Spots of colour in an otherwise very green garden. Thank you for all your recommendations for Cornish activities. Today is the last day of work for a whole week and I’m eying the weather with some suspicion. ⛺️ ift.tt/31WE7Ha

First sweet pea. Always a bit emotional. ift.tt/2Rz36eE

So. You know it’s super hot everywhere in the uk at the moment? Freezing in Cornwall. I’m wearing two jumpers and socks. ift.tt/320eqFK

No WiFi, no Bluetooth. Dropbox wouldn’t work. I can only charge the laptop in a shower block and someone else’s setter chewed my camera card reader. And I still got a Sunday newsletter out on time. Commitment is a verb, not a noun. Or something like that… ift.tt/2ZWTP39

This was yesterday. Today was weeding the matrix planting and adding in the last bits. Rudbeckias and limoniums and the odd extra erigeron Annus that are otherwise taking up space in the greenhouse. I’m regretting that I may have missed the tomato boat f… ift.tt/2Lx5f9V

Stone. Sunshine. Love. Gratitude. It’s too hot to weed. ift.tt/32a6rFW

I squirm with the whole selling thing, but I really don’t want you to miss out, and I would genuinely love to see you. I’m an introvert and I don’t have people in my space very often so the August open days are the only chance you’ll have to peer into th… ift.tt/2XtYM6S

Photo bombed by my favourite bit of wildlife.🐞 So excited about August, tickets are going fast and some of my favourite people are coming! (I’m going chair hunting for the scone and tea session next week...) edited to add - is this one of the ‘bad’ l… ift.tt/2XsQmYn

Did you hear the rain last night? It caught me completely by surprise and I stood by the open window listening to it fall almost in disbelief. The matrix planting is all in and just needs to get going and establish in the space. Although I’ve been wateri… ift.tt/2YGSHjW

You may have noticed from a) the holiday pictures and b) the flurry of business-related social media activity but I am off work at the moment. I woke up this morning and thought about what I would usually be doing on a Monday, and then got the dogs into … ift.tt/2FYrxO6

As the seed harvests continue, new flowers are going up on the website every day. These are Calendula Officinalis ‘Sherbet Fizz’. My second favourite marigold ever, because truly, my heart belongs to Touch of Buff. Those aggressively cheerful orange ones… ift.tt/2XY785U

I’m printing and packing orders like a demon. Hugo is snoring. When I go, I would like to come back as one of my dogs. They move from sofa to bed to sofa throughout the day, lolling about in the most luxuriant manner. They interrupt their dedicated sleep… ift.tt/2XXoLmk

I think the floor might be one of my favourite parts of my house. This is by the front door, I’d popped out to do a quick bit of dead heading of Gloire de Dijon. It opens into a sort of alleyway going straight through the house and out the back. (This is… ift.tt/32kXwl5

Please share as widely as you can. Please tag growers, garden designers, nurseries, especially in the South West. Please screenshot and put in your stories. Text people who could help. . We are in time where… instagram.com/p/B93fKAtlait/…

For every single person that shared, that messaged me, that asked on our behalf. A huge huge thank you. I am putting together a spreadsheet of what we have and what we need. Request from Derriford for ideas for… instagram.com/p/B96GQhLFmVM/…

Wiping down tools to travel to #derriford to start the intensive care unit garden build. Not social distancing - physical distancing with social connection. #1bigteam Kate Tantam (She/her) Yeo Valley Tom Massey

This is probably the least pretty picture I will ever post, but one of the most important. A trolley of the most beautiful, organic, full of health plants in a hospital corridor. They went up in lifts designed for… instagram.com/p/B-EPQRqFGfR/…

An absolute privilege The RHS BBC South West Rachel de Thame

Huge thank you to everyone involved! Kate Tantam (She/her) Hortus Loci @tommaassyuk Yeo Valley #1bigteam #secretgarden (I am in Gardens Illustrated - this is exciting!)

Yeo Valley Chelsea Flower Show plants used for garden in intensive care unit buff.ly/3aWbnm2