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I'm here to promote native plant gardening and inspire people to join https://homegrownnationalpark.org/ with photos from my garden. Fiber arts and handmade wardrobe hobbies may also make an appearance.
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Tis the season to plant seeds fa-la-la-la-la #nativeplants

submitted 84 days ago • 3 comments

Just finished the DRK Everyday sock in Must Stash Yarn color Acadia (toe and heel stash yarn) #knitting

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

I pre-ordered some bare root Castanea pumila or Allegheny Chinquapin trees for spring. Anyone else have experience growing them?

submitted 88 days ago • 3 comments

Wishing everyone a Happy and peaceful Thanksgiving! Wild turkey in my yard. Pic taken last year. Long Island, NY 🪶 #birds #wildlifephotography #nature #turkeys #Thanksgiving

submitted 89 days ago • 3 comments

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum or white- panicle aster. This one showed up on its own when we built our pond. It tends to colonize disturbed areas. I'm hoping to catch some photos of frost on these seed heads

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

New find today, the fruits of #killyourlawn

submitted 92 days ago • 2 comments

"If our landscapes all look the same from state to state and country to country--using the same plants in the same ways--we lose our sense of self, place, and compassion for the community as a whole." Benjamin Vogt in A New Garden Ethic Spring ephemeral mertensia virginica; my garden April '24

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Such a good opening to an article in my WA Native Plant Society magazine. #KillYourLawn

submitted 550 days ago • 2 comments

"Your garden is a protest. It is a place of defiant compassion. It is a space to help sustain wildlife and ecosystem function while providing an aesthetic response that moves you[...]Your garden is a protest for all the ways in which we deny our life by denying other lives." Benjamin Vogt

submitted 95 days ago • 5 comments

Salix discolor aka American Pussy Willow is an early pollen source for native bees and a larval host for several months and butterflies. Something has been enjoying mine. It is easy to root from cuttings and loves water. Don't plant near your foundation. #nativeplants

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

Pycnanthemum muticum or clustered mountain mint is found naturally in woodlands and meadows in the eastern US. Buzzing with insects all summer. Check out the splash of purple on those unassuming flowers.

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

My pipedream is that everyone will plant lupinus perennis like it's the new milkweed and the karner blue butterfly will come back to Pennsylvania. What's your niche interest? I'll plant for it too. #nativeplants

submitted 98 days ago • 11 comments

By far my favorite garden addition this year has been the wildlife pond. It has supported birds, frogs, toads, dragonflies, beetles, snails, mud dauber wasps and aquatic plants. Hummingbirds came to visit the cardinal flowers. 10/10 would recommend #nativeplants

submitted 98 days ago • 2 comments