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Our next Thursday Night Nature is Aug. 17, 7 to 8 pm! During Gardening for Wildlife: Selecting Native Plants for Pollinators and Songbirds, Desiree Narango, Ph.D., will speak about her recent research studying how landscaping practices influence wildlife in residential settings. Specifically, this talk will focus on her work comparing native and non-native plant species and plant preferences by butterflies, bees and birds. https://lnkd.in/eJ2nZsPH
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#nationaltreeweek The celebration goes on! 🌳 It may be the last day of National Tree Week, the annual celebration of trees but that shouldn’t stop you from planting and appreciating trees. Trees are the workhorses of nature, reducing greenhouse emissions, releasing oxygen for us all to breathe, natural barriers to sound pollution, as well as being a home for wildlife and a food source for wildlife and humans. 👀 Did you know a mature tree produces enough oxygen for 10 people. 😮 Even a small garden planting scheme can benefit from a tree, you just need to select a suitable variety that will not outgrow its surroundings. Read our Viridis Plants for Purpose “Trees for Small Gardens” for more information and guidance on suitable trees. https://buff.ly/36daZ5d 🌲 Our experienced horticulturists and sales team are always on hand to offer advice on suitable trees and plants for your next project. enquiries@viridisplants.co.uk #nationaltreeweek #gardensourcebook #SGDgardensourcebook #gardensourcebookbySGD #sourcebookbySGD #SGD #societyofgardendesigners #gardendesignprofessionals #professionalgardendesigner #globalgardendesign #gardendesign #gardendesigners #landscaping #landscapegardendesign #gardeninterest #planting #gardenimpact #gardendesigner #gardeninspiration #horticulture #trees #plantsforpurpose #viridisrecommends
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#nationaltreeweek The celebration goes on! 🌳 It may be the last day of National Tree Week, the annual celebration of trees but that shouldn’t stop you from planting and appreciating trees. Trees are the workhorses of nature, reducing greenhouse emissions, releasing oxygen for us all to breathe, natural barriers to sound pollution, as well as being a home for wildlife and a food source for wildlife and humans. 👀 Did you know a mature tree produces enough oxygen for 10 people. 😮 Even a small garden planting scheme can benefit from a tree, you just need to select a suitable variety that will not outgrow its surroundings. Read our Viridis Plants for Purpose “Trees for Small Gardens” for more information and guidance on suitable trees. https://buff.ly/36daZ5d 🌲 Our experienced horticulturists and sales team are always on hand to offer advice on suitable trees and plants for your next project. enquiries@viridisplants.co.uk #nationaltreeweek #gardensourcebook #SGDgardensourcebook #gardensourcebookbySGD #sourcebookbySGD #SGD #societyofgardendesigners #gardendesignprofessionals #professionalgardendesigner #globalgardendesign #gardendesign #gardendesigners #landscaping #landscapegardendesign #gardeninterest #planting #gardenimpact #gardendesigner #gardeninspiration #horticulture #trees #plantsforpurpose #viridisrecommends
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I'M NOT A HORTICULTURALIST I'm a horticulturist. I'm seeing horticulturalist thrown around a bit more lately, but according to the Oxford English Dictionary, it's not even a word. https://lnkd.in/ggREnC2P This follows a pattern with other professions. A person is a psychologist, not a psychologicalist. A person is a meteorologist, not a meteorologicalist. A person is a botanist, not a botanicalist. A person is a sociologist, not a sociologicalist. You get the idea. So, be a horticulturist. Not a horticulturalist. It flows better, and in the industry it makes you sound more professional. #horticulture #garden #gardening #plants #nature 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 🌱 Every weekend, I send out a newsletter to 1000+ gardeners where I share skills to help them grow. Cultivate your skills by subscribing at https://lnkd.in/gSXJA6mn.
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It’s #WildlifeWednesday and some Shine Pix Ltd coverage for fab clients Garden Organic A GREEN-FINGERED charity in Warwickshire is urging gardeners to act now to halt the ‘dangerous’ drop in wildlife across the country. A new research paper from Ryton-based Garden Organic and the HENRY DOUBLEDAY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION shows urban gardens can play a major role in restoring lost wildlife such as birds and insects. The study, Every Garden Matters, says small steps in backyards, balconies and allotments – such as planting a wider diversity of plants, improving soil health and creating habitats – can have a major impact on wildlife numbers. The research organisation and charity says gardeners can help stop and reverse a trend which has seen a 13 per cent decline in overall wildlife numbers in the UK since the 1970s. https://lnkd.in/eCHTPXud #wildlife #gardening #plants #organic #photographer #pressphotographer #savethebees #bees #insects #pollinators #westmidlands
Green-fingered Warwickshire charity urges gardeners to help address ‘dangerous’ wildlife decline
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Did you know that our large Gardenia jasminoides is grafted? Grafted plants tend to be more vigorous and produce more and larger flowers than on their own roots. 🎥: Matt F., Horticulturist Video description: horticulturist standing next to a large Gardenia. He is pointing out the large white flowers and the white graft mark on the trunk. #SmithsonianGardens #Gardenia #Horticulture #TropicalPlants
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Making Friends with Molluscs. 🐌 Slugs and snails, often seen as the arch-nemesis of green thumbs everywhere, actually deserve a second look. 👀 With around 150 species in the UK, only a handful of these slimy critters are garden party crashers. The rest? They're your backyard's unsung heroes! Instead of waging war, why not embrace these little garden helpers? You'll not only be greener, but also join the ranks of those who see the sluggish side of life in a whole new light. Think of them as nature's tidy-up team. 🧹 These molluscs munch on decaying plants, fungi and dung, recycling nutrients back into the soil. They're also known for their window cleaning skills, scrubbing algae off greenhouse glass and leaving their signature shiny trails! Plus, they're a top menu item for favourite garden guests like frogs, song thrushes, ground beetles, and hedgehogs. 🦔 By being slug and snail supporters, gardeners become champions of a diverse wildlife community. 🐸 And let's not forget those territorial leopard slugs, playing bouncer to other slugs, keeping your plants nibble-free. It's time to give slugs and snails the credit they deserve! 👏 Go Wild about Gardens this spring and apply for our Wildlife Gardening Award. Gardening for wildlife doesn’t need to be complicated and there are many simple ways of inviting wildlife in. Visit the webpage for more ideas and to apply for your award. 👇 https://lnkd.in/efYpWYVj #wildlifegardening #wildaboutgardens #slugsandsnails
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Founder, The Natural Garden | Horticultural Associate Producer BBC 1’s Garden Rescue | Horticulturalist | Writer | Presenter | Rewilding, organic and regenerative gardens and spaces
Which came first, the butterfly or the caterpillar? If this were a philosophy course I’d be able to give an erudite answer to that question but what I do know is… There are three times more named insect species than all other creatures put together (this is only estimated to be a fifth of the actual number) and they carry out all sorts of function including pollinating flowers. Most of the current conversation about nature based gardening or wildlife gardening in the media, from plant sellers and gardeners themselves is focused on plants for pollinators, to feed insects that pollinate the flowers and trees in our garden, and of course the crop species for food production. This is very important, but equally important are the insect herbivores, often the larvae of pollinating insects, and for the birds that are likely to visit our gardens, the sole diet of their hatchlings. These insect herbivores are more often than not specialist feeders, meaning that they have very few plants that they are able to eat, these being the plants that they evolved with, otherwise known as native plants. In the words of the esteemed entomologist Doug Tallamy ‘to have butterflies, we need to make butterflies’. The photo shows the larvae, not of a butterfly, but a cinnabar moth that feeds solely on ragwort. This is an edited snippet from ‘Plants, insects and how they live together’ section 3 of ‘An Introduction to the Natural Garden’ course. https://lnkd.in/dza7ewFj In which we look at the important relationship between plants and insects, and ask questions such as: What is a native plant? Why garden with native plants? What benefits do native plants offer to our ecology? What is a pollinating insect? What is an insect herbivore and why are they important? What is a weed? What part does our garden have to play in rewilding? Only 7 days left to take advantage of the launch offer of 30% off with coupon code Offer30, so don’t miss out! #ecology #naturerecovery #rewilding
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#Pedilanthus #Euphorbia tithymaloides is commonly called devil's backbone in reference to the zigzag stems that purportedly resemble a spinal column. It is also called redbird cactus for the shape of the red birdlike whorl of bracts below the flowers. The stems bleed copious amounts of poisonous milky latex if cut. There are varieties of plants with variegated or reddish leaves. It can be grown i pots, indoors, or on rockeries. Botany, Horticulture, & Ecology of Lawns & Garden Plants - Content Creation, Planting Designs, Plan and Execution Guidance for landscaping gardens. We help in ✍️ Content Creation for Nurseries & Landscaping Companies 🎨 Articles for Blogs,Websites,& Instagram 🔐 Planting Designs, Plans and Execution Guidance for landscaping gardens. 🎁 Marketing Support for Lawns & plants #gardening #indoorplants #floweringplants #landscaping #plantnursery #terracegarden #lawn #treetransplanting #urbangarden #lawnsandplants #treelovers #flowers #landscape #reels #plantsofinstagram #naturephotography #organicgardens #organicgardening #organic #flowers #flowerphotography #plants #nature #containergardening #gardeningtips #homegarden #gardeningisfun
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All this talk about gardening recently had me trying to locate my old copy of Sunset's "Western Garden Book," which is probably the best book I've ever come across to use as an atlas for finding plants when planning a landscape/garden. It breaks plants down by USDA climate zone, plant type (small/medium/large trees, shrubs, groundcovers, etc.), and even has categories for attracting (or deterring) various kinds of wildlife (bees, butterflies, etc.). It only covers the Western United States, but the great thing about the west coast is that it contains just about every climate zone in the world. When I finally found the book, I found two others that were always a great resource for me on propagation. Hartmann & Kester's "Plant Propagation" is more of a science-based textbook. The American Horticultural Society's "Plant Propagation" is tailored to your average gardener and works basically like an atlas for propagating tons of common plants. It's got lots of generalized info in there too. The two actually compliment each other quite well. If you've got any really great horticulture literature, please share in the comments. I'm always down for a deep dive. #horticulture #botany
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