Wisteria hysteria season is upon us. We need more arbors, walkways and pergolas festooned in flowers and vines #wisteria #wisteriahysteria #wisteriasinensis #arbors #purpleflowers #mauveflowers #peaflowers #fabaceae #lianavine #growmoreplease #wecanhavenicethings #burnleygardens

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It’s important work doing monitoring and evaluation of one’s former students’ careers in horticulture. Here I observe @maddylivingston doing excellent work on dormant canes of species unknown with a pair of Felco 2s on Hamilton Island. There was also time for a special ops mission to find a turtle and check out coral gardens before they all fry and die 😩. I intend to go on holiday by mistake more often #marineturtle #hamiltonisland #tropicalhorticulture #gardeninginthetropics #specialops #missionimpossible #whitsundays #spectacularview #professionalhorticulturist #gardenerinaction #notataxdeduction #savethereef #withnailandi

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The Sweet Potatoes have been on heated benches in an unheated glasshouse for two weeks now, placed in shallow trays of potting mix. No signs of shoots yet but a quick look underneath shows roots have already exploded through the trays. When the shoots or slips appear in the next week or two they’ll be used to create around 2000 cuttings for FareShare and the ASRC market garden projects #growingsweetpotatoes #ipomoeabatatas #roottubers #plantpropagation #explodingroots #heatedbenches #glasshouses #fareshare #asrc #summercrops #annualritual #nevergrowsold

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“I’m available for children’s parties”. As a de-listed academic I’ve been seeking alternative employment and ways to give back to my community. Here I inadvertently play Chopper Read meets Mark ‘Jacko’ Jackson giving gardening advice to children at the Collingwood Children’s Farm winter solstice bonfire in June. Remember that the Farm is 40 years old this year and is having a huge celebratory bash November 3 this year. Costa is the MC and there’s activities for all age ranges, with music headlined by the Cosmic Psychos (family friendly version). Tickets selling fast! #collingwoodchildrensfarm #billhicksquote #childrensparties #scaryclown #chopperread #helpingmycommunity #alwaysgiving #gigeconomy #toomanyquestions #sorrymum #cosmicpsychos

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