Went for a walk , sadly it began to rain while I was in the middle of the park ( East Garden of the imperial palace in Tokyo)
#bloomposting
#treesofmastodon

Some #UrbanGardens I've come across recently, that I wanted to highlight on #SilentSunday. Gardens like this provide food for #pollinators and make #UrbanSpace more tranquil. Obviously, it needs to be done the right way (without bee-harming pesticides, with good soil and untreated seeds), but imagine if we had these in the space between #roads and #sidewalks instead of #grass?
#BloomPosting #BloomScrolling #Gardening #GardeningForPollinators

More of this, please!

‘All the neighbors know who she is’: How one woman built a #FlowerFarm across eight yards

By Lisa Boone, July 10, 2023

"Not surprisingly, the flowers burst out of yards in various states of bloom due to the seasons. Around the corner from her home base, across the street from Webster Elementary School in City Heights, yellow and pink strawflowers and delicate blue scabiosa pincushions grow tall in raised beds.

"A quarter mile in the other direction, pink bellflowers and the conclusion of fragrant sweet peas grow in neat rows behind the rental home of Sophie Thompson.

"'All of my gardens are in places where people cannot care for their yards the way they would like,' said Nafis, 36. She also cultivated the #alley behind her 800-square-foot home. 'I feel I’m adding value to their homes and our neighborhood.'

"Mindful of trends but not beholden to them, Nafis prefers growing seasonal flowers that speak to her. 'I like fragrant flowers like roses, sweet peas and scented geraniums,' she said of the flowers blooming in her front yard and backyard. Right now, the cool season flowers — snapdragons, strawflowers, sweet peas and poppies — are transitioning to ranunculus and anemones and summer annuals like dahlias, zinnias and cosmos."

#UrbanGardening #Urban #Flowers #FlowersNotLawns #BloomPosting

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2023-07-10/urban-farmer-grows-flowers-in-neighbors-yards?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Oh wow... You know things are bad when you go to your "Gardening" list of accounts, and they're all #DoomPosting instead of #BloomPosting. So much for that timeline cleanse. 🤷🏿 🌼

One more #BloomPosting before going back to #DoomPosting... After a 2-year wait, my #hollyhocks are blooming! It wasn't easy keeping the chipmunks from eating them -- #Neem oil seems to be pretty good at deterring them...

Close-up of one of my #CosmosFlowers. Several varieties cross-pollinated and this is what I ended up with. The wee bees love them! #BloomPosting #SilentSunday

Taking a little break from #DoomPosting to do some #BloomPosting for #SilentSunday. Here's one of one of my #bumblebee buddies enjoying some milkweed!

#Bloomposting my Sweet William is getting some life now too 😍💚

#bloomposting

Found a lovely bunch of red poppies near my house. There's quite a few yellows growing wild around as well which are nice.

More #bloomposting

Got some lovely Roses in the back garden right now. It's in a really annoying spot in the garden, but I don't want to cut it down.

#bloomposting

I bought this Orchid for my wife two years ago from a supermarket, it's always giving nice blooms.

#BloomPosting some Spikey bois from #Dryandra #WesternAustralia. We are lucky to have incredible plants and diversity in the South West. I am amazed every time I go into the bush.

#WildOz

Taking a photo of a clover using the "macro" setting on my phone vs. taking a photo using the "portrait" setting. :thinking_rotate:

#Photography #Florespondence #BloomPosting #Clover #Macro