Jake Rayson · @natureworks
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There is a glorious rose, 'Gertrude Jekyll', growing up the back of the pergola. Behind it is a line of Meadowsweet, to the left is an Aronia bush.
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Jake Rayson · @natureworks
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And at the heart of the garden is this chonking great pergola! Again, made by David Carter from The Coppice Plot, it is *so darned sturdy*. He set the main uprights on padstones. This pergola is going to last longer the new build house in the background, and that’s the truth.
The pergola looks down the wooded valley, and it really is a magical place.
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Jake Rayson · @natureworks
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Also, near this point I experimented with using crushed concrete as a growing medium, following John Little’s lead (see https://www.tiktok.com/@grassroofco )
The idea is, low nutrients favour plants other than grass, and the alkaline conditions favour alkaline loving plants, like Creeping Thyme.
Works an absolute treat, I wish I had more crushed concrete 😉
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Jake Rayson · @natureworks
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Back on the ground, looking back at the house, you can see how the beds are filling up. Sweet Woodruff has turned out to be a champion ground cover in the conditions (the inner curved bed is very wet in the winter, dries out in the summer), and there’s Silverweed too, under the 'Harlow Carr' rose I think.
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Jake Rayson · @natureworks
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A #ForestGarden is a #WildlifeGarden, to find out more, have a look at my free 10 minute online class
Tim Moore · @CalNativeLandscape
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Feeding hummingbirds is a good thing, but I like this Russellia plant dripping nectar onto the flagstones below, instead of those funky plastic flowers filled with corn sugar water. Wish I had a good camera to catch the image of the bird when it is feeding.
#hummingbirds
#wildlifegarden
Forest Hill & Honor Oak News · @se23
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RT from Views from the Hill (@TewkesburyLodge)
Red, Gold and Green in the Grasslands Garden @HornimanMuseum #ForestHill #SE23 #gardening #grasslands #sustainability #wildlifegarden
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/TewkesburyLodge/status/1695026209678037133
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🐸frof🌿 · @FrogFlora
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On #FrogFriday the golden #rudbeckia hirta were hopping with activity. 🥬 🐸 🌼 🐸 The #flowerfrog was spotted first, then its friend below sitting on some (half-harvested) #swisschard.
#PseudacrisRegilla = perfect #pnw #permaculture pest patrol.
#PacificTreeFrog #treefrog #RudbeckiaHirta #flowers #frogflora #BloomScrolling #florespondence #wildlife #photography #wildlifegarden #BlackEyedSusan #vegetable #gardening #amphibian
#frogfriday #rudbeckia #flowerfrog #swisschard #pseudacrisregilla #pnw #permaculture #pacifictreefrog #treefrog #Rudbeckiahirta #flowers #frogflora #bloomscrolling #florespondence #wildlife #photography #wildlifegarden #BlackEyedSusan #vegetable #gardening #amphibian
🐸frof🌿 · @FrogFlora
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A #PacificTreeFrog claims the biggest red #rose in the #garden for itself. #Nature is rocking the red+green complementary colorscheme here.
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This gigantically flowered rose bush is my best frog hotel, sometimes 5 or more frogs can be found on it simultaneously so expect more photos of future occupants.
#PseudacrisRegilla #treefrog #frog #rana #rosa #bloomscrolling #florespondence #frogflora #pnw #froghotel #amphibian #gardening #permaculture #tearose #jardín #photography #wildlife #rosefrog #wildlifegarden #wildlifephotography #frogblog #flowers
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🐸frofl🌿 · @FrogFlora
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A #PacificTreeFrog sharing it's magenta #echinacea platform with a tiny #CrabSpider.
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#EchinaceaPurpurea #PseudacrisRegilla #MisumenaVatia #flowers #garden #flowerspider #frog #treefrog #frogflora #bloomscrolling #wildlifegarden #wildlifephotography #nature #coneflower #florespondence #gardening #PNW #permaculture
#pacifictreefrog #echinacea #crabspider #echinaceapurpurea #pseudacrisregilla #misumenavatia #flowers #garden #flowerspider #frog #treefrog #frogflora #bloomscrolling #wildlifegarden #wildlifephotography #nature #coneflower #florespondence #gardening #pnw #permaculture
Jake Rayson · @natureworks
1629 followers · 6478 posts · Server mas.to@ChrisT thank you ☺️ I like the curves and the full planting, can really help open up a small space rather than seeing everything at once. Intrigued by more geometric designs for a #WildlifeGarden with #NativePlants -- does wildlife care if you have geometric shapes and straight lines in your garden?
A.Stringer · @Annekin
97 followers · 772 posts · Server mstdn.social"It’s all about balance. And balance in a garden looks like an ecosystem where a diversity of living things can find a home, make babies, predate or be preyed upon as well as, occasionally, damaging some of the plants that we covet."
It’s time to make peace with your garden ‘pests’ – here’s why | Gardens | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/11/its-time-to-make-peace-with-your-garden-pests-heres-why
#BanPesticides #GardeningForWildlife #WildlifeGardening #WildlifeGarden
#EcoFriendlyGardening #Gardening
#Gardening #ecofriendlygardening #wildlifegarden #WildlifeGardening #gardeningforwildlife #banpesticides
🐸frofl🌿 · @FrogFlora
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#Figs make perfect #treefrog perches.🍁🐸
#garden #gardening #FicusCarica #fig #pseudacrisregilla #pacifictreefrog #frogscrolling #figfrog #frogflora #permaculture #photography #wildlifegarden #wildlifephotography #pnw #nature
#figs #treefrog #garden #gardening #ficuscarica #fig #pseudacrisregilla #pacifictreefrog #frogscrolling #figfrog #frogflora #permaculture #photography #wildlifegarden #wildlifephotography #pnw #nature
Jake Rayson · @natureworks
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I was in a KFC car park (don't ask) and saw this amazing wasp on an umbellifer I hadn't seen before, the Musk Stork's Bill (Erodium moschatum). The planting in the car park was lovely, like someone had purposefully created a #WildlifeGarden
#NativePlants #WildFlowers #BloomScrolling #wildlife #gardening #WildlifeGardening #wasp
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David Mcmillan · @hermitsholiday
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Large White butterfly laying eggs on a Nasturtium leaf #butterfly #butterflies #butterflyphotography #butterfliesofmastodon #wildlifegarden #wildlifegardening #natureGarden #Perthshire #Scotland
#scotland #perthshire #natureGarden #wildlifegardening #wildlifegarden #butterfliesofmastodon #butterflyphotography #butterflies #butterfly
🐸frof🌿 · @FrogFlora
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Proof that lilies can double as #treefrog hotels. 4 counted on this one.
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#gardening #pseudacrisregilla #bloomscrolling #frogscrolling #frogflora #orientallily #wildlifegarden #frogs #garden #permaculture #PacificChorusFrog
#treefrog #gardening #pseudacrisregilla #bloomscrolling #frogscrolling #frogflora #orientallily #wildlifegarden #frogs #garden #permaculture #pacificchorusfrog
Jake Rayson · @natureworks
1553 followers · 6135 posts · Server mas.toThanks to Benajmin Vogt, Rebecca McMackin, Martin Crawford, @DawnBlackbirds@mastodonapp.uk@RadicalAnthro@c.im et al, I declare #RadicalHorticulture is now officially a thing 😁
* Every garden should be a #WildlifeGarden
* Use #NativePlants where possible
* Create habitat where you can
* Include the human, with #WildFlowers & edible crops
* Extend garden principles of mutual aid into the commons
* Grow edible ecosystems
#ForestGarden #WildlifeGardening #gardening
https://www.natureworks.org.uk/blog/230805-radical-horticulture/
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🐸frof🌿 · @FrogFlora
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🐸 pseudacris regilla perched behind double yellow orienpet lilium 🌼.
#pseudacrisregilla #pacifictreefrog #bloomscrolling #frogscrolling #garden #orienpet #lilies #frog #wildlifegarden #flora #frogflora #🐸 #🐸🌼
#pseudacrisregilla #pacifictreefrog #bloomscrolling #frogscrolling #garden #orienpet #lilies #frog #wildlifegarden #flora #frogflora
A.Stringer · @Annekin
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It's moments like this that make the effort to create a #wildlifegarden worth it...#Meadowbrown #MeadowbrownButterfly
#UKbutterflies
#ukbutterflies #meadowbrownbutterfly #meadowbrown #wildlifegarden
Jake Rayson · @natureworks
1431 followers · 5657 posts · Server mas.toEvery garden can be a #WildlifeGarden.
Grow #NativePlants & #WildFlowers where you can.
Create habitat.
Grow perennial edible crops for a #ForestGarden
Here’s a free online spreadsheet of UK #WildFlowers to get you going
https://bit.ly/garden-wild-spreadsheet
#forestgarden #wildflowers #nativeplants #wildlifegarden