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GardenWild Guy
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Im Kaleb, founder of :GardenWild Services" - an ecological consulting & landscaping business specializing in Native Habitat Installations & Land Stewardship in Central Virginia- and the "GardenWild 💚 Community Nursery" www.ko-fi.com/GardenWildGuy
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Oh and new substack is live

Our yards may be the problem, and the reason our parks are overrun, but they could be solution too💚

#gardening #ecology #nativeplants #rewilding #HomegrownNationalPark #tallamy #grownative #rva #Virginia #nativeplantgardening

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What's in our yard, shapes our wild spaces; Reframing the fight against Invasives
What's In Your Yard Is What's In Our Wild Spaces
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February 10, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Nothing quite like then dopamine boost from getting a new seed catalog... I've been on their site a million times the last few months placing orders, I know their inventory at this point...and yet - happiness.🤷‍♂️😅 #gardening #NativePlants #rewilding #nativeplantsky #rva
Photograph of the 2026 Prairie Moon Nursery seed catalog. "Native seeds and plant for gardening and restoration " the cover image is a close up pf a white camas Lilly bloom with an out of focus purple blur, artistically in the background
February 10, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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Welp. 520am. Sometimes you can do everything right, and still not get to sleep. Toss and turned since 9pm... mine aswell start my day 🙄😅 happy Monday. Insomnia has been a lifelong struggle, if you're awake rn too.. I see/feel you lol
February 9, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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Guess I need to figure out which hastags are used most often here 🤔 lol its a bit if a niche ask, but very much open to suggestions that are broader, just in general plants/"scenes" that might be identifiable via silhouette alone?

#ecology #botany #horticulture #nativeplantgardening #gardensky
gardenwild.bsky.social GardenWild Guy @gardenwild.bsky.social · 6d
Specific species, Smoothe Purple coneflower is high on the list at the moment. As is Northern Sea oats, and Purple Top(tridens flavus). If you're familiar with #Piedmont Prairies or just tall-grass Prairies at all, what are some "Iconic " species perhaps recognizable by silhouette alone? 🤔
Photograph of a field full of Smoothe purple Coneflower, densely growing across the bottom half the inage. The sky is white and featureless, in the center out of focus in the background a large high transmission power line is visible in a gap, with forest being present on either side.line of sight is, staring down a powering right-of-way clearing
February 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Been trying to "brush up" on my painting ( 🥁 ba dun tsss) - I am definitely not a painter/artist, but atleast "barely made it through an art course" level, its just been 10yrs ir so since pulling out the easel...lol

#nativeplantgardening #fundraising #art #acrylic #gardening #GardenWild
February 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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These last 10 days have been terrible for local restaurants and absolutely *brutal* on the local delivery guys. Got $25 you can kick towards a good cause?
www.gofundme.com/f/support-qu... #rva #rvabike
Donate to Support Quickness RVA Riders After Winter Ice Storm, organized by A R
This is for Quickness RVA bicycle couriers getting iced out by the storm that … A R needs your support for Support Quickness RVA Riders After Winter Ice Storm
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February 5, 2026 at 11:54 AM
gardenwild.bsky.social
New article is LIVE on Substack. I think if you ask anyone about fireflies, they agree " there used to be more" than there are now. Did you know, we aren't even tracking their decline?

#RVA #Gardening #NativePlantGardening #NativeGardening #Ecology #EcologicalGardening #GardenSky #Virginia
Image is a photograph of lightening bugs in a dark woodland area witht the text " how suburbia could actually be the firefly's best hope for survival and how you can join me in that fight. the gardenwildguy.substack.com"
February 3, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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of the 50+ galleries in Richmond VA, only 3 are Black. Southside Contemporary, Chromophore, and HI•RES. so we’re working to build a stronger network of Black creative spaces. all 3 have new openings this week. engagements all month. if you’re in Richmond, pull up
February 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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I am beyond excited to welcome the first Founding Member of our GardenWild Stewardship Program! This 4acre Oak Savannah is ...

ko-fi.com/i/IE1E01T7T7J #NativePlants #kofi #PlantNative #RVA #HomegrownNationalPark #PlantVaNatives #Ecology #gardening #Virginia #NativeGardening #OakSavannah #Piedmont
Suburban Oak Savannah Stewardship - Click to view on Ko-fi
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February 3, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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Ferbruary #oldknees
A downy woodpecker sits on a spruce on a sunny winter day. "Ahh... Febuary" it says. Close up on it correcting "Febrary" then "Febberary..." then finally "Frebrury"
February 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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I've spotted my first blooming crocuses of 2026. #Spring is on the way people! #flowers
A small clump of purple crocuses on a grassy verge
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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"Under 10 lux—a level you might experience near residential streetlighting—moths moved 85% less on average than moths in natural nighttime conditions"

Thats, thats significant.
February 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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skunkst.ink
Coyotes are nature's gayest little canines.
January 30, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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allforgardening.bsky.social
Pruning fruit trees … just not yet – Muddy River News

https://www.allforgardening.com/1586554/pruning-fruit-trees-just-not-yet-muddy-river-news/

SHELBYVILLE, Mo. — Winter is still here. But spring is only a few weeks away. There is still time to get some needed pruning of your fruit trees, …
Pruning fruit trees ... just not yet – Muddy River News - All For Gardening
SHELBYVILLE, Mo. — Winter is still here. But spring is only a few weeks away. There is still time to get some needed pruning of your fruit trees, grapes and
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February 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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Can you even handle this near-full moon prairie sunset?
a full moon in front of a pink and purple sunset, framed through an oak savanna a full moon in front of a pink and purple sunset, framed through an oak savanna
February 1, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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themagikgarden.com
#DailyGardenTask #Gardening
I'm volunteering at Jenkins this morning to help with some more planting. That had me thinking, do you know how NOT to plant a tree? There are some good "tips" on this infographic from Virginia Tech
How to kill a tree. Few residential trees die of "old age." Mechanical damage and improper care kill more trees than any insects or diseases. Avoid making the tree-damaging mistakes shown in the diagram below! "Top" tree to encourage watersprouts. Leave codominant leaders to encourage "v" growth and splitting during winds and storms. Leave crossing branches to rub bark wounds. Ignore insect or disease damage [everything that's eating your tree isn't native]. Coat pruning cuts with paint or sealer to slow healing. Leave broken branches unpruned to encourage pests. Spray herbicides over tree root area to weaken trees [for herbicides that travel through soil/roots] Damage roots and trunk with lawn equipment. Cut through roots when digging trenches. Plant close to house or obstacle to reduce adequate growing space. Nail or attach items to tree to damage back and girdle branches. Prune randomly to leave branch "stubs." Prune flush cuts to reduce wound closure. Leave tree staked until guy wire girdles trunk. Leave wrap on to constrict trunk growth and rot bark. Pile excessive mulch to encourage rodent damage and bark rot [aka volcano mulching]. Put non-porous black plastic under mulch [including landscape fabric]. Leave ball lacing on to girdle trunk. Plant near downspout to assure excessive water [there is a way to do it properly, but don't plant too close to a house]. Leave wire basket in place to girdle roots. Leave treated or synthetic burlap on as to prevent root growth. Dig hole too narrow and overamend backfill to discourage proper root spread. Dig hole too deep or fill with gravel to collect water and drown roots. Poster design by: Dr. Bonnie Appleton, Virginia Tech University Layout by: Drema Baker, Artifactory, Inc. Illustrations by: S.K. Kane Funds provided by the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Grants Programs of the U.S. Forest Service in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Forestry, copyright 1996
May 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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themagikgarden.com The MagiK Garden @themagikgarden.com · 12d
New zine on the blog - a very very basic explanation of seed dormancy and some basic tips on seed germination. #NativePlants
Seeds Underground – The Seed Detective Part 1 – The MagiK Garden
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January 31, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Nothing like being iced-in to make one start thinking of warmer weather. Pulling out the old paint supplies, and going to start working on a couple of "1 of a kind" pieces to sell to help fund the GardenWild Community Nursery. Now that GardenWild Services is up and running, doing installs, taking
January 31, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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jmrivera.bsky.social
people have really internalized this idea that you can’t articulate a problem without presenting a solution and man, that’s just what middle managers say to ruin your life
December 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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If you drive by this recent GardenWild install, you might see a patch of bare ground covered in bamboo skewers and wonder "...why!?"
​It doesn't look like much yet, but there is a massive ecological engine slowly chugging along underground. 🧵 1/6 #va #bloomscrolling #wildgardening
: A wide view of a newly installed garden bed next to a red brick house. A large Southern Magnolia tree with glossy green leaves dominates the right side. The ground below is covered in brown leaf mulch and marked with many small bamboo skewers and pink marking flags, indicating where native plants have been placed.
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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We need more human beings.
August 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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👀 Another Virginia Native plant.. kind of.. thats a showstopper in the garden. Did you know Virginia actually has 24 species of St Johns wort!?!? Most know the European import, but we are practically the St Johns Wort capital of diversity! Our native species support 23+ different species of...
August 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Late July in the GardenWild garden means-Lobelia Blooms 😍Two of my absolute favorite Virginia natives are putting on their late-summer show: the fiery Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) and the cool Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica). These two are (kind of) like cousins, sharing their genus
(Great Blue Lobelia close-up): A detailed close-up of a Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) spike, highlighting its delicate, two-lipped, violet-blue flowers arranged on the stem.
August 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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#MothWeek flashback! Exactly one year ago today this fabulous hummingbird sphinx moth visited the yard. Hemaris species.
A moth with a golden body and clear wings bordered by copper brown, visiting pink flowers.
July 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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astronomisty.bsky.social Misty Bentz @astronomisty.bsky.social · Jul 27
Hello friend 🦋 🌱
A majestic Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly. It has yellow wings with black tiger stripes and blue markings near the tail end
August 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM