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Hey all! Don't miss 30th of May as the next HortusFox version 5.0 will be released on that date!
Stay tuned!
With my post today, witness the beauty of photinia’s vibrant red foliage.
Read it here: https://discovermyeurope.eu/the-stunning-transformation-of-photinias-new-red-leaves/
Aussie orchid turns heads with gold at world's most prestigious flower show
By Syan Vallance
A display of Australian Great Sun Orchids at London's Chelsea Flower Show is awarded a gold medal by the Royal Horticultural Society's notoriously strict judging team.
ABC News · Aussie orchid turns heads at London's prestigious Chelsea Flower Show
While on the UGA campus yesterday I learned there are other varieties of spicebush. One has white flowers! 
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(unegv nodatsi)
Iris Tall Bearded 'Suky' (Clarence Mahan, 1988)
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany
#Iris Tall Bearded Benton 'Deirdre' (Sir Cedric Morris, R. 1946)
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany
#Iris Tall Bearded Benton 'Deirdre' (Sir Cedric Morris, R. 1946)
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany
Upper pitcher on Nepenthes longifolia, a rare in the wild and equally rare in cultivation Sumatrana pitcher plant with a long controversial taxonomic history. It is a very distinctive plant however, with long tendrils and often richly plum colored pitchers.
#nepenthes #pitcherplant #carnivorousplants #plants #strangeplants #rareplants #botany #horticulture #educational #nature #gardening
#nepenthes #pitcherplant #carnivorousplants #plants #strangeplants #rareplants #botany #horticulture #educational #nature #gardening
[Reposting a very cool blog chapter by @nannnsss@social.lol 
before it gets lost in the depths of the internet]
"Imposter farmer?"
February 11th, 2025
It feels cliche to say, but ever since I can remember, I've wanted to grow food for people. I've spent the last 20 years growing it for myself and my family, but regardless of how fulfilling my personal gardening endeavors went, there was always an itch to do more. But... call myself a farmer? Oof.
This year is the first year that I have access to a large swath of land to grow food on. In July, I moved onto 80 acres with my friends to mold and shape the land into a community resource: event space, ecological learning, conservation, and yep, growing food.
To say I'm excited about the opportunity would be an understatement, yet whenever the chance arises to call myself a farmer, I pause. And feel a pit in my stomach. And it's not because I think ill of farmers - farmers are rad. I couldn't figure out exactly why, until I took a closer look at some internalized capitalism that was stuck inside me: there isn't much social capital in barely making ends meet growing food. Sometimes there are no days off. Plants can be finnicky and pests, detrimental. Industrialized food is less expensive. Climate change is a real threat to food production. It's hard work and very little external validation. So, why the heck would I want to farm?
To say farming is stigmatized seems a bit hyperbolic, but it's not lauded like high-paying, college-educated careers - the careers I was told I should be working toward. That's to say, if I told people I was going back to school to become an engineer or nurse, I can't imagine I'd be met with the same skepticism and doubt that I have in sharing I want to grow food.
For me, growing food is a radical act. Farms are weavers of community, connection, reciprocity, and liberation - they connect us to the land and to each other with the abundance they provide while directly countering oppressive, exclusionary systems. Farms are magic. I know this because I feel it every time I harvest a vegetable. Every time I see the diversity of life alongside me as I tend to the land - the birds, the bugs, the soil, the water. The work is hard and uncertain, sure. But for me, so is an office job with a toxic culture.
It's becoming easier, saying that I am a farmer. And although I'm only in my first year of "farming", I've been a farmer in my soul for much longer. Navigating the shame around choosing farming has made it clear how important finding like-minded, young, radical farmers is for me. Similarly, so is connecting with seasoned farmers that are eager to teach the newbies all the things we didn't know that we don't know. I feel motivated to make this work - or at least give it my all to say I tried. So, yes. I am a farmer. And I'm absolutely ecstatic to finally say that.
Curious to see my farm plans? Visit Dirtfolk Farm (@nannnsss@homestead.social)
pixel dirtimposter farmer? - pixel dirt
#Iris Tall Bearded 'The Flash' (Chuck Chapman 2021)
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany
Being a horticulturist during summers and artist in the winter allows me to fully experience seasons differently.
One of the “social benefits” at my tree nursery job is to bring home all sorts of bouquets and flowers. Something I feel is pretty cool.
Volunteers that were in our garden when we moved in and have been encouraged to self-seed. Unlike the usual columbines we see, these have no upward-pointing spurs.
#Aquilegia
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