Plant Meme Monday! Happy Monday, plant lovers! 🌿 Here’s a little plant humor to start your week. Tag a friend who’s as obsessed with plants as you are! 😂 #AdventuresinBotany #PlantMemes #MondayMotivation #PlantHumor

💜 Flower Power Friday: Crocus Say hello to one of the very first messengers of spring — the Crocus! These tiny-but-mighty blooms push through snow, frost, and frozen soil just to announce that warmer days are coming. #crocus #FlowerPowerFriday #SpringIsComing #BotanicalMagic #AdventuresInBotany

Plant Meme Monday! Happy Monday, plant lovers! 🌿 Here’s a little plant humor to start your week. Tag a friend who’s as obsessed with plants as you are! 😂 #AdventuresinBotany #PlantMemes #MondayMotivation #PlantHumor

Vote With Your Garden! 🌱 Every bite you grow is a vote for food sovereignty. Less reliance on industrial agriculture = a healthier future. What’s one thing you’re growing this year to reclaim your food system? #ResilientGardening #FoodFreedom #GrowYourRevolution

Plant Meme Monday! Happy Monday, plant lovers! 🌿 Here’s a little plant humor to start your week. Tag a friend who’s as obsessed with plants as you are! 😂 #AdventuresinBotany #PlantMemes #MondayMotivation #PlantHumor

Plant Meme Monday! Happy Monday, plant lovers! 🌿 Here’s a little plant humor (or not this one might be a little too on the nose- Yikes) to start your week. Tag a friend who’s as obsessed with plants as you are! 😂 #AdventuresinBotany #PlantMemes #MondayMotivation #PlantHumor

Want more plants for free? 🌱 Propagation is an easy way to grow new plants from what you've already got! This works with many types of plants, you can always look up if a plant will grow from cuttings, or you can just give it a try. Proprogation shown here with pineapples. #AdventuresinBotany

Check out my new blog post where I share simple step-by-step methods for canning, freezing, and drying—plus a few stories from my own kitchen adventuresinbotany.com/blog #gardeningtips #foodpreservation #homesteadinglife #canningseason #freezingproduce #dryingherbs #adventuresinbotany

The Future Is in Your Hands 🌱 The future of food isn’t in the hands of corporations—it’s in yours. Every time you plant a seed, you’re voting for a world where food is fresh, local, and grown with care. 🌿 Let’s grow a future we can be proud of. #SustainableFuture #AdventuresInBotany

Garden Mystery: Why Did One Batch Sprout and Not the Other? 🌱 🥬 One batch of lettuce seeds? No sign of life. No idea why. I waited over a week. Then I planted another batch. 🥀 The other? Same setup, same type of seeds. They germinated within 24 hours of planting!! #AdventuresInBotany

Beneath the soil, an invisible partnership is happening! Mycorrhizal fungi form an underground network that connects to plant roots, helping them absorb water and nutrients, fight disease, and communicate with neighboring plants. Think of it as nature’s internet for your garden! #AdventuresinBotany

Healthy soil is the foundation of a thriving garden 🌿 Learn the science behind soil texture, pH, nutrients, and how to make your garden beds come alive! Read the full post here: www.adventuresinbotany.com #SoilScience #GardeningTips #HealthySoil #BigIslandGardens #adventuresinbotany

Plant Meme Monday! Happy Monday, plant lovers! 🌿 Here’s a little plant humor to start your week. Tag a friend who’s as obsessed with plants as you are! 😂 #AdventuresinBotany #PlantMemes #MondayMotivation #PlantHumor

Love Grows Here -And So Do Peppers No matter your race, gender, orientation, or background—if you love plants, you're home here. AiB believes in gardens full of diversity—both in people and plants. Love is love. And kindness always matters. #GardensAreForEveryone #AdventuresInBotany #LoveGrowsHere

Your Plant Parent Personality? Let’s have fun—how would you describe your plant parenting style? 🌞 Sunshine and tough love? 💧Obsessively watering and checking every leaf? Drop your “plant parent type” below—bonus points if you’ve named your plants. 😄 #PlantPeople #AdventuresInBotany

This Independence Day, I’m celebrating the kind of freedom that includes everyone—freedom to breathe clean air, grow nourishing food, and live in harmony with the land. #IndependenceDay #PlantYourResistance #GardenForJustice #AdventuresInBotany #GrowRevolution

🌿 Weekly Harvest Report 🌿 This week’s garden haul came in at 10.6 lbs — and it’s as vibrant and varied as ever! How’s your garden this week? What’s thriving in your corner of the world? ##GrowYourOwn #AdventuresInBotany #HawaiianGardening #TowerGardenLife

Your Garden, Your Way—Let’s Make It Happen! Have big garden dreams but don’t know where to start? That’s where I come in! 🌱 I’ll help you create a garden that works for YOU. 📩 DM me or book a consultation. #GardenConsulting #GreenThumbGoals #AdventuresinBotany

Why Cacti Don’t Have Leaves In deserts, leaves are a liability. That’s why cacti evolved without leaves. Instead, their spines help reduce water loss and protect them from hungry animals. Photosynthesis happens in their thick, fleshy stems. #DesertAdaptations #CactusFacts #AdventuresInBotany

Grow What You Can—Even If It’s Just Herbs A few herbs on a windowsill still matter. It’s about remembering you can grow things. That you deserve fresh food. That’s enough to start something beautiful. #StartSmallGrowStrong #HerbGardenRebellion #AdventuresInBotany

🌸 Miltoniopsis Magic 🌸 This gorgeous Miltoniopsis Quintal Time is putting on the show of a lifetime — 10 spikes and over 40 blooms right now! Credit to @quintalfarms for breeding this plant!💗✨ #Miltoniopsis #MiltoniopsisMagic #AdventuresInBotany #OrchidBloom #GrowWhatYouLove #OrchidJoy

Plant Meme Monday! Happy Monday, plant lovers! 🌿 Here’s a little plant humor to start your week. Tag a friend who’s as obsessed with plants as you are! 😂 #AdventuresinBotany #PlantMemes #MondayMotivation #PlantHumor

Dive into the world of rare and unusual orchids! From the ghostly blooms of Dendrophylax lindenii to the smiling face of the monkey orchid, these plants will blow your mind. 🧐 Read the full post here: adventuresinbotany.com/blog/ #RareOrchids #OrchidLove #PlantCollectors #AdventuresinBotany

Meet the showstopper of the tropical garden — Torch Ginger (Etlingera elatior)! With massive, torch-like blooms that come in sizzling shades of red, pink, or coral, this plant looks like it’s straight out of a rainforest. #TorchGinger #EtlingeraElatior #TropicalFlowers #AdventuresInBotany

Plant Trees You’ll Never Sit Under Planting a tree today isn’t just gardening—it’s an act of legacy. Of hope. Of refusal to give up on the future. Let’s be ancestors worth remembering. #PlantForTheFuture #LegacyInLeaves #TreePlantingMovement #AdventuresInBotany #HopeTakesRoot

🥑✨ Weekly Harvest Update! ✨🥬 This week’s garden harvest tipped the scale at 12.6 lbs, bringing my June total to 58 pounds of homegrown goodness! 💪🌿 What are you harvesting right now? Drop your garden wins below! ⬇️ #AdventuresInBotany #GrowWhatYouEat #TropicalGardening

Confused About Your Garden? Let’s Fix That! Garden consulting can save you time, money, and frustration! Book your personalized garden troubleshooting session today and watch your plants thrive! 🌱✨ 📩 DM me to book. #GardenCoaching #SustainableGardening #AdventuresinBotany

Give Your Soil a Check-Up Healthy plants start with healthy soil! At least once a year, test your soil’s pH and nutrient levels. You can get a simple at-home test kit or send a sample to your local extension office. #SoilHealth #GardenTips #KnowYourSoil #AdventuresInBotany

The world feels heavy right now. Bombs are falling. Food prices are rising. And fear is spreading faster than truth. But every seed we plant is a choice to build rather than destroy. A way to feed ourselves and our neighbors when systems fail us. #GrowResilience #GardensNotWar #AdventuresInBotany

I just planted a fresh batch of lettuce seeds that will go into hydroponic tower #2 — which is almost done printing! 🛠️✨ #HydroponicGarden #AdventuresInBotany #LettuceGrow #3DPrintingMagic #GardeningInnovation #GrowYourGreens #SustainableLiving #HomegrownFood #ModernHomesteading

Leaves: More Than Just Pretty Decorations Leaves aren’t just for show. They are the food factories of the plant world, converting sunlight into sugars through photosynthesis. But some have gone far beyond that. #PlantAdaptations #Photosynthesis #AdventuresInBotany

Try hydroponics! This beginner's guide explains how hydroponics works, which system is right for you, and how to get started at home. Read the post here: www.adventuresinbotany.com/blog #Hydroponics #SoillessGardening #HawaiiGardening #GrowYourOwnFood #AdventuresinBotany

Plant Meme Monday! Happy Monday, plant lovers! 🌿 This one is really just sweet, not so much funny. Hope you enjoy it anyway! Tag a friend who’s as obsessed with plants as you are! 😂 #AdventuresinBotany #PlantMemes #MondayMotivation #PlantHumor

What’s Blooming Where You Are? 🌸 What’s blooming in your garden right now? Snap a quick photo or just drop a name in the comments—I’d love to see what nature’s showing off near you! Check out the video to see a little of what's blooming in my gardens. #BloomWatch #GardenLife #AdventuresInBotany

Tonight’s dinner- chicken, goat cheese & blackberry salad made with hydroponic lettuce straight from the garden—and WOW. I’m not saying the lettuce is the star of the show, but… it’s pretty great Recipe for the salad: www.closetcooking.com/blackberry-b... #HydroponicHarvest #AdventuresInBotany

🦋 Flower Power Friday: Milkweed 💚 This wildflower is the ultimate Monarch magnet, and its quirky blooms bring major charm to any pollinator patch. #FlowerPowerFriday #NativePlants #AdventuresInBotany

I’m really excited about this new to me variety of pepper called Pippin’s Golden Honey. The purple flowers are pretty and I can’t wait for the colored peppers! #sweetpeppers #heirloompeppers #juneteenth #adventuresinbotany

🌿 Weekly Harvest Update 🌿 Normally I do a picture collage of some of my harvest, but this week we ate most of it -except the bananas that I just harvested 🫛this week it’s a video of the lualualei beans, they grow crazy fast! #GardenHarvest #AdventuresInBotany #lualualeibeans #HydroponicSuccess

🖤❤️💚 Honoring Juneteenth 🖤❤️💚 This blog post was featured on the Chicago Botanic Garden site in 2023, it features African American heirloom crops, www.chicagobotanic.org/blog/plants_... #Juneteenth #FreedomDay #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory #AdventuresInBotany

You Don’t Need to Be an Expert to Start You don’t need a degree or a perfect plan to grow something. You’ll learn as you go, just like every great gardener did. Let’s resist perfectionism and celebrate messy, joyful beginnings. #BeginnerGardenersWelcome #JustStartGrowing #AdventuresInBotany

How Plants Know When to Bloom Have you ever wondered how plants know exactly when to bloom? It’s all thanks to a process called photoperiodism. Plants measure the length of day vs. night to know when it's time to flower #PlantScience #AdventuresInBotany #PlantNerd

This little pollinator was busy gathering nectar today, and I love watching them work. Basil flowers might be tiny, but they’re an amazing food source for bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects. #PollinatorLove #BasilForBees #GardenEcosystem #SaveTheBees #AdventuresinBotany

Water Deeply, Not Frequently Instead of shallow daily watering, try deeper, less frequent sessions. This trains roots to grow downward in search of water, making your plants more drought-tolerant and resilient. Bonus: it saves water too! #WaterWise #SmartGardening #DeepWatering #AdventuresInBotany

Your garden isn’t one climate—it’s many! ☀️🌬🌧 Whether you live on the Big Island or the mainland, learn how to harness backyard microclimates to grow more successfully. Read more here: www.adventuresinbotany.com/blog #Microclimates #HawaiiGardening #BackyardTips #AdventuresinBotany

Plant Meme Monday! Happy Monday, plant lovers! 🌿 Here’s a little plant humor to start your week. Tag a friend who’s as obsessed with plants as you are! 😂 #AdventuresinBotany #PlantMemes #MondayMotivation #PlantHumor

Every time we grow our own food, we take power back—from broken food systems, corporate control, and environmental destruction. It’s not just a hobby—it’s a quiet revolution. #GrowFoodNotGreed #GardenForJustice #PlantingIsPolitical #FoodIsFreedom #AdventuresInBotany #GrowWithLove

🌿 Weekly Harvest Update 🌿 This week I harvested just over 11 lbs of food! 🍅 As usual a few tomatoes, lots more peppers almost a full pound of lualualei beans, and TWO more surprise avocados! 🥑 #GardenHarvest #GrowYourOwnFood #WeeklyHarvest #AdventuresInBotany #HydroponicSuccess

Gardening is ancient. And the more we share what we know, the more we break cycles of disconnection. Teach your neighbor. Show a kid how to grow something. Pass it on. That’s how we grow a better world. #PlantKnowledgeIsPower #TeachToResist #GardenAndGiveBack #AdventuresInBotany #GrowTogether

Why Do Some Flowers Smell Sweet and Others Stink? Foral fragrance is surprisingly strategic. Sweet-smelling flowers often attract pollinators like bees or butterflies. But those funky, even rotten smells? They’re for beetles or flies. #BotanyFacts #AdventuresInBotany #WhyFlowersSmell

Nature should never be a luxury. Everyone deserves clean air, green space, safe water, and the joy of growing something. We believe in gardens for all—not just those who can afford land or fences. Environmental justice is social justice. #GreenSpacesForAll #AdventuresInBotany #JusticeInTheGarden