18 Flowers that Mean New Beginnings

Header image: Lupinus albus (altramuces o chochitos), by Calapito via Wikimedia Commons.

Invasive Plant Species in New York pose a significant ecological challenge. These non-native plants disrupt local ecosystems, outcompete native species, and threaten biodiversity.

Curious about October Birth Flower Tattoo Meaning and Ideas? Discover the significance of Marigold and Cosmos flower tattoos, offering deep symbolism for your ink inspiration.

How about adding Beautiful Pink Succulents that offer the perfect blend of pastel shade and low maintenance, adding a charming soft color spectrum to your plant collection!

Growing vegetables is one of the best ways to use your garden because you can save yourself a lot of money, reduce your impact on the environment, and the produce that you grow will be a lot tastier than anything that you buy in a supermarket. A lot of people are put off the idea of growing vegetables because they think that it’s incredibly hard but that isn’t the case at all. While there are some varieties that are difficult to get going, there are plenty of vegetables that are really simple to grow at home.

In Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars, Kate Greene talks about Shannon Lucid, the NASA astronaut who spent six months living on the Russian space station Mir. Shannon, it turns out, was a bookworm. During her stay, she read 50 books and improvised shelving from old food boxes, complete with straps to stop the books floating off. This was in 1996, a good decade before the invention of the Kindle, and so these were real books. She apparently chose titles with the highest word to mass ratio, since launch weight is a critical factor! Lucid left her library behind for future spacefarers, but it burned up when Mir was de-orbited in 2001.

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An extraordinary apple tree in a garden in Lincolnshire is 400 years old. It inspired Sir Isaac Newton to think about gravity, and in 2015 British astronaut Tim Peake took its pips into space. In this episode, Emma the Space Gardener talks with Jeremy Curtis, Head of Education and Skills at the UK Space Agency, about sending Newton’s apple seeds into space. She finds out what’s happened to the space saplings and has a close encounter at the Eden Project in Cornwall.

Header image: Growing food in space will rely on innovative agricultural technologies. (NASA)

Welcome to a mesmerizing collection of Flowers that Start with Q! From the exquisite Queen Lily Ginger to the enchanting Queen of the Night, these flowers boast a variety of amazing beauties.

I have killed, and almost killed, several plants since I last wrote about my garden. It was to be expected, really. Everything was going far too well. First, the hydrangea got scorched when I was on holidays, then the centaurea croaked for no apparent reason, and the aquilegia stopped flowering.

Discover the world of Cute Bugs in our collection of the most eye catching ones that bring charm to nature’s wonders.