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royalforestrysoc.bsky.social
🤩 RFS Viking Bursary recipient & PhD candidate at BIFoR, Aakash Basi, explores if plants can extract and stabilise contaminants in the soil where local authorities struggle.

🌳Read more: https://ow.ly/WyYg50ZCm0m

#UrbanPlanting #Willow #Soil #SpeciesDiversity #VikingBursary #ForestResearch #Update
September 10, 2026 at 6:00 AM
themorganic.bsky.social
I love this bit of cheerful planting where a tree had once stood on a street in Leytonstone.

There are still lots of lovely trees standing in the street, thankfully! 🥰🌳 #UrbanPlanting
A group of vibrant orange coloured Marigolds planted in a tree pit.
August 29, 2026 at 12:38 PM
tracygriffen.bsky.social
I've tried to propagate some rock-rose for the Arthur Street planter, but it's devilishly difficult to get going. Mind you, at last count, we had 14 different plants in there so it's getting a bit squeezy anyhow... #biodiversity #urbanplanting
June 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
citizenptnewsma.bsky.social
Boston City Council is taking bold steps to ensure Chinatown residents stay cool this summer with new misting tents and innovative green initiatives!

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#BostonCitySuffolkCounty #MA #CommunityResilience #UrbanPlanting #BostonChinatown #CitizenPortal #EnvironmentalJustice
City Council addresses cooling solutions for Chinatown residents during summer heat
Council members prioritize misting tents and resources for low-income Chinatown community.
citizenportal.ai
May 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
A shapely lemon scented gum, Corymbia citriodora, growing as a #StreetTree in Millers Point.
#sydney #garden #tree #UrbanPlanting 🌱
A tree trunk with several thick branches. The bark is smooth, pale, and mottled, white to coppery. Sparce leaves of the crown are visible at the top. The background is a residential location with street lighting and lit windows
February 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
A very pleasant day to be out visiting my friend the paperbark #StreetTree, #Melaleuca leucadendra, in Bondi
#Myrtaceae
#sydney #gardening #tree #UrbanPlanting 🌱
Several upright thick main branches of a tree display characteristic textured, peeling and ragged paperbark in light shades of brown and cream. Narrow pale green leaves fill the spaces between the branches
February 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
#Xanthorrhoea glauca flowering in Darling Harbour. They area nice use of local species to enhance public architecture
#sydney #gardening #PublicGarden #BloomScrolling #UrbanPlanting 🌱
Grass-like leaves radiate from the bottom left of the photograph. Behind is a long flower spike, the lower half green and the upper part brown. A textured concrete wall and a pair of wooden architectural boxes provide the context for the garden.
February 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
The College St council displays look remarkably fresh despite a very hot day.
#sydney #gardening #PublicGarden #StreetGarden #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
A tower of plants contrasting bright green narrow leaves with larger darker green leaves and purple flowers. The tower is topped with spikes of purple flowers.
February 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
Council #cannas with date #palms, #Phoenix dactylifera (I could be wrong but it's such a colonial planting). College St
#sydney #gardening #PublicGarden #StreetGarden #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
Yellow canna flowers dominate the foreground. Three date palms, the most distant having its leaves lit from behind, form a line leading to a church in the distance
February 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
Another in the council display series. #Calibrachoa hybrids are very well used. These are in front of Erskineville Town Hall
#sydney #gardening #PublicGarden #StreetGarden #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
Many very bright red trumpet shaped flowers dominate the foreground of the photograph. The background is a mix of out of focus pinkish flowers and green leaves
February 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
#Yucca aloifolia growing as a #StreetTree in Bondi Beach
#Asparagaceae
#sydney #gardening #tree #trees #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
Long spikey green leaves surround a spike of white white bell like flowers
February 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
A new #leaf on #Tacca chantrieri always brings joy. It needs to hurry along if there is to be a #BatFlower this season
Dioscoreaceae
#sydney #gardening #BalconyGarden #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
A large green textured leaf, shaped like an elongated upside down heart, fills the photograph. It has a prominent central vein with side veins sectioning the leaf
February 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
#StreetPlanting Umbrella tree #Heptapleurum actinophyllum
#Araliaceae
#sydney #gardening #tree #trees #BloomScrolling #UrbanPlanting 🌱 Bondi Beach
Two flower spikes consisting of long racemes of small red flowers protrude from a profusion of palmately compound medium green leaves
February 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
Back in the balcony garden after a few days of storms and violent winds. The garden was mostly unscathed. This #Stromanthe sanguinea always looks good.
#Marantaceae
#sydney #gardening #BalconyGarden #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
In the foreground left, elongated leaves reach up. Some leaves display their red underside while others display the top variegated side. Behind this plant is foliage of all sorts
February 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
#Pleroma granulosum has gone through a few name changes. #Tibouchina is mostly used here. Kathleen is the pinker variety
#Melastomataceae
#sydney #gardening #PublicGarden #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱 Rose Bay
Three bright pink flowers with five elongated petals with a complex and hairy centre. The flowers are set against a background of green leaves, out of focus
January 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
The council is using various #Canna for height and colour in their displays. This one in Martin Place
#sydney #gardening #PublicGarden #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
A large flower spike with two large yellow flowers visibly open. The closest flower has its yellow flecked with red. Many buds, some yellowing up, wait their turn. They are set in a green city landscape
January 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
Even after the storms this evening this little side garden in Glebe continues to delight passersby.
#sydney #gardening #CottageGarden #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
Various low growing plants flowering in white , orange, yellow and pink. The flowers meander through various foliage forms and colours
January 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
The council displays are using some interesting plants. This is #Angelonia angustifolia at the Quay
#Plantaginaceae
#sydney #gardening #PublicGarden #FlowerReport #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
A multitude of dark pink flowers, round with five short petals. There are unopened buds visible and a few narrow green leaves
January 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
Council display in the style of an English herbaceous border but in miniature. 😂 Good effort, made me happy
#sydney #gardening #PublicGarden #FlowerReport #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
A floral display of annuals and perennial varieties incorporating shades of blue, pink and red
January 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
#Heptapleurum actinophyllum happily flowering as a #StreetPlanting
#Araliaceae
#sydney #gardening #FlowerReport #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱 Bondi Beach
Nine long racemes of small red flowers protrude from a profusion of palmately compound medium green leaves. The background is overexposed, white
January 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
This is exactly what I expect an immature #BirdOfParadise seed would look like.
#Strelitzia reginae
#Strelitziaceae
#sydney #garden #gardening #BalconyGarden #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
A grape like seed a slightly pinkish white with darker meridian bands sits cosily on its split pod. The top is covered with bright orange noodle like hair
January 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
New council displays at Customs House. These beautiful #canna are just beginning to flower
#sydney #garden #PublicPlanting #PublicGarden #FlowerReport #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
A close view of a canna flowering spike from above. Unopened reddish brown buds are at the centre of the photo. They are surrounded by three bright red opened flowers. The dark purple/grey leaves form the background
January 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
The crepe myrtles in front of the Chinese Garden of Friendship seem late this year. Just me being impatient for blooms
#Lagerstroemia indica
#Lythraceae
#sydney #garden #PublicPlanting #FlowerReport #flowers #BloomScrolling #tree #trees #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
At night, two trees in the foreground, well branched below, have crowns covered in well lit, deep red/pink flowers. Behind is a reflective pool and white neon strips in an urban setting
January 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
#Neoregelia tricolor in flower
#Bromeliaceae
#sydney #garden #BalconyGarden #FlowerReport #flowers #BloomScrolling #bromiliad #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting 🌱
Three broad magenta leaves form a cup which is full of water. Two flowers emerge from the water, coloured blue internally. Green flower buds remain submerged
January 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
thechaoticgardener.bsky.social
Chaos? What chaos? #Clerodendrum umbellatum is finding its way through this tangle
#Lamiaceae
#sydney #garden #BalconyGarden #FlowerReport #flowers #BloomScrolling #UrbanGarden #UrbanPlanting🌱
Clusters of small pink flower bracts form a diagonal through the photo. The flowers contrast with a tangle of green leaves of various shapes and textures
January 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM