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🌿groundwerk @groundwerk.bsky.social · 15m

Snow incoming. ❄️ I hope this isn't the end of flower season. It's still beautiful out there! #Flowers #IcelandicPoppy #Rudbeckia #Helenium #Plants

Pale yellow Icelandic poppy and rudbeckia Goldsturm

Yellow fall flowers in a garden. (Helenium autumnale)

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Watermelons float. Farmers in Asia and Latin America send them down rivers and canals instead of trucks, cutting bruising and fuel use at once.

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Concretebotany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) galleries are up. www.concretebotany.com/galleries/ro...

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A gallery of Hibiscus syriacus growing out of pavement cracks.

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Derek Ryder @ryderda.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And here's a movie of a Pika I saw not long after lunch.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Dark and rainy day here, so here’s a few moments of Blue Jay bath from yesterday. Such enthusiasm! #birds

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JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Bees have eye hairs that shield them from pollen. I took this image with my Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM macro lens and a Raynox DCR-250 (2.5x). #naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #eastcoastkin #bees #photography

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

While I wasn't all that surprised to find my first garter snake in our #YYC neighbourhood - I was surprised when it was a Plains Garter Snake. Our other two garter snakes (Wandering & Red-sided) are much better known in this city. #herps

A Plains Garter Snake with an orange dorsal stripe lays amid long grasses.

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Elizabeth West @limeylizzie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My beautiful pair of ravens 🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛

Two ravens sitting together at the very top of a pine tree they look like Christmas tree fairies

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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We have lift off! The first Pufflings are now leaving the Isle of May as birds are now independent. This is a big moment as they’ve never flown and not seen the sea before! Good luck :)

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The Cottage Garden @simonecannon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Pink Wizard of Oz dahlia, Halifax Public Garden, Nova Scotia, Canada #PinkMon #MacroMonday #LetItBloomJune #BloomScrolling

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Giant cherry tree on a rainy day in Japan. Photography by Akihiko Fukuyama

A vertical landscape photograph by Akihiko Fukuyama captures the serene, evocative grandeur of a giant cherry tree on a rainy day in rural Japan. The composition presents a masterful study in seasonal aesthetics and natural scale, beautifully channeling the quiet, atmospheric melancholy of a misty spring morning. The damp, filtered light of the overcast sky softens the entire palette, casting a tranquil mood over an ancient, sacred space where nature and traditional architecture seamlessly coexist.

The upper portion of the frame is dominated by the monumental presence of the ancient sakura (cherry blossom) tree. Its massive, thick timber trunk rises majestically from the earth, splitting into powerful, moss-covered branches that support an expansive, cloud-like canopy of delicate pink and white blossoms. The vibrant, ethereal mist of pink flowers stands out in high contrast against the deep greens and muted grays of the dense forest rising up the hillside behind it. To the lower left, another smaller cherry tree in full bloom echoes this soft floral canopy, further enhancing the seasonal depth of the landscape.

Nestled beneath the giant tree in the lower right foreground are weathered, traditional wooden structures belonging to a rustic shrine or temple compound. The building on the right features a gracefully curved, sweeping gabled roof covered in aged, moss-tinted shingles and topped with traditional ridge ornaments, while an open-sided wooden pavilion rests adjacent to it on small stone pillars. Balancing the composition in the lower left corner, a lone figure holding a soft pink umbrella walks along a narrow pathway.

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Season of Scaryanne Denton 🧡🎃 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

On our hike this morning, a shadow pattern fell over me. I shouted to Husband (≈100 m ahead), “LOOK UP!!”

A man in the far distance on a hiking trail on the side of a thinly forested mountain slope. The sky above him is filled with circling pelicans that

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🌿groundwerk @groundwerk.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The hares ate most of this plant's new flower stalks. Like 7 of its 10. I really like cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), such a nice blue. As cute as hares can be ... #nocomment #gardeningyyc #yyc #notrabbitresistant #gardening #flowers

Beautiful blue cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) starting to bloom.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I may have taken too many photos of Black-necked Stilts today. Those LEGS tho #birds

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Concretebotany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

#Chicory (Chicorium intybus) shot Tuesday off 20th Street. #Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #Flowers #UrbanFlora

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Concretebotany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Rabbitfoot #Clover (Trifolium arvense), aka Hare's Foot Clover, Stone Clover or Oldfield Clover, shot yesterday in the Food Distribution District. #Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #RabbitfootClover

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Here are some nice mushrooms

A dead twig sprouts a family of delicate white Marasmoidal mushrooms under a sunlit spring canopy. All photos by me

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Phalaropes in a pond near Bittern Lake, Alberta yesterday. (May 16, 2026). The most I have seen on at one time. #birds #nature

A flock of phalaropes fly towards the camera.

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Meandering M🌿 @pathwaymoments.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Snow in the Summer blooms are celebrating this year 📷 🌱 …

A pair of delicate white blooms had a swaying dance when the pre rain winds came through. Their grey stems complement the small white petals.

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Tim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 01/05/2026

Here's a very short video that shows what things look like in real time with the bird singing. #wildlife #birds

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🌿groundwerk @groundwerk.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Garlic's up! 🧄 And rhubarb! It's exciting to see, after our many heavy April snowfalls. #gardening #yyc #spring #garlic

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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Queen Anne's Lace, aka wild carrot. While often linked to Queen Anne of Great Britain, some tales suggest it may also refer to St. Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary and patron saint of lacemakers. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekQforQueen #dailyflowers 🌱 #flowerreport #bloomscrolling

White Queen Anne's Lace (wild carrot) and greenery.
Camera: iPhone 15 Pro.
July 2025. Gamble Garden.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Franklin’s Gulls are long-distance migrants. They winter along the Chilean coast and breed all across the Canadian prairies. And also, in the spring, THEY’RE PINK #birds 🌿

A group of pink gulls with black heads are standing in a row on an ice ledge with open water behind them. There’s a scaup in the background.

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🌿groundwerk @groundwerk.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Hepatica nobilis at Varsity Ravine Park. On Wed, before it snowed. Again.❄️ #bloomscrolling #flowers #spring #yycwx

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Brian Borncamp @zubaplants.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Nursery Confessional: I'll sell a plant in a pot. I'd rather you buy it bare root. I have to markup the cost of the pot+soil. Worse, I have to chop of half the root system to fit the tree in the pot. Pictured is Italian Plum. Just wait till you see what I have to do to a semi-dwarf cherry...

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🌿groundwerk @groundwerk.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

The other day at the Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs. It's a gem in NW Calgary. #yyc #spring #flowers

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Hepatica at Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs, Calgary AB.

Striped squill at Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs, Calgary AB.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

This is a Mountain Bluebird weekend. While these birds spend more than half of their lives on their #AB breeding grounds, it is now, when the grasses are brown, the wind has chill, and the first bugs have begun to stir - that bluebirds bring a needed pop to the world. #birds

A Mountain Bluebird male perches on dried brown branches.

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Rick M @rickmartin.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Jovibarba which, pleasingly, means 'jupiters beard'. 🌱 #GardensHour #PlantSky #MacroMonday

A host of small light green rosettes of succulent leaves on a rocky moss grown surface

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JBC @johnbcaddell.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

a #waterlily from the SF Conservatory of Flowers for #WaterlilyWednesday 🌱 #JBCFlowers

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Owensgrandpa @owensgrandpa.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Osteospermum March 13th 2024

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Ukulady @ukulady.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

#RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #DailyFlowers Neptune, the mysterious, which I planted last year after seeing it in a Bluesky post. I couldn’t find the right spot in the garden for ages and it sat in a pot neglected but once the clematis flowered it was obvious where it needed to be.

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Concretebotany @concretebotany.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) shot yesterday. #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #Flowers #Wildflowers

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Gardener🪴 @lat611.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Such delicate pastels.

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