Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝
@greenflorence.bsky.social
Passionate about the relationship between humans and the planet papatuanuku. I post about practical sustainable actions and ideas: from #peace to #gardening, #community, #trees, #oneness and everything #interconnected🌏
From Earth, with Love❣️🕉️🌳
From Earth, with Love❣️🕉️🌳
The form has 80 characters to express what's important to me, so I went to the core, what's most valuable of all.
"Trees and birds singing
Roof with solar panels
Expressing views
Harmony Love"
With that photo from our place, feeling so blessed ❤️ because I have it all!
"Trees and birds singing
Roof with solar panels
Expressing views
Harmony Love"
With that photo from our place, feeling so blessed ❤️ because I have it all!
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The form has 80 characters to express what's important to me, so I went to the core, what's most valuable of all.
"Trees and birds singing
Roof with solar panels
Expressing views
Harmony Love"
With that photo from our place, feeling so blessed ❤️ because I have it all!
"Trees and birds singing
Roof with solar panels
Expressing views
Harmony Love"
With that photo from our place, feeling so blessed ❤️ because I have it all!
Wool and pockets works 100%, chemicals not needed. Strawberries have time to ripen and are not pre eaten. Yum!
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Wool and pockets works 100%, chemicals not needed. Strawberries have time to ripen and are not pre eaten. Yum!
Roses of the week, they smell so nice! Gift for all.
Just enough aphids to feed the ladybugs, fed with a mix of used teas, banana peel and egg shells, in gardens well weeded (by hand) and nourished with leaves, straw and mulch.
Roses delight us from November to autumn, a privilege and joy.
Just enough aphids to feed the ladybugs, fed with a mix of used teas, banana peel and egg shells, in gardens well weeded (by hand) and nourished with leaves, straw and mulch.
Roses delight us from November to autumn, a privilege and joy.
December 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Roses of the week, they smell so nice! Gift for all.
Just enough aphids to feed the ladybugs, fed with a mix of used teas, banana peel and egg shells, in gardens well weeded (by hand) and nourished with leaves, straw and mulch.
Roses delight us from November to autumn, a privilege and joy.
Just enough aphids to feed the ladybugs, fed with a mix of used teas, banana peel and egg shells, in gardens well weeded (by hand) and nourished with leaves, straw and mulch.
Roses delight us from November to autumn, a privilege and joy.
After sitting for 2 days, I sieved the flowers using a tea towel in a colender. Then reheated and added three lemons juice. When boiling, pour into jar, put immediately the lid on and turn upside down to sterilize. When cooled the next day, I check the lid popped. Label and store. Yum.
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
After sitting for 2 days, I sieved the flowers using a tea towel in a colender. Then reheated and added three lemons juice. When boiling, pour into jar, put immediately the lid on and turn upside down to sterilize. When cooled the next day, I check the lid popped. Label and store. Yum.
Thistles! They are spectacular, great for bees and the soil, but they are bad for my bare feet! So we remove them, manually with gloves. Before they go to seed. With a knife, I go deep around the root to loosen it then wiggle the root out. Sometimes bingo! the whole root is out, it won't come back.
December 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Thistles! They are spectacular, great for bees and the soil, but they are bad for my bare feet! So we remove them, manually with gloves. Before they go to seed. With a knife, I go deep around the root to loosen it then wiggle the root out. Sometimes bingo! the whole root is out, it won't come back.
Yeah strawberries from the garden 🙏😋
But lots of holes in them, and a lovely mini snail...
No I don't reach for anti slug chemical product.
I put the last wool tree protections around the strawberry plants and tried also the individual sleeve (reusable).
We'll see... I'll let you know.
But lots of holes in them, and a lovely mini snail...
No I don't reach for anti slug chemical product.
I put the last wool tree protections around the strawberry plants and tried also the individual sleeve (reusable).
We'll see... I'll let you know.
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Yeah strawberries from the garden 🙏😋
But lots of holes in them, and a lovely mini snail...
No I don't reach for anti slug chemical product.
I put the last wool tree protections around the strawberry plants and tried also the individual sleeve (reusable).
We'll see... I'll let you know.
But lots of holes in them, and a lovely mini snail...
No I don't reach for anti slug chemical product.
I put the last wool tree protections around the strawberry plants and tried also the individual sleeve (reusable).
We'll see... I'll let you know.
Abundance from the garden, thank you. Nature gives us back tenfold the time we spend with her. Delicious, healthy, fresh, satisfying, gratitude. Thank you nature 🌞🙏
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Abundance from the garden, thank you. Nature gives us back tenfold the time we spend with her. Delicious, healthy, fresh, satisfying, gratitude. Thank you nature 🌞🙏
More war preparations in NZ, in France, in the US, more tax payer money going to kill people and destroy the environment, with huge energy and resources consumption. Peace please ! Please divest and reconvert these resources to civil and nature protection!
"From weaponry to livingry"!
"From weaponry to livingry"!
November 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM
More war preparations in NZ, in France, in the US, more tax payer money going to kill people and destroy the environment, with huge energy and resources consumption. Peace please ! Please divest and reconvert these resources to civil and nature protection!
"From weaponry to livingry"!
"From weaponry to livingry"!
It's quick to fill a salad bowl of flowers. Back home, I dilute 1 spoon of honey and a cup of sugar in boiling water. Off the boil, I pour the flowers, stir and leave to infused minimum 12 hours, max 48 hours.
A beautiful gold liquid with tiny white flowers. Smells nice !
#homemade #elderflowers
A beautiful gold liquid with tiny white flowers. Smells nice !
#homemade #elderflowers
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It's quick to fill a salad bowl of flowers. Back home, I dilute 1 spoon of honey and a cup of sugar in boiling water. Off the boil, I pour the flowers, stir and leave to infused minimum 12 hours, max 48 hours.
A beautiful gold liquid with tiny white flowers. Smells nice !
#homemade #elderflowers
A beautiful gold liquid with tiny white flowers. Smells nice !
#homemade #elderflowers
Perfect time to harvest elderflowers and make juice (some people do a "champagne" with it too).
The stems are toxic so prying the flowers out of the umbel takes ages. This year, I cut the end of the flower to minimize the stems and used the flowers straight into the pan. Recipe in comments
The stems are toxic so prying the flowers out of the umbel takes ages. This year, I cut the end of the flower to minimize the stems and used the flowers straight into the pan. Recipe in comments
November 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Perfect time to harvest elderflowers and make juice (some people do a "champagne" with it too).
The stems are toxic so prying the flowers out of the umbel takes ages. This year, I cut the end of the flower to minimize the stems and used the flowers straight into the pan. Recipe in comments
The stems are toxic so prying the flowers out of the umbel takes ages. This year, I cut the end of the flower to minimize the stems and used the flowers straight into the pan. Recipe in comments
Today, I started my face oil. I cut cistus roses and calendula, added one scented peony and one rose. I put them roughly cut into a glass jar and poured apricot kernel oil and grape seed oil on it.
Leave for 3 weeks, sieve, then put in little oil containers. I use daily until next harvest season.
Leave for 3 weeks, sieve, then put in little oil containers. I use daily until next harvest season.
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Today, I started my face oil. I cut cistus roses and calendula, added one scented peony and one rose. I put them roughly cut into a glass jar and poured apricot kernel oil and grape seed oil on it.
Leave for 3 weeks, sieve, then put in little oil containers. I use daily until next harvest season.
Leave for 3 weeks, sieve, then put in little oil containers. I use daily until next harvest season.
When I saw this new cosmetics warehouse, I saw disgusting amounts of chemicals and packaging. This hurts the planet and human health too.
And it's a terrible competition to the many small natural cosmetic producers of our country.
Now it's up to the consumers to choose local, natural products.
And it's a terrible competition to the many small natural cosmetic producers of our country.
Now it's up to the consumers to choose local, natural products.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
When I saw this new cosmetics warehouse, I saw disgusting amounts of chemicals and packaging. This hurts the planet and human health too.
And it's a terrible competition to the many small natural cosmetic producers of our country.
Now it's up to the consumers to choose local, natural products.
And it's a terrible competition to the many small natural cosmetic producers of our country.
Now it's up to the consumers to choose local, natural products.
Every afternoon, we take a walk #inthegarden. We appreciate it, admire the work done in the morning, smell flowers, sit on the benches and observe, birds singing. Relaxing. EnJOYing. #Peace. Good for our well-being, for our #love for the garden. Garden, plants and trees themselves love to be loved 🕉️
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Every afternoon, we take a walk #inthegarden. We appreciate it, admire the work done in the morning, smell flowers, sit on the benches and observe, birds singing. Relaxing. EnJOYing. #Peace. Good for our well-being, for our #love for the garden. Garden, plants and trees themselves love to be loved 🕉️
I was removing cleavers under the elder today. I was happy to see aquilegia, hollyhocks, Salomon seal, dandelion, veronica and nettle in the tall grass. But I removed cleavers and dock before they go to seed. Because they spread a lot.
I am curious: which "weeds" do you keep, which to you remove?
I am curious: which "weeds" do you keep, which to you remove?
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I was removing cleavers under the elder today. I was happy to see aquilegia, hollyhocks, Salomon seal, dandelion, veronica and nettle in the tall grass. But I removed cleavers and dock before they go to seed. Because they spread a lot.
I am curious: which "weeds" do you keep, which to you remove?
I am curious: which "weeds" do you keep, which to you remove?
Beautiful thank you. Yes #natureartshow !
Growing flowers all year round feeds so many insects and rewards us with joy and beauty. And it's good for the planet and humanity. #Gratitude
Here a bumblebee in a rhododendron in the garden yesterday 🐝🌼🌳🌞🌿
Growing flowers all year round feeds so many insects and rewards us with joy and beauty. And it's good for the planet and humanity. #Gratitude
Here a bumblebee in a rhododendron in the garden yesterday 🐝🌼🌳🌞🌿
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Beautiful thank you. Yes #natureartshow !
Growing flowers all year round feeds so many insects and rewards us with joy and beauty. And it's good for the planet and humanity. #Gratitude
Here a bumblebee in a rhododendron in the garden yesterday 🐝🌼🌳🌞🌿
Growing flowers all year round feeds so many insects and rewards us with joy and beauty. And it's good for the planet and humanity. #Gratitude
Here a bumblebee in a rhododendron in the garden yesterday 🐝🌼🌳🌞🌿
"Weeds" are plants that grow well, adapt well, often the first to come back on bare soil, on a bank or after roundup use. They are ruderal. They are enriching the soil for further plants to come and grow. They are the first step of biodiversity, manage them but don't poison them.
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"Weeds" are plants that grow well, adapt well, often the first to come back on bare soil, on a bank or after roundup use. They are ruderal. They are enriching the soil for further plants to come and grow. They are the first step of biodiversity, manage them but don't poison them.
What to do with leaf curl on peach or plums?
What would nature do? Strengthen the plant with a healthy soil: so I weeded around each trunk and added a mix of seaweed, wormcast, coffee, bio char and Epsom salt.
New leaves are healthy so the tree is good. Hubby has just wrapped copper wires too.
What would nature do? Strengthen the plant with a healthy soil: so I weeded around each trunk and added a mix of seaweed, wormcast, coffee, bio char and Epsom salt.
New leaves are healthy so the tree is good. Hubby has just wrapped copper wires too.
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
What to do with leaf curl on peach or plums?
What would nature do? Strengthen the plant with a healthy soil: so I weeded around each trunk and added a mix of seaweed, wormcast, coffee, bio char and Epsom salt.
New leaves are healthy so the tree is good. Hubby has just wrapped copper wires too.
What would nature do? Strengthen the plant with a healthy soil: so I weeded around each trunk and added a mix of seaweed, wormcast, coffee, bio char and Epsom salt.
New leaves are healthy so the tree is good. Hubby has just wrapped copper wires too.
Gardening in harmony with nature is a choice. It brings fast rewards. Eg. No killing chemicals so we have immediate increase of insects and birds, variety of plants, lushness, beauty.
We ask often: "What would nature do?" So we observe, understand, appreciate nature. Sounds like love? It is😍🙏🌿🌎🐝
We ask often: "What would nature do?" So we observe, understand, appreciate nature. Sounds like love? It is😍🙏🌿🌎🐝
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Gardening in harmony with nature is a choice. It brings fast rewards. Eg. No killing chemicals so we have immediate increase of insects and birds, variety of plants, lushness, beauty.
We ask often: "What would nature do?" So we observe, understand, appreciate nature. Sounds like love? It is😍🙏🌿🌎🐝
We ask often: "What would nature do?" So we observe, understand, appreciate nature. Sounds like love? It is😍🙏🌿🌎🐝
That's cool, a collaboration between International Red Cross and World Wildlife Fund because we can't protect the people without protecting and regenerating nature too.
Of course, we are one.
I hope these big guys can be big levers for positive changes.
www.ifrc.org/our-work/dis...
#WWF #IFRC
Of course, we are one.
I hope these big guys can be big levers for positive changes.
www.ifrc.org/our-work/dis...
#WWF #IFRC
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
That's cool, a collaboration between International Red Cross and World Wildlife Fund because we can't protect the people without protecting and regenerating nature too.
Of course, we are one.
I hope these big guys can be big levers for positive changes.
www.ifrc.org/our-work/dis...
#WWF #IFRC
Of course, we are one.
I hope these big guys can be big levers for positive changes.
www.ifrc.org/our-work/dis...
#WWF #IFRC
Connecting with nature is essential for humans wellbeing, to feel we ARE nature, therefore act to care for the planet. It's also a solace, a why and a how.
At the eve of the #COP30, we need all the love and giving, wisdom, respect, care and resilience nature showcases generously. All together ♥️🌎🦸♂️🌿
At the eve of the #COP30, we need all the love and giving, wisdom, respect, care and resilience nature showcases generously. All together ♥️🌎🦸♂️🌿
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Connecting with nature is essential for humans wellbeing, to feel we ARE nature, therefore act to care for the planet. It's also a solace, a why and a how.
At the eve of the #COP30, we need all the love and giving, wisdom, respect, care and resilience nature showcases generously. All together ♥️🌎🦸♂️🌿
At the eve of the #COP30, we need all the love and giving, wisdom, respect, care and resilience nature showcases generously. All together ♥️🌎🦸♂️🌿
I mentioned #lovewater before as a beautiful way to fill ourselves with love and feel the water of life through us.
Adding some nature's delicious remedies enhances the connectedness: nature is caring for us, I feel so grateful, so loved by nature. Of course I love her and care for her back.
Adding some nature's delicious remedies enhances the connectedness: nature is caring for us, I feel so grateful, so loved by nature. Of course I love her and care for her back.
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I mentioned #lovewater before as a beautiful way to fill ourselves with love and feel the water of life through us.
Adding some nature's delicious remedies enhances the connectedness: nature is caring for us, I feel so grateful, so loved by nature. Of course I love her and care for her back.
Adding some nature's delicious remedies enhances the connectedness: nature is caring for us, I feel so grateful, so loved by nature. Of course I love her and care for her back.
Hugging trees is the bridge to #connectwithnature.
Choosing a tree or letting it choose you, caressing, holding it, watching closely, my ear against the trunk, I hear its sap, life water like my blood, flowing at a different timescale but same water, I stay, infused with its strength and wisdom.
Choosing a tree or letting it choose you, caressing, holding it, watching closely, my ear against the trunk, I hear its sap, life water like my blood, flowing at a different timescale but same water, I stay, infused with its strength and wisdom.
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Hugging trees is the bridge to #connectwithnature.
Choosing a tree or letting it choose you, caressing, holding it, watching closely, my ear against the trunk, I hear its sap, life water like my blood, flowing at a different timescale but same water, I stay, infused with its strength and wisdom.
Choosing a tree or letting it choose you, caressing, holding it, watching closely, my ear against the trunk, I hear its sap, life water like my blood, flowing at a different timescale but same water, I stay, infused with its strength and wisdom.
Tip #3 for #connectingwithnature:
Smelling flowers, 3 times. Breathing in Waoh so nice; Breathing out woah so fragile; In, you are so special; Out, here I breathe into you flower; In, I take in the breath of life; Out, I share my breath with the universe.
We are all carbon and oxygen, we are one.
Smelling flowers, 3 times. Breathing in Waoh so nice; Breathing out woah so fragile; In, you are so special; Out, here I breathe into you flower; In, I take in the breath of life; Out, I share my breath with the universe.
We are all carbon and oxygen, we are one.
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Tip #3 for #connectingwithnature:
Smelling flowers, 3 times. Breathing in Waoh so nice; Breathing out woah so fragile; In, you are so special; Out, here I breathe into you flower; In, I take in the breath of life; Out, I share my breath with the universe.
We are all carbon and oxygen, we are one.
Smelling flowers, 3 times. Breathing in Waoh so nice; Breathing out woah so fragile; In, you are so special; Out, here I breathe into you flower; In, I take in the breath of life; Out, I share my breath with the universe.
We are all carbon and oxygen, we are one.
My simplest most relaxing way to #connectwithnature is to lie down on the ground, on the lawn, in deep grass, on a forest floor...
I feel the Earth holding me right here, I see the gentle greens waving, I hear the birds delighting me, nature is generous to me, I feel love and loved. Connected.
I feel the Earth holding me right here, I see the gentle greens waving, I hear the birds delighting me, nature is generous to me, I feel love and loved. Connected.
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
My simplest most relaxing way to #connectwithnature is to lie down on the ground, on the lawn, in deep grass, on a forest floor...
I feel the Earth holding me right here, I see the gentle greens waving, I hear the birds delighting me, nature is generous to me, I feel love and loved. Connected.
I feel the Earth holding me right here, I see the gentle greens waving, I hear the birds delighting me, nature is generous to me, I feel love and loved. Connected.
Connecting with nature is the core of caring for her and feeling part of it.
I am grateful to #connectwithnature daily, by gardening, touching the soil, surrounded by birds, caressing trees, and smelling flowers.
Sun salutations through a tree is a great gateway. Adoring the sun, tree and earth.
I am grateful to #connectwithnature daily, by gardening, touching the soil, surrounded by birds, caressing trees, and smelling flowers.
Sun salutations through a tree is a great gateway. Adoring the sun, tree and earth.
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Connecting with nature is the core of caring for her and feeling part of it.
I am grateful to #connectwithnature daily, by gardening, touching the soil, surrounded by birds, caressing trees, and smelling flowers.
Sun salutations through a tree is a great gateway. Adoring the sun, tree and earth.
I am grateful to #connectwithnature daily, by gardening, touching the soil, surrounded by birds, caressing trees, and smelling flowers.
Sun salutations through a tree is a great gateway. Adoring the sun, tree and earth.