close up of a daffodil with raindrops on it.
Sunshine After Rain 📸 Home - Mar26 #Nature #Bloomscrolling #FlowersOnFriday #Macro #GoodEarthCommunity
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close up of a daffodil with raindrops on it.
Sunshine After Rain 📸 Home - Mar26 #Nature #Bloomscrolling #FlowersOnFriday #Macro #GoodEarthCommunity
A close up photo of a bee consuming pollen and nectar from a crocus flower.
The Sun’s out, the flowers are bloomin’, bees are buzzin’ 🌞 🌷🐝 📸 Mossley - Mar26 #Bloomscrolling #FlowersOnFriday #Permaculture #Macro #Closeup #GoodEarthCommunity
Hyde Young Peoples Enterprise started out in 2016, by passionate volunteers to alleviate the barriers and hardships faced by the community, working at grassroots level to identify and find solutions to these challenges
Good Things Grow Here by HYP 📸 Hyde - Mar25 #HYP #StreetArt #Permaculture #Placemaking #GoodEarthCommunity
using wax fence paint to coat and protect pallet wood benches.
Today is a painting day as we prepare our pallet seats for spring. Here’s Jayne getting into the nooks and crannies during the last session 📸 Our Space, Mossley - Feb26 #GoodEarthCommunity #TheValeArts #Upcycled #DIY #Perspective #WeekIforInteriors #AlphabetChallenge
Ebike parked up under a rainbow in Ashton under Lyne. We will be celebrating 2 years since being funded by TFGM active community grant and will also be clocking 3000 miles. Looking forward to more rides like these.
The pot of gold that is BiBi the big bike parked under a rainbow 📸 Ashton-under-Lyne Feb25 #Ebike #TFGM #TheBeeNetwork #GMmoving #GlobalGrooves #GoodEarthCommunity
Romanesco broccoli, also known as Roman cauliflower, a unique edible flower bud known for its striking fractal form and chartreuse colour. (src: google lens) This beauty was spotted at The Veg Lord in Mossley UK
Counts as 1.168 of your 5 a day #Nature #Permaculture #GrowYourOwn #Fibonaci #GoldenRatio #Fractal #GoodEarthCommunity
With its glossy, golden-orange caps, the velvet shank is quite commonly seen growing in clusters on stumps of decaying hard wood. It is also known as the 'Winter Mushroom' as it is one of the few mushrooms that can be seen throughout the winter months, right into early spring. The Latin name, Flammulina, refers to the bright orange, flame-like colour of the cap. (src: the wildlife trust)
Velvet Shank 📸 Silver Springs - Dec25 #MushroomMonday #Micology #FungiFriends #Nature #GoodEarthCommunity #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp
Hanging up bird feeders on our plum tree
Jayne our session lead and Thea our Wassail Queen bless the tree with apple juice. The queen/king is chosen using a bean placed randomly in a slice of fruit cake that was shared.
dancing around the tree whilst singing the Wassail song, yours truly on lead kazzoo!
that is one blessed plum tree! the bitds will be pleased x Over the next few weeks we shall be preparing the rest of the garden for spring.
Our Space’s first event of the year, based on the traditional Wassail celebration, a mix of merriment, sharing, renewal and chasing away the winter boggarts.
Cheers to All!!! Here’s to a fruitful season… 📸 TheVale Mossley - Jan26 #Gardening #Permaculture #EarthLore #GoodEarthCommunity
Some highlights from this years drop in sessions. Thanks to Jayne M for all your efforts, see you in 2026. #GoodEarthCommunity #Gardening #Permaculture #TheVale
homemade yule wreath symbolic of the connection to nature through the seasons and a way of bringing the outside in as we retreat into hibernation mode….
Yule tidings to you all, however you do your winterval: Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, Saturnalia. Merry Everything Everyone Everywhere 🌟 #xmas #craft #nature #GoodEarthCommunity
a bulbous squash fruit has been decorated for halloween with googly eyes, vambire fangs and straw hair.
Sum Squash 🎃 👻 #Halloween #Permaculture #YheValeArts #OurSpace #GoodEarthCommunity #Samhain
Known as the butterfly bush, the fragrant flowers of buddleja are a favourite nectar source for butterflies.
The Bee and the buddleja. 🐝 🦋 🌱📸 Guide Bridge - Aug25 #Naturesky #FlowersOnFriday #Bloomscrolling #Manchester #Macro #GoodEarthCommunity
a humongous courgette ripe for the picking.
‘That’s not a courgette, THIS is a courgette!’ 🌱 📸 Mossley - Aug25 #GrowYourOwn #Permaculture #GoodEarthCommunity #Harvest #Hugelkulture
Marigold flower with a bright orange head.
Calendular Alert!!🚨 🌺 🌱 #FloralFriday #Bloomscrolling #GoodEarthCommunity #Flowers #Permaculture
Gladiolus
Gladiolus 🌷 🌺 #OurSpace at #TheValeArts Mossley - Aug25 #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #HalfPastSummer #Permaculture #GoodEarthCommunity
two motorised scooters, with snail shaped body work and seating for costumed riders atop their shells; provide a roaming performance at a family picnic event near Bolton UK.
Out n About with the Glowing Gastropods at #FarnworthRiverFestival July25 #GlobalGrooves #CreatingCarnival #PlaceMaking #GoodEarthCommunity
Delosperma cooperi, commonly known as Cooper's Ice Plant. It's a mat-forming, evergreen succulent with cylindrical, light green leaves and glossy, deep purplish-pink, daisy-like flowers that bloom in mid- and late summer.
Coopers Ice Plant 🌸 🌱 #Succulent #Bloomscrolling #BackYardGardens #GoodEarthCommunity
close up of a gourd plant in flower, probably a squash… the raindrops sprinkled upon the yellow petals.
Oh My Gourd!! 📸 OurSpace@TheValeArts Mossley - Jul25 #Bloomscrolling #Permaculture #Nature #Raindrops #GoodEarthCommunity
A water feature comprising of two garden water pumps used in different ways. The smaller mini pump was installed in a sink plunger base and a tube threaded with multi coloured party glasses, the water rises through the middle and cascades down the lips of the bubbly vessels. The other pump is mounted i to a floating base and a model of the water nymph rimon, a local legend. she lights up and spouts water from a headgear.
Rimon 🧜♀️ and the rainbow Rocket 🚀 🌈 Work i n progress for our hydro garden project at #TheValeArts Mossley - Jun25 #Upcycled #JunkArt #WaterFeature #FoundObject #KineticArt #GoodEarthCommunity
close up of a Borage plant coming into bloom
Borage 🌱 📸 Mossley Jun25 #Bloomscrolling #Wildflowers #macro #permaculture #GoodEarthCommunity
Orange Lillies coming into bloom
Blooming Lillies 🌺🌱📸 Ashton - Jun25 #FlowersOnFriday #Bloomscrolling #Nature #GoodEarthCommunity
Bees feasting on a plantation of Red Hot Pokers, an almost alien like flower. According to wikipedia: Kniphofia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1794.All species of Kniphofia are native to Africa. Common names include tritoma, red hot poker, torch lily and poker plant. It’s uncanny how some flower names describe them perfectly.
Bees be loving these Red Hot Pokers. 🐝 🌺 🐝 🌷 🐝
📸 Mossley - June25 #FlowersOnFriday #Bloomscrolling #clouds #nature #Permaculture #IncredibleEdibleMossley #GoodEarthCommunity
A sign is offering FREE HORSE SHIT with a crudely painted animal underneath to which someone else has added Great Dane, critics can be so brutal with so few words sometimes…..
TBF they had me at FREE. #Signs #SoilHealth #Permaculture #GoodEarthCommunity #TakeAsMuchAsYouNeed
A contemporary sustainable building with living wall installed. Provides colour and biodiversity and soaks up carbon dioxide.
Vertical Garden 📸 Hulme - May25 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUp #UrbanGaze #Permaculture #GoodEarthCommunity
I am stood on a cable reel tucking willow branches into a woven arbour. This structure is now three years old and is liking the spot which has plenty of ground water when it rains.
Willow Corner’s getting some fettling. Picture by Jayne. 📸 #TheValeArts Mossley - May25 #Permaculture #GoodEarthCommunity #GlobalGrooves
Our space at the Vale team receiving a funding cheque from the Mayor of Tameside.
Congrats to #OurSpace Garden Project at #TheValeArts on recieving some much needed funds for the next phase of our plans to grow and create social spaces for our community to enjoy nature in. #Placemaking #Permaculture #GoodEarthCommunity #TMBC #AsaferTameside #ActiveCitizens
people gathered for a springtime community event there are two gazebo tents with different activities happening in each one has Willowcraft and a mud kitchen for younger children. The other tent has a bicycle powered sound system and open mic space plus at the end is a place where you start a nature trail… when you complete the trail, you can take home a book from the book library. it is a very sunny day and the people came and had a great time . thanks to all for a lovely day.
#OurSpace and #RideOutLoud at #TheValeArts for #SpringUp 📸 Mossley - May25 #Placemaking #GlobalGrooves #GoodEarthCommunity #CommunityPower
a brightly decorated scarecrow puppet holding flowers and with a radiating smile welcomes you. She is leaning against a gritstone wall of a mill building where incidentally used to make knickers for Queen Victoria although nearby Royal George Mill also claims this title…. The building is now a thriving art space and hub of creativity, this scarecrow was made by volunteers Led by Jayne McClean who also runs the Gardening sessions.
Swirly Sue is up and welcoming visitors to #TheValeArts in #Mossley as part of this weeks #ScarecrowTrail #CreatingCarnival #OurSpace #GoodEarthCommunity
Lamprocapnos spectabilis, commonly known as bleeding heart or Asian bleeding heart,[2] is a species of flowering plant belonging to the fumitory subfamily (Fumarioideae) of the Papaveraceae (or poppy family). src: wikipedia This specimen is located at a community garden i worked on several years ago, we’re planning some new activities here with the local residents and school.
Bleeding Heart 📸🌱🌼 Mossley - Apr25 #Bloomscrolling #IncredibleEdible #Placemaking #Permaculture #GoodEarthCommunity
A mud cake decorated with 5 dandelions in a dice formation
Dandelion Mud Cake number 5 #Permaculture #MudKitchen #GoodEarthCommunity #TheVale