Did I get all my chores done this weekend? Absolutely not. Did I spend many hours sitting in my wildflower lawn taking pictures of pollinators? Absolutely. Any regrets? Absolutely not #bloomscroll #nativeplants #nativepollinators #mentalhealth

Caught the activity at my work pollinator garden that I helped design and install. It is seriously all about the muticum right now. So many pollinators! Black digger wasps were everywhere and they are so stunning. #nativepollinators #bloomscroll #homegrownnationalpark

Caught this beautiful native bee pollinating Diervilla lonicera (northern bush honeysuckle). Look at those full pollen pouches and the pollen particles visible on her face #nativeplants #nativepollinators #bloomscroll

Happy Friday-yay! Here’s a bumblebee working hard to pollinate hydrangea arborescens pinky pollen ring and living up to’busy as a bee’. She definitely has full pollen pouches. #homegrownnationalpark #bloomscrolling #nativepollinators

Happy 4th! I don’t have really enough red and blue blooming right now so let’s hear it for the yellow and white summer stunners #nativeplants #nativepollinators #mentalhealth #bloomscrolling

Strolling through my city garden in my pjs with my coffee spotted monarda media - Purple bergamot? It’s growing where m fistulosa and m didyma dare not tread. Blue flag irises, sensitive fern and blue lobelia all create a backdrop #nativeplants #gardenwithcoffee #bloomscrolling #mentalhealth

Is there anything cuter than bees squeezing into flowers? Bee and beardtongue #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #nativepolinators #homegrownnationalpark #gardening #mentalhealth

Happy Sunday! Here’s a morning bee dance! #nativeplants #nativebees #homegrownnationalpark #bloomscrolling

Found plant!!! Beautiful Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica) that I planted last year and totally forgot about- gorgeous probably because of my neglect, growing on a hill in shade ❤️ #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #homegrownnationalpark

If you have a spot that can go wild, Virginia rose is your plant. It sends runners everywhere so be prepared. It is just so beautiful! #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #homegrownnationalpark

Metallic green sweat bees and evening primrose- a match made in nature 💕 #homegrownnationalpark #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #nativepollinators #intothegarden

Ninebark is absolutely beautiful but holy guacamole! Octopussy anyone? This specimen is 3 years old - sleep, creep and take over the town! 😊 #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #homegrownnationalpark

Does anyone else have issues with editing? This bed is beautiful, healthy and green but obviously a little close to the house. The width is limited by my lot size and gate access to the backyard. How do you decide what lives or moves? Plus the backyard is equally full #bloomscrolling #mentalhealth

Weather in New England today is winterish but I was at a plant sale yesterday - new plants & spaces was a mental health relief. If you are in the southern nh/mass are stop by grownativemass.org plant sale. Some beautiful self- heal was still available (under tents) #nativeplants #bloomscrolling

Nothing like a beautiful day in the garden to restore some balance to mental health. These short beauties were hiding under the mayapple- bird’s foot violet #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #mentalhealth

My mother in law passed away today. Mental illness for our elderly is a real problem in this country. She was ready but I was not. Hug your people close #mentalhealth #nativeplants

Spring is what’s up! All the colors blooming today- robin’s plantain, violets, bluets and woodland phlox. Several bunnies stop here 😊 #humanegardener #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #homegrownnationalpark

Native plants sometimes blow my mind. I have been stressed so was spending much needed time in the garden. I see this bloom - a native rhody! There was one here but it was destroyed - no shred left - yet looking beautiful and about to burst! #bloomscrolling #mentalhealth #homegrownnationalpark

Finally blooms in the northeast! Excellent groundcovers showing off their stuff - tiarella cordifolia (foam flower), dicentra eximia (bleeding heart) and geum fragarioides (barren strawberry) #bloomscrolling #homegrownnationalpark #shadegarden #gardenmentalhealth

Nature planted this wild geranium and wild bee balm and I must say, I kind of dig it. #homegrownnationalpark #nativeplants #bloomscrolling

Signs of spring! And your cue in the northeast to plant some yarrow in your yard or lawn - #nativeplants #bloomscroll #homegrownnationalpark

Spring fever! Still a foot of snow in some places but signs of green and good native plant options if you want all year greenery #bloomscrolling #greenscaping #nativeplants #homegrownnationalpark

In the 30s but lots of snow so busy planning and dreaming of spring beauties #nativeplants #mentalhealth #bloomscroll

Another weekend to while away the hours with mundane tasks like laundry- and spring dreaming! I have happy packera aurea to move - but where? And a shade garden to reimagine. Grateful for the opportunity to rest and reset #mentalhealth #shadegarden #nativeplants #bloomscroll

Anyone else dreading being stuck in the house during a winter storm with the constant news sucking? At least there’s football, bunnies and spring planting planning! #gardening #nativeplants #bloomscroll

Someone posted don’t give cats/dogs) as Xmas presents. Maybe any living, breathing being that requires love, sacrifice and care is not a present. Lucy the bunny is 12 and probably cost us a house in vet bills. We are lucky to be her hoomins. And yes she is judging us #housebunny #adoptdon’tshop

Goldenrod is so beautiful in all its phases. Still blooming in November and some beautiful fluffy seed heads. #bloomscroll #nativeplants #homegrownnationalpark

Still blooming after a frost (or two). Actually saw a tiny pollinator on the asters. If you plant, they will grow! #bloomscrolling #homegrownnationalpark #nativeplants

Why are there so many goldenrods? So bees always have a place to nap #homegrownnationalpark #bloomscroll #nativeplants

Big bee and little flower - heart-leaved aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) This beautiful flower loves shade. It’s the first plant that showed up when I started removing lawn. #nativeplants #nativepollinators #bloomscroll

Hump day bloom scroll: New York ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis). Feel free to put this towering beauty everywhere #bloomscroll #monarchs #nativeplants

Friday rush hour #nativeplants #nativepollinators #everyplantmatters #homegrownnationalpark

Should you plant goldenrods? Yes! And be a hero to migrating monarchs. Here’s showy goldenrod putting on a show for monarch butterflies and other pollinators #nativeplants #nativepollinators #homegrownnationalpark #mentalhealth

Hmm…what looks good for dinner? #monarchs #nativeplants #nativepollinators #reducethelawn

Mentally I am struggling. My neighbors used to be awesome but they are now using rodenticides and pesticides - fighting feelings of hopelessness and anxiety. Focusing on what I CAN DO helps. These cats appreciate the safe space #nativeplants #nativepollinators #homegrownnationalpark

I spotted this tattered great spangled fritillary feeding on tall garden phlox today. She briefly stopped on iron weed before flying off- remarkably resilient and strong in spite of the damaged wings. The tales this butterfly could tell #mentalhealth #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #nativepollinators

My favorite pollinator! They are usually out earlier- it’s been a weird season. Great Golden Digger wasps are beautiful!! Shown on that amazing powerhouse pycnanthemum muticum (mountain mint) #nativeplants #nativepollinators #bloomscrolling #homegrownnationalpark

For some reason, I put lots of milkweed (three types) in my garden and yet the monarchs prefer the random ones that sprout in my lawn. I am so glad no mow 2025 continues. #nativepollinators #nativeplants

Just another day, just another bee. Chelone lyonii ‘hot lips’ or pink turtlehead getting buzz pollinated #nativeplants #nativepollinators #homegrownnationalpark

After a day in the office, here’s a video of a bee trying to squeeze into a white turtlehead (chelone glabra) bloom. #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #homegrownnationalpark

Sunday afternoon bee butt-palooza. Native white turtlehead, ‘hot lips’ turtle head, blue lobelia and obedient plant are some favorites at this time of year. #nativeplants #nativepollinators #homegrownnationalpark

There were two monarchs in my yard this morning. One breezed off but the other stayed, resting on leaves and drinking nectar from favorites Joe Pye Weed (maculatum?) and rose milkweed. Keep planting- it made a difference to this tattered beauty #monarch #nativeplants

I was having a bad day and solicitors knocked on my door. I was going to send them away but then I noticed the younger of the two couldn’t keep his eyes off the bees on shrubby St. John’s wort. No siding was purchased but a great conversation. Every plant matters and makes a difference #nativeplants

Just bloom strolling on a lovely Saturday. Love these beauties. Every plant helps #nativeplants #homegrownnationalpark

Is there anything cuter than resting bumblebees? Here is a montage of these adorable and amazing pollinators seeking refuge during this extreme heat in the northeast: blunt mountain mint, butterfly weed and swamp Milkweed #reducethelawn #nativeplants

I’m definitely a chaos gardener living by a plant Hippocratic oath-first do no harm. This means plants grow where they can and I seldom move a happy plant just to keep the yard ‘tidy’. Here’s asclepias incarnata growing by the curb being enjoyed by bumblebees. There’s always room #nativeplants

Finally the monarchs have arrived- the good kind! As always they show a strong preference for the butterfly weed I let grow in my front yard. No mow 2025 continues 😀 #nomorelawn #nativeplants #monarch

Pollinators love Pycnanthemum virginianum (slender mountain mint) - it smells great if you place it along a path. #nativeplants

When it feels hopeless, I force myself to get up and out - out to the garden. These beautiful insects using my plants fuel my soul to keep going. Early sunflower, Shrubby St John’s Wort and Pearly Everlasting with American or Painted Lady caterpillar frass. #nativeplants #mentalhealth

The diversity in form and color of Asclepius Tuberosa (aka butterfly weed) is amazing. Plants understand diversity makes them stronger #nativeplants #plantdiversity