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Female Chinese mantis
on New England asters

yesterday in Chicago, Illinois
outside Garfield Park Conservatory

📸 Olympus OM-3 90mm ISO200 f16 1/250

#MacroMonday #eastCoastKin #mantids #nature #chicago #insects #macro #photography #predators #macroPhotography #bugs #GarfieldParkConservatory #art
Cocked head atop folded arms, purple aster background.
September 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
chicagoseb.bsky.social
At the #GarfieldParkConservatory and admiring their efforts to teach people about #queerecology and the inherent -and abundantly common- queerness in nature.
A sign having to do with queer ecology at the Garfield's Park Conservatory in Chicago. Text: People are like plants & plants are like people For a long time, people have called queerness "unnatural" just because it doesn't fit into the usual "girl or boy" boxes that society expects. Did you know many plants don't follow boy or girl rules? Many flowers have both male and female parts in the same bloom. Not having our possessing both of the typical traits of male or female is defined as "intersex". Querycology challenges the idea that nature is heterosexual, binary, or follow strict gender roles. It encourages us to think outside of this or that, but rather to think of all the beautiful instances between them. Plants teach us that being different is natural and wonderful. What is Queer Ecology? Queer Ecology demonstrates that nature, animals, and people are full of different ways of living and growing, just like people are. It helps us understand that plants don't always fit into neat boxes. Some, like the papaya, can even change their sex depending on the weather and how much energy they have. Flower of a bromeliad jutting out of its center. It's a burst of pink with tiny blue inflorescences amongst the sea of deep Greens. Here's a type of orchid that is red yellow and orange when in bloom and the little purplish when still a bud. A ground orchid between some green leaves.
July 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
dreaddontdie.com
An African daisy

Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago - May 2025

#africandaisy #daisy #bloomscrolling #flowers #nature #naturephotography #photography #garfieldparkconservatory #mothersday
July 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
dreaddontdie.com
Flowering globe cactus

Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago - May 2025

#globecactus #cactus #macro #macrophotography #photography #flowering #bloom #garfieldpark #garfieldparkconservatory
July 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
daveyoufool.bsky.social
Yeah, we cute, keep scrollin.

#garfieldparkconservatory

(Me + @thatlizardsquid.bsky.social )
May 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
jonathanley.bsky.social
This is the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago a few weeks ago. This place is a rich treasure of interesting plants under giant glass roofs. It's free to visit for residents of Chicago.
#travelphotography #chicago #garfieldparkconservatory #conservatory
Rich green ferns grow below, while palms reach far above - toward a giant glass ceiling.
April 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
jmaxmadeit.bsky.social
Took this photo last week, and I can’t stop looking at it. Take me back to this plant-filled peace! #garfieldparkconservatory #plants #conservatory #nature
March 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
mannadraws.bsky.social
Went to the #garfieldparkconservatory , pen and sketchbook in hand, to doodle some interesting plants! So far, the weird, furry intestine-like cactus was the most bizarre looking thing I spotted haha
#plants #nature
A page of a sketchbook filled with multiple drawings of plants in ink. A page of a sketchbook filled with multiple drawings of plants in ink.
January 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
kg60660.bsky.social
#HappyNewYear from #GarfieldParkConservatory #Chicago
I have no delusions about 2025, and we need to find tranquility when we can.
January 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM