Charlotte Day has cultivated her deep-rooted fascination for all things horticultural into a career creating beautiful botanical illustrations.🌷⁠

See her craftsmanship on the cover of 'The Story of Flowers' which delves into how flowers have changed the way we live!🧬

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The snakeshead fritillary was brought to England from France in the 1570s, and as botanical historian Mark Griffiths says: "It was a sensational horticultural novelty, people were very excited. It was as hot as an equatorial orchid would have been to the Victorian sensibility."

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18M people took to gardening in the US due to the pandemic; in Britain, 65% of adults took up gardening. This painting by Édouard John Menta would look fabulous on your wall if you're one of the new horticultural hobbyists or you're a gardening guru: https://t.co/F0sE3WBTRr

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ITS A HORTICULTURAL EMERGENCY!

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🍄This is a fungus, also known as mould, that destroys fruit and horticultural crops.

🧐But sometimes it is sought instead to encourage the appearance of botrytis!

(The rest in the comments!)

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🍎 Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of London.
LondonPrinted for the Royal Horticultural Society by Spottiswoode & Co.
https://t.co/GMrxrpHQH3

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Sir Joseph Paxton, gardener, architect and designer of the Crystal Palace, was born in 1803. He began his career in 1823 when he became a labourer at the Horticultural Society’s gardens at . Learn more in "Joseph Paxton in Chiswick" - https://t.co/8p6FhFHai7

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Botanical illustration and the park: The Canadian Horticulturalist, 1886 .......https://t.co/ipnKcy4xsu https://t.co/DGrUpRrOZT

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More horticultural super heroes that enjoy an odd slug snack or two - see previous post

Drawings by children created for Cramlington Wildlife mural:

Badger by Nicole Y4, Harvest Mouse by Zara Y4 and Mole by Eliza H Y3

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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
The birth flower for 12 July is the rhododendron.
In the language of flowers it means 'majestic, vigilant, watchful, dangerous, majestic, beware'.
There are many species, both wild and horticultural.
Have a nice day🌸

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Basil does his utmost to help collect plant samples for his horticulturalist partner, but he doesn’t know what he’s doing so he usually ends up bringing home common weeds…. hence the dandelion.

Art by @/electricb00 !

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✧ onyx abadeer (he•him) ✧
onyx is a composer and horticulturalist, and is gelion’s partner/fiancé :) he is mellow and gentle, not shy or particularly quiet but there is a softness to him. he is thoughtful and protective, and the type to remember small details about people

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This work is truly a pomological rarity as there are only three complete copies known of this work. One belongs to the Royal Horticulutral Society and another to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
Séraph

Brussels, 1847-1850.
https://t.co/mhCiPPagFt

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My beautiful fruity child I commissioned as a custom from @/barksona! I’ve named them ‘Sunprince’ which is a cultivar of peach. Horticulturalists are a gold mine for off-beat character names lmao

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Sir Joseph Paxton, one of Britain’s best-known gardeners and architects, began his career in 1823 as a labourer at the Horticultural Society’s gardens at . He falsified his age by 2 years, implying extra schooling. https://t.co/8p6FhFHai7

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At the turn of the 19th century, lower postal rates, the arrival of mail order, and printing innovations set the stage for a horticultural catalog boom. Read about how seed catalogs ushered in a new form of marketing at the dawn of the advertising age > https://t.co/TG6Tt9Labi

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Lovely cards with an autumnal feel by Craig Lidgerwood available from Dicksonia Rare Plants. $25australian per pack plus postage.

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these two gents r onyx (L) and gelion (R), a horticulturalist with a passion for music and a very fashionable warlock who are deeply in love <3333

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