user avatar
wildflowerhour
@wildflower_hour
The home of #WildflowerHour: 8-9pm every Sunday. Wild Flowers you find in Britain & Ireland. The biggest cheerleader for our wild plants! Tweets by @botany_beck
United Kingdom
wildflowerhouruk.weebly.com
Joined March 2010
1,114
Following
32.2K
Followers
  • Pinned
    user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    Jun 11
    New challenge alert!🔔 When managed sympathetically churchyards can be amazing places for wildlife! The challenge this week is to see which wild & naturalised plants you can find blooming there! Share your finds for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm using #ChurchyardFlowers
    1.6K
  • user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    Sep 5, 2024
    Hips, haws, nuts and berries! It’s starting to look a bit autumnal out there! So this week’s challenge is #fruits! Share your finds of wild & naturalised fruits for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm. Happy fruit hunting! ☺️🍒
    24K
  • user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    Feb 24, 2020
    It’s a tradition at #Wildflowerhour that when we reach a follower threshold, we celebrate with a plate from #keblemartin. Thanks to @B_Strawbridge & @BBCCountryfile last night we gained over 2,500 followers! Imagine that’s 23,000 people noticing & enjoying #wildflowers 🎉🌿🌸
  • user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    Apr 13, 2020
    Oh my goodness 25K followers!😱This calls for a week of #keblemartin’s wonderful #botanicalillustrations to celebrate, here’s the first! 🎉🥳🌼
  • user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    Jun 3, 2021
    It’s that time of year when social media just seems to be full of gorgeous orchid pics! The challenge this week is to see if you can find one! Share your orchidaceous finds for #WildflowerHour this Sunday 8-9pm using the hashtag #OrchidChallenge.
  • user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    Apr 15, 2020
    Here is today’s beautiful celebratory #botanicalillustration by the wonderful #KebleMartin! We are celebrating all week long because #wildflowerhour now has over 25K followers!
  • user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    Apr 19, 2020
    The last day of our #keblemartin #wildflowerhour celebration! 🥳The orchid season is well and truly upon us, Early Purples are gracing woodlands and there are sightings of the first Green-wingeds. So we finish with this gorgeous #botanicalillustration. Hope you have enjoyed it!
  • user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    Sep 24, 2019
    How wonderful to see that 20,000 lovely people now follow @wildflower_hour! I know that #KebleMartin is a favourite of many of you so let’s celebrate with a beautiful #botanicalillustration from The Concise British Flora & thank you all so much for being part of #wildflowerhour😘
  • user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    Apr 16, 2020
    Day four of our week long celebration after gaining over 25K followers! 🎉 There’s been #wildflowerhour reports of the gorgeous Pasqueflower flower, Pulsatilla vulgaris just coming into bloom so what could be more fitting than this beautiful #KebelMartin #botanicalillustration.
  • user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    Mar 2, 2020
    We’ve reached just over 24 thousand followers! Astonishing! Let’s have another beautiful #botanicalillustration from #keblemartin to celebrate 🎉🥳
  • user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    Apr 14, 2020
    At #Wildflowerhour we love the work of #KebleMartin and this week we are celebrating reaching 25K followers by tweeting one of his beautiful #botanicalillustrations each day! 🥳
  • user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    Apr 17, 2020
    We’re celebrating #wildflowerhour reaching 25K followers all week long & it’s time for day five of our daily #KebleMartin! 🎉Buttercups are the theme of this beautiful #botanicalillustration from the iconic #wildflower guide, The Concise British Flora in Colour by W. Keble Martin
  • user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    May 4, 2020
    Is it ok to pick #wildflowers for #foraging, enjoyment or for botanical purposes? Excellent advice from the @BSBIbotany Code of Conduct, a must read for all wild flower lovers! #wildflowerhour #keblemartin bsbi.org/wp-content/upl…
  • user avatar
    wildflowerhour
    @wildflower_hour
    Apr 18, 2020
    Today’s beautiful #botanicalillustration is this one, of the Saxifrage family, from The Concise British Flora in Colour by W. Keble Martin. Wildflower hour has now reached over 26K followers! Thank you so much everyone for loving wild flowers! #keblemartin #wildflowerhour