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Bah, humbug. SF shouldn't have laid a grid over the hills; it makes walking and biking the city harder by adding needless elevation change.
But I agree with @… that stair streets lined with gardens are wonderful, as are the view spots in hilltop parks.
Now that we're stuck with this grid, we should make the hills less of a reason for car depen…

"Extinct-in-the-wild plant rediscovered in Sri Lanka thanks to social media"
#SriLanka #SocialMedia #Plants

Extinct-in-the-wild plant rediscovered in Sri Lanka thanks to social media
In 2012, Sri Lanka’s National Red List pronounced the towering Doona ovalifolia tree “extinct in the wild.” Known locally as pini-beraliya, the species lingered only as a single cultivated specimen in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya. For years, that lone tree stood as a melancholy reminder of what had been lost. The species’ unlikely […]

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
GARDENS:
🎵 Turning Tables
#GARDENS
https://thisisgardens.bandcamp.com/track/turning-tables
https://open.spotify.com/track/2xYq0sISWTWQ2XXj3UXyXU

Quarter Century of Collecting Seeds From Around the World Safeguards Them From Extinction https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/quarter-century-of-collecting-seeds-from-around-the-world-safeguards-them-from-extinction/…

Quarter Century of Collecting Seeds From Around the World Safeguards Them From Extinction
After 25 years of diligent work, an English botanic gardens is ready to face whatever reality climate change may throw at us.

[Apropos Felsen in der chinesischen Gartenarchitektur: ein rascher Einblick]
https://www.lanseichina.com/blogs/inspire-through-words/rockeries

7 stones used in Chinese classical gardens as rockeries
There is no Chinese classical garden without stones. The inanimate stones are endowed with meaning far beyond real rocks by traditional Chinese Zen, philosophy and aesthetics. When the ancients built gardens, they gave the rockery a nice name - "掇山" （Picking mountains). Stone selection is the first step in crafting roc

Our paper was featured in a nice article of the Critical Zone Newsletter. Thank you very much @… 😀
https://criticalzonenews.substack.com/p/stone-gardens-after-ice-the-slow

🍄‍🟫 Fungi finds: UK citizen scientists make rare pink and purple discoveries
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/03/fungi-finds-uk-citizen-scientists-make-rare-pink-and-purple-discoveries

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalMixtape
Benjamin Britten, Matthew Barley & Matthew Barley:
🎵 The Salley Gardens
#BenjaminBritten #MatthewBarley
https://open.spotify.com/track/0bZSg3EzyqE2NLg6tnmciu

Michael Hurley - "Broken Homes and Gardens" (2025)
Thanks, Snock.
#NowPlaying #MichaelHurley #vinyl

Last morning in Aberdeen, had a nice suburban walk to take a peek at the Rubislaw Quarry and the Johnston Gardens. Aberdeen seems quite livable, nice houses and mellow traffic.

I try to protect my garden. Like many gardens there are vermin - such as rats - that damage, even destroy, the beauty and use of my garden.
I offer no excuses when I remove those vermin from my garden, usually by killing them.
I do have some sympathy for them should the traps not finish the job and they squeak in alarm as I approach to take their lives. But those squeaks do not deter me.
Our world, our nation, our neighborhoods are gardens. There are people who undermine …

Aloe whorled
@ Kew Gardens, London

Unarmed Stick Insect (yes, that really is its name) at Trebah Gardens in Cornwall.

« Eavesdropping on Internal Networks via Unencrypted Satellites »
Very good paper and research.
VSAT vendors used to love their walled gardens: pseudo-standard DVB-S2 implementations, broken encryption everywhere, and zero cooperation on security, all to protect their proprietary turf.
The high cost of VSAT-style infrastructure and GEO satellite capacity was another major reason vendors avoided investing in security and interoperability.
Will this change? I…

Douro Valley hiking day 2. #hiking #portugal

Blue Dasher dragonfly resting on a blade of grass. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. June, 2024. #descansogardens #bluedasher #dragonfly

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Rebecca Clarke, Susie Allan & Roderick Williams:
🎵 Down by the Salley Gardens
#RebeccaClarke #SusieAllan #RoderickWilliams
https://open.spotify.com/track/1nBCAWYzrSE59N8bfrgxO8

We have raspberries growing. When we lived in Seattle we grew kale and picked wild blackberries. All were so much better than anything you get in a grocery store.
I don't eat a lot of fruit these days because its so disappointing to take a bite out of a bland or bitter berry from a plastic carton..
https://m…

"Gardeners urged to collaborate to help moths and hover flies thrive in cities"
#Insects #Moths #Gardens

Wrote a quick explainer of our new paper, led by Karolina Heyduk, showing that Joshua trees can use water-saving CAM photosynthesis, which should be mighty handy for a desert plant facing hotter summers and more stressful droughts
https://lab.jbyoder.org/2025/09/03…

Strolled through the Elizabethan Gardens this afternoon.

I just developed photos from April 26 which will be something entirely different for the rotation; here's the statue 𝐷𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐴𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑢𝑚 at the Botanic Gardens visitor center which I made a 3-d scan on Scaniverse: https://scaniverse.com/scan/sh5rhmsgl5xqjhsj

Day 9 - Windy
I slowly woke up to the morning sun pouring into my tent. My bag is packed, my bike is set, and I’m ready for my last breakfast in HillerŸd. One last stroll through the Frederikssund Gardens before I say goodbye to my host.
The weather gods listened to me regarding the rain, but they really fucked me up with the wind—42 km of headwind! And for anyone who says that Denmark is flat, then Pamela Anderson is flat too! While I was fighting with the wind with lots of open…

Fenner Brockway, an exuberant sculpture in Red Lion Square Gardens, London.

But nice lawns and golf courses and unblemished flower gardens are so important. We can't possibly give up routine use of #pesticides.
Yet it's clear that even "benign" pesticides, like #pyrethroids, have adverse impacts. Even if they are harmless to people and pets, they …

But nice lawns and golf courses and unblemished flower gardens are so important. We can't possibly give up routine use of #pesticides.
Yet it's clear that even "benign" pesticides, like #pyrethroids, have adverse impacts. Even if they are harmless to people and pets, they …

Common Sunflower. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. September, 2024. #descansogardens #sunflower #flower

The Living Library of Trees: Mapping Knowledge Ecology in the Arnold Arboretum
Johan Malmstedt, Giacomo Nanni, Dario Rodighiero
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00114 https://

The Living Library of Trees: Mapping Knowledge Ecology in the Arnold Arboretum
As biodiversity loss and climate change accelerate, botanical gardens serve as vital infrastructures for research, education, and conservation. This project focuses on the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, a 281-acre living museum founded in 1872 in Boston. Drawing on more than a century of curatorial data, the research combines historical analysis with computational methods to visualize the biographies of plants and people. The resulting platform reveals patterns of care and scientific o…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Einojuhani Rautavaara, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy:
🎵 Autumn Gardens (3rd mvt)
#EinojuhaniRautavaara #HelsinkiPhilharmonicOrchestra #VladimirAshkenazy

#mosstodon
Trebah Gardens, Cornwall.

We saw this gorgeous Golden Orb Weaver while walking through the gardens. Massive creature. About the size of my closed fist. 👊
Such fancy leggings too.
#spider #WildLife

Day 8 - One night, two nights
This place… how can I say it? I think I’ve been here a day too long. HillerŸd Castle and its gardens are the highlight of this location; they are beautiful, that’s a fact. But besides that, this place is so boring. It’s so boring that I decided to go swimming and relax in a sauna, which I shared with four fat Danish men complaining about their wives or something.
Maybe staying at this place for one night and then moving on to the next location would…

I'm using ChatGPT so much as a tourist this trip. Today's example: where can I go on a walk from my hotel? It found me a nice a promising suburban garden I never would have found on my own. Also got the wrong direction (it's west, not east) but it was enough to find my way.

Downward facing lily flowers at the Botanic Gardens visitor center
#photo #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling

Western Honeybee on yellow flowers. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. June, 2024. #descansogardens #bee #honeybee

Blue Dasher dragonfly resting on a blade of grass. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. June, 2024. #descansogardens #bluedasher #dragonfly

🌴 Satellite study reveals 6.5 million hectares of 'hidden' oil palm across Africa
#africa

Satellite study reveals 6.5 million hectares of 'hidden' oil palm across Africa
Researchers have identified 6.5 million hectares of previously unrecorded oil palm growing wild, semi-wild and in gardens, across Africa—an area three times larger than all African commercial plantations combined.

we are now on Stage 3 water restrictions! No fill *or* topping up of ponds or pools! So that definitely captures the #poolpond ;)
I'm going to go get an adapter for my little pond pump hose so it can hook up to a regular garden hose and we'll use all the #pool water for watering the gardens over the next few weeks until the rains truly return.
#Fire #PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #Water #ClimateChange #Drought #DIY #BackyardProject
https://socialbc.ca/@alberniweather/115036554816818531

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Percy Grainger, Bournemouth Sinfonietta & Kenneth Montgomery:
🎵 Country gardens
#PercyGrainger #BournemouthSinfonietta #KennethMontgomery

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Philip Pavlov, Ivan Marinov, Manuel de Falla & Sofia Symphony Orchestra:
🎵 Noches en los jardines de Espana [Nights in the Gardens of Spain]
#PhilipPavlov #IvanMarinov #ManueldeFalla #SofiaSymphonyOrchestra
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the City just put in Stage 1 restrictions (we're very lucky here that we have abundant water resources, many places on Vancouver Island have restrictions almost immediately every summer)
So the clock is ticking! If we get to Stage 2 and I haven't filled the pond yet, I'll be prohibited from doing so until the rains come! We can only "top up" pools and ponds in Stage 2. And (god forbid) we get into Stage 3 or 4, the pond will have to be left to dry up. (at which point I would probably just use it as a watering source for the gardens)
I don't think we've ever reached Stage 3. The last time we got to Stage 2 was about 5 years ago I think, after the Heat Dome.
I would be surprised if we got to Stage 2 this year. It has been dry, but not excessively hot, so hopefully our resources can hold through August.
The good news is... I'm close to at least filling the intake bay and wetland filter.
Once the rest of the rock/pebble comes tomorrow I'll immediately start moving the rock into those two holes as quickly as I can, and once done, I'll start filling them with water so I can test out the pumps.
I might set up a temporary path for the water to recirculate through the intake bay and filter, avoiding the pond. That way those two parts can start to grow good-bacteria for the filter while I work on the big pond.
#pondlife #poolpond #backyardPrpject #diy #rock #labour

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #MusicMap
Alicia de Larrocha, Manuel de Falla, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos:
🎵 Nights in the Gardens of Spain (1st mvt, En el generalife)
#AliciadeLarrocha #ManueldeFalla #LondonPhilharmonicOrchestra

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ChoralEvensong
Alicia de Larrocha, Manuel de Falla, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos:
🎵 Nights in the Gardens of Spain (1st mvt, En el generalife)
#AliciadeLarrocha #ManueldeFalla #LondonPhilharmonicOrchestra

Grass seed head in front of tree spotted in Cornell Botanic Gardens
#cornell #photo #photography #grass

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalLive
Frederick Delius, BBC Concert Orchestra & Martin Yates:
🎵 The Walk to the Paradise Gardens
#FrederickDelius #BBCConcertOrchestra #MartinYates

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Trad., Sally Maer, Sally Whitwell & Sally Whitwell:
🎵 The Salley Gardens
#Trad #SallyMaer #SallyWhitwell
https://open.spotify.com/track/1fXQxosOYngxu3jAXxt8S9

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Percy Grainger, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle:
🎵 Country Gardens
#PercyGrainger #CityofBirminghamSymphonyOrchestra #SirSimonRattle

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalLive
Trad. English, Percy Grainger, London Symphony Orchestra & Ryan Bancroft:
🎵 Country Gardens
#TradEnglish #PercyGrainger #LondonSymphonyOrchestra #RyanBancroft
#Spotify