green shoots

plants I like, findings in horticulture, embarrassing attempts at gardening, etc. avatar courtesy of Noodle_snacks

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page 9 of “Childs’ combination catalogue for 1910 : flower seeds vegetable seeds summer bulbs hardy bulbs and plants house plants shrubs new fruits and dutch or full bulbs” (1910)

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Johanna “Jo” Daemen cover designs c.1928-30. From the collection of Anne Aalders. See Daemen’s wild illustrations at feuilleton.

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I adopted a pitcher plant.  

Tumblr killed the gif quality.. original here

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Nigella, love-in-a-mist by jenn2d2 on Flickr.

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IMG_7577 by ktvamp on Flickr.

San Jose C&S Show & Sale 2012 - un album sur Flickr

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Greenhouse

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Spindly-Legged Plant Pots by Tim van de Weerd

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Liège - Treppe “Mont City & Architecture

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Araucaria araucana by scott.zona on Flickr.

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The Brazilian Jaboticaba tree well and truly takes advantage of all the surface area on its trunk by growing its sweet, grape-like fruits all over it. It’s said to have evolved its trunk-fruit so animals could reach them and distribute the seeds. Images: Bruno.karklis/Wikimedia and Anderson S Silva 

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#streetart flower arrangement in Brussels

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Rebecca Louise Law born 1980 in Cambridge,UK is an installation artist who works with natural materials. She trained in Fine Art at Newcastle University, England. Her work plays with the relationship between the human being and nature. She is best known for her interactive large-scale installations of hanging flowers within site-specific spaces. As well as exhibiting in Public Spaces, Galleries and Museums, Rebecca has made installations for fashion brands such as; Hermes, Salvatore Ferragamo and Gucci.

For the wider community Rebecca has also led Land Art Projects to encourage social change through engaging with nature hands on. She operates out of a studio on Columbia Road, East London.

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This is very important (x)

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Pretty disappointing how infrequent my fruit posts come here on Tumblr. There’s more on my Flickr. Anyway, now adding “New kiwifruit an industry game changer.”