Head to the Community Yards to discover the spooky side of our seasonal fruit and veg...
#AutumnGardenDays

William Hooker was the first artist employed by the RHS to paint fruit varieties in an extensive project that lasted from 1815-1823.

Over 200 paintings, by Hooker and other artists, make up this early collection which are bound in albums known as ‘Hooker’s Fruit Drawings’

Dahlias add a wonderful splash of colour to the garden in #Autumn, but how about fashionably festooning yourself with the flowers instead, like this character from Grandville's Les fleurs animées? [1847, 827 GRA] #Fashiongoals #dahlias

Today's autumn favourite is the Cyclamen.

This piece is from a page of watercolour flower portraits identified by the artist as Cyclamen europaeum. It is taken from an album of paintings by the botanical author Margaret Mary Plues dating from c.1850-60.

@DanielGDresner @YorkshireCSC We probably shouldn't get involved in that argument! So for balance, here's a white rose.

As October begins, so Colchicums begin to flower across our gardens.

This is a colour engraved plate from Volume 8 of Pierre-Joseph Redouté's 'Les Liliacées', after an original by Redouté .

Hand-coloured ilustration of fungi sorts, from Theodor Christian Ellrodt: Schwamm-pomona. Bayreuth: 1800.

#UKFungusDay

The team at Wisley Library are supporting the Cyclamen society show at Hilltop today.

This painting is taken from an album of paintings by the botanical author Margaret Mary Plues dating from c.1850-60 and is identified by the artist as Cyclamen europaeum.

#Cyclamen