Intense pinky-purple garden vibes tonight🩷💜 #physostegiavirginiana #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱

A wet, sleepy bee on Riddell's goldenrod and an Isabella tiger moth caterpillar trying to devour all the flowers🐛 #Pyrrharctiaisabella #bombus #pollinators #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #solidagoriddellii #elsasallnativeyard #mynativeoasis

Witch-hazel has the coolest fall flowers💛 #Hamamelisvirginiana #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱

Chubby little lemon cuckoo bumbler can't wait for that bud to open🤣🐝💜 #symphyotrichumnovaeangliae #nativeplants #bombuscitrinus #bloomscrolling #pollinators #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark #Michigangardening 🌱

This was big bluestem's year to shine in my garden. Planted as a wee babe in 2021, these are the first turkey feet I've seen! He also finally reached 6 feet this year and had a beautiful blue hue😍 #Andropogongerardii #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation

🔍Found today at work🌻 #NorthStarGardensGaylord #danausplexippus #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #Helianthusannuus #pollinators

Hot out the chrysalis🐛 #danausplexippus #milkweedformonarchs #biodiversityconservation #pollinatorgardener #homegrownnationalpark #nativeplants #nature #Michigangardening 🌱

🐸♥️🐸 #hylaversicolor #nativeplants #asclepiassyriaca #pollinatorgardener #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark

Who else's prairie looks fabulously messy at the end of the season? 🐦Birds are loving the seeds, 🐝bumblebees are clinging to the blooms, and I can't wait for it to be even bigger and better next year! #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation #mynativeoasis

The view looking back at my guest room window isn't too shabby either! Pink Turtleheads, black-eyed susans, brown-eyed susans, and large leaf asters are all in bloom. Swamp milkweed pods had to photobomb🌸 #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation

I never hang out in our extra bedroom, but I sat down on the bed the other day and looked out the window. I love the view! I should probably look at my garden more from that window. Even my new rescue bed in front doesn't look too shabby🌻 #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #biodiversityconservation 🌱

Aster appreciation post🌼 These end of the season pollinator powerhouses just keep blooming. In our yard, we have arrow-leaf, large-leaf, shining, New England, and new to me this year, Cotton Candy ass, ahem... aster. Labels in alt text #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #biodiversityconservation

I love it when my flowers all comingle. Rosinweed, nonobedient plant and blue vervain🌻 #silphiumintegrifolium #physostegiavirginiana #verbenahastata #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation

💜Ooooh, my blue (read: neon light purple) mistflower has started blooming!!! 😍😍😍😍 I have a lot of great fall bloomers from the aster family: many kinds of asters, goldenrod, blue mistflower, boneset, coneflowers, yarrow, Joe pye, etc🌱 #Conocliniumcoelestinum #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #asteraceae

Enjoying the last few days of my ladies here in Northern Michigan. The gents have already flown south. #gaylordmichigan #Michigangardening 🌱 #hummingbirds #pollinators

Come see why I can get lost in the bee sounds in our native pollinator paradise🥰🐛🐝 #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #danausplexippus #bombus #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation

👋 🐛 #danausplexippus #milkweedformonarchs #asclepiasincarnata #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation #Michigangardening 🌱

Pretty excited to watch some bumblers shove themselves inside and wiggle back out🥰🐝 The turtles are blooming! #chelone #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #Michigangardening #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation

My first winter back in MI (21/22) I sowed my first couple lion's foot seeds from Prairie Moon♥️🌾 Those two plants just started blooming for the first time, and they're fabulous! 4 feet tall and majestic in my shady garden. #prenanthesalba #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #biodiversityconservation

Golds on gold🌼 🐝Eastern bumbler & goldenrod soldier beetle #bombusimpatiens #solidago #Chauliognathuspensylvanicus #pollinators #nativeplants #gardening #homegrownnationalpark #bloomscrolling #biodiversityconservation

Any other kleptobotanists here? My wee haul from yesterday: 5 blue cohosh berries & 7 white baneberries. Also, it was a good thing I was headed to work because that jewelweed looked like it wanted to walk home with me. But I don't usually swipe plants... just seeds! #nativeplants #savenativeseeds

Pics from a fabulous short hike along the Boyne River today after an ankle appointment and before work. I've been spending so much time in my garden and helping my parents that I haven’t hiked (read wandered) all summer. #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature #invertebrates2025 #cheloneglabra #slug

We have a frog in the pond!! Wohoo! He's a handsome Northern leopard frog🐸 🌻 brown-eyed susan bloom 🌻 #Lithobatespipiens #nativeplants #rudbeckiatriloba #bloomscrolling #amphibiansky #nature #mynativeoasis

Turned around to catch the INTENSE gaze of a sleepy brown-belted bumbler 👀🐝😉 #bombusgriseocollis #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #eutrochiummaculatum #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark

Caught a great bumbler photobomb this morning by the rosinweed #silphiumintegrifolium 🤣🐝 I had seen the bee put up its leg, but didn’t see the dive bomber until I went through the pics! #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #bugsky #pollinators #bombus #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation

A chonky baby and its poo. So far, a lot of chrysalises in the yard don't look very healthy😔 Every year, I have to remind myself that only 1 of 10 survive to healthy adulthood... so every cat counts! 🐛 #milkweedformonarchs #nativeplants #danausplexippus #bugsky #Michigangardening 🌱 #pollinators

Windy morning in the garden🌬 Cupplant Boneset Purple cones Ironweed Rough blazingstar Brown-eyed susans Blue vervain So many bumblers & an heirloom rainbow tomato 🍅 #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening 🌱 #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation #mynativeoasis

Bumblers in the yard, on Missouri ironweed, rough blazing star, and non-obedient flower. #bombus #pollinators #bugsky #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #Michigangardening #vernoniamissurica #liatrisaspera #physostegiavirginiana

Bumblers on cupplant🌼 #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #bombus #silphiumperfoliatum #biodiversityconservation #homegrownnationalpark

Apparently, word got out! We are an oasis for all creatures🌼 Along with all the kinds of bees, butterflies, and caterpillars in the garden today, we found 3 tiny gray tree frogs 🐸 💚🌸 #Hylaversicolor #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening #biodiversityconservation #echinaceapurpurea

We're getting a new roof this week & I'm out of my mind about all the plants I have around my house. Are they going to smash them all? I already moved all my caterpillar babies to milkweed out in the yard so they're not in danger. #danausplexippus #milkweedformonarchs #bugsky #nativeplants

This tattered little girl visited us today. I love that she feels safe in our pollinator oasis with over 30 milkweed plants and dozens of flowers with nutritious nectar. ♥️Welcome! #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #danausplexippus #milkweedformonarchs #biodiversityconservation #echinaceapurpurea

Giant hyssop bedtime snack for bombus 'bimac' amidst cupplant, joe pye & blue vervain🐝 #bombusbimaculatus #agastachescrophulariifolia #silphiumperfoliatum #eutrochiummaculatum #verbenahastata #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening 🌱 #biodiversityconservation

Dude... those pollen pants🤭 I've never seen pollen piled so high!🏆 #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #bombus #eutrochiummaculatum #pollinators #bugsky #bombusimpatiens

Good morning, my sweet sleeping bumblers🐝💤 Looks like we got a little dew! #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening #silphiumperfoliatum #eupatoriumperfoliatum #eutrochiummaculatum #verbenahastata #bombus

I think some of my blue vervain might have a crush on a cupplant flower🤭 💜"I"ll hold you, baby!"💛 #silphiumperfoliatum #verbenahastata #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening #homegrownnationalpark

💜 #Bombus on #verbenahastata 💜 #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening #nativeplants #pollinators #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation

I told all the 🐝 and 🐛 to hold on tight... a storm is rolling in🌬 All my tall prairie plants look like bobbleheads in the wind🤭 🌱🌻 I don't have enough space to list all the native plants seen here😍 #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #Michigangardening #homegrownnationalpark

Found this rad dude posted up on a maple log that resprouted leaves. He was surprisingly camouflaged and super fuzzy. #catocalaconcumbens #pollinators #bugsky #Michigangardening 🌱

Incoming! Tri-colored bombus flying toward giant yellow hyssop🐝 #bombusternarius #Agastachescrophulariifolia #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #bombus #biodiversityconservation

There are so many bumblers in the yard😍 #bombus #pollinators #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #veronicastrumvirginicum #agastachescrophulariifolia #silphiumperfoliatum #Michigangardening 🌱

Just a few of the dozens🐛😍 They have taken up residence in all forms of milkweed in the yard: common, swamp, poke & butterfly🌿 #asclepiassyriaca #asclepiasincarnata #asclepiasexaltata #asclepiastuberosa #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #danausplexippus #pollinators #Michigangardening

The bumblers have been all over the beebs, culver's root, cupplant, and meadowsweet, creating quite a BUZZ🐝 #bombusbimaculatus #monardafistulosa #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #bugsky #pollinators #Michigangardening #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversityconservation

Came home to over 20 monarch cats in our pollinator paradise🥰🐛 #danausplexippus #milkweedformonarchs #pollinators #bugsky #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #asclepiassyriaca #asclepiasincarnata #homegrownnationalpark

Found this rad native liatris, smallhead blazing star, while hiking in Kentucky. Apparently, they only grow on acidic rocks in the Cumberland plateau. Badass💜 #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #liatrismicrocephala #kickasskentucky #McCrearyCountyKY #DBNF

I feel so special that my hubs will go an hour or two off our route home so we can hike in Daniel Boone National Forest. When I lived here, this was one of my favorite hikes🥰 Natural Arch in Parker's Lake, Kentucky, is geology heaven. #McCrearyCountyKY #DBNF #Kentucky #travel #KYgeology

Planted a persimmon, pomegranate & beautyberry for this little sweetie, and now I shall have Georgia red clay on my shoes forever🤩 It was nice to play in the dirt while it cooled down last night. #foodforest #georgiaclay #ilovetoplayinthedirt

Explored along the Chattahoochee River on Bowman's Island, just south of Buford Dam & Lake Lanier today. I saw a lot of lush native plants but also a Joro spider and a ridiculous amount of Kudzu. Those are the big 'flying' spiders. #travel #nativeplants #Leucothoefontanesiana #spidersky #arachnids

Quick pit stop at one of the many great battlefields of Kentucky. This tiny one, Camp Wildcat, was the first skirmish between the Rebels and the Union forces in the state, defending the old Wilderness Road. #Kentucky #historymatters #travel #civilwarbattlefields #kickasskentucky #CampWildcat

Heading to visit the new grandbaby, and we're camping in Kentucky at Big Bone Lick State Park. I love the hills and sky here. Plus, the history is pretty rad. Can't wait to drive through some of my favorite counties tomorrow! #travel #BigBoneLickStatePark #roadtrip #Kentucky #kickasskentucky