Ben Jones

Head Gardener, plant lover, keen photographer and occasional blogger. Runner, fitness, mobility and nutrition fanatic. Crossfit enthusiast

[Ben Jones @TheHortDoctor]

@loujnicholls I love a good summer mulch! Have been doing to clear the old compost heap area ready for clearance and redevelopment.

[Jonas Frei @jdfrei]

Kernels showing the diversity of walnuts (Juglans and Carya; Juglandaceae) from across the northern hemisphere

[ANDRADE_ACS @ANDRADEACS1]

At the 19th National Science and Technology Week, the Seed Laboratory of the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro presented the diversity of sizes, shapes and colors of seeds conserved in its Seed Bank.

[Jesse Bellemare @bellemare_jesse]

Amazing how a relatively inconspicuous understory shrub like Maple-Leaved #Viburnum (V. acerifolium) goes *next level* with fall color and #anthocyanin production before leaf drop. Plants on sunny forest edges turn dazzling shades of pink, purple & lavender blue - wow!

[Ben Jones @TheHortDoctor]

This combination caught my eye today, Anthriscus 'Ravenswing' with Eremurus 'White Beauty'

[Edward Elderman @edwereddie]

Judas tree - an extraordinary tree whose flowers grow straight from the trunk

[Ben Jones @TheHortDoctor]

@Working_Garden @GWandShows Fantastic Ben, well done, your glorious efforts will be on show! 😁

[Ben Jones @TheHortDoctor]

@Alex_Farrow Genius! 🤣

[Ben Jones @TheHortDoctor]

Disappointed by the abrupt manner of customer service today @BasildonParkNT Such a shame when there is so much potential, but it is masked with such rudeness.

[Ben Jones @TheHortDoctor]

@Alex_Farrow Thanks for a great @ComedyJericho evening yesterday. A shift in dynamic meant we weren't able to attend in person but the brilliant idea of a livestream meant we didn't completely miss out! I also found your B F Skinner joke amusing, even if nobody else did 😁

[Ben Jones @TheHortDoctor]

@GardeningSaul Sad news, thanks for sharing the news as I hadn't heard. He knew so much and loved the podcast you did with him!

[Jack Wallington @jackwallington]

Some people who make money from digging and selling peat claim plants don’t grow as well in peat free compost. But what do they think all the plants in the world grow in? Soil is mainly rock and peat free compost, that’s why peat bogs are so precious, there aren’t very many.

[Leif Bersweden @LeifBersweden]

Thousands of Tunbridge Filmy-ferns (Hymenophyllum tunbrigense) dripping from the trees - I felt it was worth picking one to share its river delta frond with you. Stunningly beautiful, isn’t it? Only one cell thick, like green cling film, a lover of damp places & shady tree trunks

[Ben Jones @TheHortDoctor]

@loujnicholls Welcome to autumn! 😬 You'll have to do more wheel spinning off the drive now 😜 #NotReally

[Ben Jones @TheHortDoctor]

@GardeningSaul Super, I agree this will look mighty! 😁

[Jane E Hall @clothofnature]

I spent a blissful #WildflowerHour in our wildlife garden this afternoon, counting every wild plant still in flower; 33 species in total! Herewith, an array of those that could spare a bloom.
‘Happy Autumn wildflower hours everyone!’ ~ Spot the wildflower missing its name!

[Ben Jones @TheHortDoctor]

@LynnCherryRobe1 I do love a shaggy inkcap!

[Sophie’s in the garden 🐝🌱💚🌸 🐦 @SophieKBoxall]

I didn’t want to just chuck my agapanthus seed heads I’d pruned so I wove them into a hazel wreath with hops, fading hydrangea and golden rod flowers, teasels, love in a mist seed heads, cotoneaster and crab apples for a celebration of autumn #GardensHour #HarvestFestival

[aidan bradley @aidso67]

The moment in which an Orangutan, Borneo’s critically endangered ape, stretched out his/her hand to help a man out of mud
When the photographer uploaded the photo he wrote:
'At a time when the concept of humanity is dying in humans, animals lead us to the principles of humanity'

[BenjaminWilliamPope @Working_Garden]

#FlowersOnFriday and feeling the harvest vibes! #growyourown