#choosenativeplants
One of the many reasons I choose native plants for my garden is so that the butterflies and all wildlife will have a place to rest as they pass through. When my son sees the butterflies and bees he is delighted and enchanted in a way that we often forget to be. I am reminded to look closer and treasure the moments when butterflies fly by.
Details: Yellow Sulphur 8"x10" birthday candles from years gone by, Acrylic, paper, cardboard and other discarded trash on canvas. From Of Roots and Wildness. Now showing at the Waukee public library gallery. Available- message for details. $120
#choosenativeplants #butterfly #butterflies #mixedmedia #pollinators #ecoart #birthdaycandles #enchant #magic #childhood #gardenart
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Prepping the final seed packets for my native plant workshop next weekend. These are the ones I’ll be giving away, but I have so many more to choose from for planting!
#choosenativeplants #plantiowanative #desmoinesiowa #waukeepubliclibrary #pollinatorgarden #seedstarting #seedpackets #iowaartist #ecoart #botanicalart
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The rest of my seed labels came from the printer! Now I just have to cut them all out and glue them to the packets. #blackeyedsusan are some of my favorite prairie flowers. The seeds are from my garden and will be given away at my native plant workshop. I’ll have more seeds to plant from @prairiemoonnursery nursery.
Painting is Black -Eyed -Susan 11x14 on birch panel #choosenativeplants
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#pollinatorgarden #prairieflowers #PrairieSeedDreaming #botanicalart #gardenart #gardenlove #iowaart #illustration #nature
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Bottle Gentian, like a book needs to be opened to discover what lies within. These native flowers are pollinated by bumblebees who are strong enough to open the closed petals. May we also find the strength to write our story.
8"x10" #acrylicpainting on #woodpanel
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#choosenativeplants #booklovers #booksofinstagram #newcontemporaryart #wildflowers #illustration
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I’m working on cold stratifying my #milkweed. I will have seeds for the workshop in March and started plants for the workshop in May! Milkweed is the host plant for monarch caterpillars and provides food for many pollinators. I have butterfly, common, and rose milkweed.
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#choosenativeplants #monarchbutterfly #pollinators #portrait #newcontemporaryart #acrylicpainting #iowaart #ecoart
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