INPS Native Plant Sale
Saturday, September 27, 2025
10am - 2pm
Holliday Park Nature Center
6363 Spring Mill Rd, Indianapolis
Full details: www.eventbrite.com/e/inps-centr...
Advanced registration not required.
Black-eyed Susans blooming in my yard for the first time. Rudbeckia hirta
Don't store snow globes where they could freeze. I lost one my grandparents gave me years ago that froze and busted.
Old oak tree with twisted branches in autumn woodland of ancient oaks
A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳
Indiana Native Plant Society joined Bluesky
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Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) plant in a garden, blooming with purple flowers.
This is one of the Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) plants I grew from winter sowing last year. Most of my garden is open woodland but there's a small area where this is planted that gets afternoon/evening sun.
Quote from Doug Tallamy superimposed over a photo of a native plant meadow at sunset: ”If half of American lawns were replaced with native plants, the collective impact would be staggering. We could create the equivalent of a 20-million-acre national park - nine times larger than Yellowstone National Park or 100 times larger than Shenandoah National Park.”
Words have power
The giant hornets, dubbed "murder hornets", that arrived in Washington in 2019 have been declared eradicated. It's a nice success story of how our coordinated efforts can help fight invasive species.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/u...
A squirrel lovingly places its paw on the side of another squirrel's face.
I don't have any pets atm but here's a picture of two cute squirrels. The one squirrel is telling her friend that it's okay to feel anxious before surgery.
Soon you'll be recovering and on your way to feeling better.
It's wonderful you are helping take care of Sepulveda Basin. A dear friend of mine who used to live across the freeway would often go there to photograph wildlife and enjoy nature. The preserve was a special place for her before she moved back home to Indiana a few years ago.
Thank you. 💚
Pink buds opening to bell-shaped light purple-blue flowers in the foreground with bright green ovate leaves in the background
"If our landscapes all look the same from state to state and country to country--using the same plants in the same ways--we lose our sense of self, place, and compassion for the community as a whole." Benjamin Vogt in A New Garden Ethic
Spring ephemeral mertensia virginica; my garden April '24
If you have trouble remembering to put alt text you can go to the accessibility settings and set it to MAKE YOU include alt text. so helpful!
Indiana by 3
I'd always wondered how well the cocoons handle being moved. The majority of my back yard I don't touch the leaves. I do have some small areas where I remove them (patio and formal landscaping), but they go into a pile at the back of the property. I will try to be gentle about moving them.
Friends! #nativeplants people! In collaboration with @beechhollow.bsky.social I put together a starter pack of North American native plants people. If you often post content about your garden, trail sightings, or other cool stuff about indigenous flora, msg me to join. go.bsky.app/MWY25jQ
Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead) in bloom
Asclepias incarnata (Rose Milkweed) in bloom
Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine/Wood Poppy) in bloom
Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower) in bloom
Just a few of the native plants blooming in my woodland garden this year.
Last year I was intentional about leaving the leaves in my back yard. Wow, was I ever rewarded by the show of fireflies this summer! I also saw Luna and White-lined Sphinx moths for the first time at my home.
I made a blocklist for some of the new showing up to troll anti trans folks. No oxygen for these schmoes! bsky.app/profile/did:...
hit "subscribe" then "block" to block all these accounts. the vast majority of these accounts have a single, transphobic post. the rest are trumpists or "here to troll the crybabies." i'll keep adding to it when i have time!