when i look at my plants’ growth it reminds me of impermanence & the fact that life is always changing. it’s comforting & brings me back to the present moment. for as long as i can remember my father has been meditating as a daily practice. he gave me a few books by one of…
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fittonia aka mosaic or nerve plant is native to tropical rain forests in south america. these guys are naturally creeping plants however, mine appear to be reaching for the light, resulting in taller looking plants. i have two fittonia plants and they’re mesmerizing to look at. one of my fittonia albivenis plants is pictured below…
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so it’s not quite a bench but also not quite a table lol so i went with bedroom bench to describe this set up. when we moved into our condo, we weren’t sure what to do with that bit of space between the wall and our bed. for the longest time i had plants lined…
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as my plant collection grew, so did the need for places to put my green babies. i always wanted a ton of plants in our bedroom, similar to our flats in melbourne. after i filled the window sill with plants (please check out our bedroom sill) i moved onto the shelf that i’ve always used in…
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this is a recent photo of the plants next to my side of the bed. i wanted to have a little garden in our bedroom but there isn’t much space. i also didn’t want light to be obstructed from the top since it keeps the room bright and reaches the plants farther away from the…
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formerly known as philodendron selloum, this guy is now a part of a new genus: thaumatophyllum. for more information, please read below. i have a large thaumathophyllum selloum (#jmthaumatophyllumselloumi) and a smaller one pictured below. i received this plant as a cutting at the end of 2017 from the family of one of my dearest…
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love & hope make the world go round 💞 today i’m focusing on compassion & why it is super important. i know it may sound cheesy, but for real – given the dark times we’re living in we gotta do our best. compassion is a practice where we take time to be fully present with…
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i waited a long time before getting a ficus lyrata aka fiddle leaf fig. first, we had other trees to care for in melbourne and then i wasn’t sure that i could keep f. lyrata happy. i decided to buy a smaller plant so that a) it wouldn’t be such a hard loss if it…
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another book which has taught me so much about plants, life, & anishinaabe knowledge is “plants have so much to give us, all we have to do is ask” by the late mary siisip geniusz. taking an anti-colonial stance, this book privileges aboriginal knowledge while incorporating western thought. through story telling, mary shares teachings about…
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