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withbutterflywings · 7 months

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japanese cheesewood tiny bouquet

#aesthetic #bouquet #flowers #japanese cheesewood #tiny #coquette #cottage core #cottage aesthetic #cottage garden #cottage vibes #doll #doll core

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punkass-diogenes · 5 months

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Plant journal

#my art #plant journal #nature art #Japanese cheesewood #coast live oak #Indian hawthorn #pepper tree #oleander #strawberry tree

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crudlynaturephotos · 11 months

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#coral tree #erythrina #mock orange #japanese cheesewood #pittosporum tobira #flowering trees #fallen blossom #sunlight through leaves #brentwood

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flower-biter · 11 days

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1-7 April 2024

Boop-pocalypse! 'twas a lot of fun, even if I did wind up blocking someone over it.

Requested a booking at an NYC tattoo artist I’ve had my eye on for a while! Fingers crossed they’ll accept my request during my visit dates (and that I won’t be a baby when I sit for it, it’ll be my biggest piece yet)

Still haven't really read anything. My brain just says No. <3 right now.

Even costar’s ai word salad bot thing is aware of how ferociously lonely and horny I’ve been lately. Sigh.

Trivia night again; we did poorly but still had fun. Cute bartender had a strong southern accent and she kept calling me “baby” and “darlin’” which had me grinning like an idiot.

How did my friend not tell me he is a literal doctor?? Why did it come up in a conversation where he confessed to having to google what’s in honey mustard?? (I’m never letting him live that down. It’s like the time I went to a bar and asked for a gin & tonic and the bartender said “oh I’ve never heard of that, what’s in it” and I like. Bluescreened. Sir I don't know how to explain this one without sounding really rude but. Say it again, slowly ????)

Office drama has my manager whom I really like getting moved to a different building; however, a new position is opening up that I think I might apply for. I’m mostly qualified and a bit scared but think I can (and probably should) do it. And the company is prioritizing hiring internally so I think I have a decent chance.

Saturday was gorgeous and I got to spend most of the day outside. Mum and I took a walk along a rail trail to our favorite coffee shop to get breakfast, then enjoyed a sunny, birdsong-filled stroll before we went and poked around a local antiques mall.

My friend invited me to her ultrasound and I got to see her twins moving around and hear their heartbeats, which was wild!Afterward her parents took us out to celebrate. We’re doing the gender(s) reveal party Sunday and I’m the designated keeper of the knowledge! I get to find out first thing and then get supplies for the party (Will report back). Nobody is allowed to bet on the genders because according to my friend, “if anyone in the family bets wrong they’ll remember, and if one of the kids turns out to be trans they’ll insist they were right all along and demand their betting prize with interest and adjustment for inflation, and we just don’t need that kind of drama.”

Update: I went over this morning and she logged me into her patient portal and I got to be the first to see that the twins are a healthy girl and boy! I threw them a little gender reveal party (which felt really funny to shop for because what’s the surprise? You get both??) and they’re so excited, it’s adorable. I’m so so happy for my friend and to get to be part of this phase of her life.

Reminded each day just how much I love love love spring. It’s so beautiful right now: cool and sunny, birds singing, flowers in bloom, windows open, not too hot. Feels like maybe everything will be okay.

This week:

last week

#i may edit this one a bit later it's a bit of a brain dump #catalog of little joys

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dougrobyngoold · 11 months

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Good-bye to Palaio Faliro & Hello to Athina - Athens, Greece

Today we moved from our coastal Airbnb - we had a lovely stay here. The place was spacious, well-equipped, with a wonderful balcony, and amazing views.

Our dinners since arriving in Greece - hummus, veggies, crackers, bread, cheese, and wine - all while overlooking the Aegean Sea.

Our kitchen had a great view of Piraeus.

The sun room was a nice bonus, as the weather was a little cooler than we had expected, especially in the evenings.

The view of one of the public beaches in the area from our balcony - there were people swimming everyday, even though our host said that the water was only 55-60 degrees.

Our short walk to the supermarket, the wine store, and the tram was covered with beautiful fig trees and lots of cats! No pictures of the cats, but the fig trees were pretty.

Chinaberry flowers along our walk to the tram station.

Bougainvillea along our walk to the supermarket and wine shop.

We checked out of our place around 11:00 and took the tram into Athens, our next Airbnb was right next door to the Acropolis Museum, going to be a big change from our first location. We couldn’t check in until 2:00, so we wandered around for a couple of hours. First stop, lunch at a nearby street cafe:

I had a Greek Salad - yummy.

Doug had a chicken gyro - delicious.

This guy was making the food faster than the gal could ring it up! It was fun to watch him.

After lunch we walked up to Constitution Square to watch the changing of the guards at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There was some other official event occurring, which required a large police presence and kept the crowds back from the hourly event. However, it was cool to watch the guards doing their unique marching step - well worth the walk and the wait.

Parliament Building on Constitution Square.

Changing of the guards, which occurs hourly.

Unique marching by The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Church we passed on the way back from Constitution Square.

Bell tower next to the church.

Doug, standing next to the doorway by our new Airbnb location in Athens.

We got checked into our new place and proceeded to take a little break (NAP). After our break, we decided to walk a couple blocks to a huge park, one of the advantages of being closer to the city center.

Hadrian’s Arch (a little hard to see, but the Acropolis is visible through the Arch).

Fountain in front of Zappeion Hall.

Zappeion Hall - built in the 1880s for the first modern Olympic Games. It is now used as a conference center.

View looking out the entrance to Zappeion Hall, we didn’t walk around inside because there was an event going on.

We walked across the street behind Zappeion Hall and entered the National Gardens. We strolled around on the winding paths, enjoying the scenery and shade.

This plant smelled amazing - Japanese cheesewood.

Malabar Nut - I think.

A couple of guys were eating the berries off this tree - they shared a couple of the ripe ones they had found with us - they were mulberries.

Red-veined abutilon.

Indian mallow.

Bauhinia purpurea.

Not sure what this flower is, but the snail required a picture!

Turtle pond - they had their necks stretched out trying to capture the last heat of the day.

Small pond in the park.

Bears Breeches.

Lots of people taking pictures on this bridge - pigeons and geese were everywhere.

Wisteria arbor - unfortunately, it wasn’t blooming.

Looking down on the top of the wisteria arbor. Ice plant blooming in the foreground.

There are an abundance of antiquities in the city of Athens, everywhere you walk you will see ruins tucked in along busy streets and built-up neighborhoods. As we were leaving the park, we ran into these Roman Bath ruins:

On our way back from the park, we took a small detour and stopped for dinner at a nearby vegan restaurant. The atmosphere and the food was fantastic - great find!

I ordered moussaka - it was so tasty. Layers of cauliflower, eggplant, lentls, potatoes, and spices.

Doug had soy kabobs, with fries, tzatziki, tomatoes, onions, and pita bread. It was delicious.

While we were sitting in the restaurant, we noticed a group of individuals in military or police uniforms gathering on the sidewalk across from us. We found out that they were marching and playing instruments to celebrate some saint (this was according to our waitress). They were still gathering when we left the restaurant, but we heard them playing when we got back to our apartment. It has been a very full day, time to rest!

#greece #athens #vegan restaurants #gardens

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tenthousandwildflowers · 5 years

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Japanese Cheesewood

Containing a toxic compound, Pittosporum tobira was once used as bait to kill fish. Read more

#japanese cheesewood #flowers #plants #toxic #garden #botany #tenthousandwildflowers #post

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joyousnudibranch · 2 years

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Project Opuntia -10 Giant-killing, everywhere!?/ Project ウチワサボテン-10- 下剋上の季節到来か！？

We had a four-month hiatus making necessary arrangements required by new rules in getting permission to remove opuntia here. Yep, paperwork is always a bummer to do something in a special protection area of a Quasi-national park and nationally-designated place of scenic beauty. Anyway, it was done, and yesterday (Apr. 17, 2022) we re-started removing opuntia along the coastal trail at the tip of Cape Muroto! :D

ウチワサボテン駆除の許可申請の新ルールに基づいて手続きをするため、4か月間駆除をお休みしてました。国定公園の特別保護区と名勝に指定されてる場所で何かする許可をとるのは、イロイロ大変です。^^;

ま、それが片付き、サボテン駆除再開です！:D

And when we got to the same place we left off at the end of last year, we were surprised!! :O

そして、昨年最後に駆除した場所に行ってみると、オドロキ！！　

Opunita, which dominated the area in November last year, is almost covered by other plants! 去年の11月には、ここの場所を征服していたウチワサボテンが、なんと、他の植物に埋もれかけている...！！！　

As we witnessed how resilient and fast-spread they were, we thought that opuntia was the final boss. But see? Now it’s giant-killing taking place everywhere!!! Coastal evergreen trees like Japanese cheesewood, Japanese spindle, etc., and other vines including climbing buckwheat(?) are almost winning the race here. The struggle for survival. Very keen, indeed. WOW! ウチワサボテンのしぶとさと広がりの速さを見るにつれ、もうコイツがここのラスボスだと思ってた私たちですが。いやいや。この、あちこちで下剋上が次々起こってる様を見て下さい。トベラやマサキ、蔓性の植物特にツルソバ！完全にサボテンを覆いつくしてる場所もあり。＠＠

生存競争の凄まじさ。ホントに。

We, of course, didn’t forget to enjoy bento on the beach. :)

さてモチロン、浜弁当も忘れず再開です。

I made and brought orange poppyseed cupcakes for dessert, but forgot to take a photo. Then we started our heroic effort of removing opuntia WITHOUT harming the vigorously growing coastal plants (most of which are designated as “natural monument” by the national government). かなり日差しの強い浜で岩の上で干物化しながらも、これはゆずれません。^^）ちなみに私は、ウチの冷凍ポンカンジュースでオレンジ・ポピーシードカップケーキを作って来て食べてもらったけど、写真は撮り忘れ。

その後、お仕事開始。ウチワサボテンを、周りから覆いかぶさってる海岸植物（ほとんどが天然記念物指定）に気を使いながらの駆除です。

We could only remove the ones growing too close or into the trail and causing danger to the passers-by. 頑張ったけど、遊歩道にはみ出して通行人にとってアブナイ部分だけを取り除くので精一杯。

Yep, we did make a difference, even small... ま、やった感はありますネ、なんとか。

Our job was not over until we packed up the removed opuntia for pick up by the garbage truck.

最後に袋詰めしてごみ収集場所に出して、やっと仕事は終わりです。

BTW, this time I managed to harvest some opuntia fruits. ところで今回は、ワタシ駆除しながら、これだけ実を集めることができました。

And I was stupid enough to handle them with my bare hands!! They didn’t have obvious spikes so I forgot about how dangerous they can be. My right hand has been feeling terribly prickly since then. OH, is THAT why they’re called “prickly pears?!!”

どんくさいことに私、これを素手で触ってたんですワ～！（TT) トゲがないもんで、つい気を許してしまったんですが。その後から翌日の今日もずっと、右手に何か所もチクチク感が。見てもトゲは見当たらないんですよ。でも痛い。泣きそうなくらい。いや勉強になりました。（TT)

Opuntia removed at these locations

今回は、去年の11月と同じ場所。

#opuntia #prickly pear #Project opunita #bento on the beach #conservation team

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jeremystrele · 3 years

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A Cultivated Wilderness In Inner Suburban Melbourne

Gardens

by Sasha Gattermayr

The front garden greets entrance at the threshold of the property. Plantings: tree aloe, bay laurel, forest pansy, cycads, bay laurel, cousin it, prostate swamp sheoak, laurustinus balls, string of pearls. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

The main garden on the middle level is the connection between the residence and garden. Plantings: jacaranda, grass tree, knobby clubrush. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

The dramatic pool is entered from the main level garden. A Queensland bottle tree sneaks its way up the side. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

The rear garden wraps around the pool’s monolithic sandstone body. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

The pool overlooks the cactus garden at the end, and this tranquil pocket on the side. Plantings: Queensland bottle tree, silver banksia, cleistocactus. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

The functional main level garden is an interplay between hard (rocks) and soft (lawn) materials, complete with bluestone crazy paving! Plantings: imperial bromeliad, red back Australian ginger, crassula. Japanese cheesewood, heartleaf bergenia, cardboard palm. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

Natives like kangaroo paw and tall sedge provides pops of colour and texture in the rear garden. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

The black steel battens create a wavy fenceline that dissolves into the garden. Plantings: hard rush, buxus ball, European palm, red back Australian ginger, cycad, heartleaf bergenia. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

The main garden is characterised by the dramatic raised pool island. Plantings: jacaranda tree, Japanese cheesewood, grass tree, fan aloe, knobby clubrush, dwarf swamp sheoak, red back Australian ginger. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

Plantings: grass tree, knobby club rush. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

Plantings: soft tree fern, rhapis palm, dwarf swamp sheoak, kalbarri carpet. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

The tranquil fish pond creates a moment of serenity in an otherwise dark and forgotten corner. Plantings: leopard plant, kentia palm, water lily morning glory, upright millfoil. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

The cactus beds at the rear garden are contained by curved corten planters. Plantings: cleistocactus, olive, tuckeroo, euphorbia, spiny head mat rush. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

A winding pathway makes its way through correa alba, European fan palm, tall sedge and dwarf swamp sheoak. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

Plantings: agave , spiny head mat rush, tall sedge. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

A view back into the house from the edge of the pool. Plantings: waterhousia, knobby clubrush. Photo – Amelia Stanwix. Landscape design – Phillip Withers. Landscape construction – Form Landscaping.

This residential garden in Toorak is growing wilder and wilder by the day, which is actually the point.

‘The aim for the planting was to present a wild and diverse set of species to help build an oasis-like environment,’ says legendary landscape designer, Phillip Withers. With a palette consisting of 81 plant varietals (!) and his own practice’s installation at MIFGS 2017 in mind, he and his team set out to cultivate a wilderness around the Cera Stribley-designed home.

The final garden design (which was built by Form Landscaping) consists of three pockets of landscape, each with their own distinct personality and function. The front garden is a verdant welcome mat which serves to soften the architecture of the home upon arrival; the rear garden contains the body of the raised pool, a cactus garden and secreted pond; and the main garden on level one provides direct connection to the home via a landscaped patio and entry to the pool.

The sections of the garden closest to the house (such as the front garden and patio that connects the pool to the main pavilion) are characterised by the interesting and luscious shapes of an exotic palette, while the sections closer to the boundary are built with more localised flora, borrowed from the neighbouring surrounds.

At the main level, the pool is skirted by a small lawn, native grasses and a squat charcoal grass-tree. A young jacaranda tree sits at the centre and will become a majestic living sculpture at the heart of the home.

On the lower level, an L-shape bend in the residence floorplan created a sheltered nook between the pool and the house, which was in danger of becoming a dark cavity lost amongst its sunny surrounds. Phil rectified this closed-in corner by installing a decorative lilypad pond surrounded by ferns and Bangalow Palms. Inspired!

This winding rear garden wraps the pool’s raised body, with its edge overlooking the cactus beds from the end and the secluded fishpond from the side. Native violets, banksia and kangaroo paw provide bursts of vibrant colour against the soon-to-mature saplings. A cluster of silver torch cacti will create a statuesque presence once fully grown and a direct reference to the ‘I See Wild’ installation.

The contrast between hard and soft materials mirrors the contrasting planting schemes in different pockets of the garden: raised corten planters contain beds of soft flora; matte black steel battens form an undulating pool fence; and bluestone steppers are cut along jagged lines and placed haphazardly to create crazy paving. Every element has been thought about in relation to itself and its neighbours.

The luscious garden will benefit from ongoing stewardship by the Phillip Withers team to ensure its wilderness will be tamed and maintained for years to come.

See more projects from Phillip Withers here.

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tonytomeo · 5 years

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Pittosporum tobira

A surplus of common names seems to be a common theme for many plants that we thought we knew the names of. The simple Pittosporum tobira, which might be known here by its Latin name, might instead be known as mock orange, Australian laurel, Japanese pittosporum, and Japanese cheesewood. Its native range is about as diverse, including Greece, Japan, Korea and China.

Back in the 1990s, the compact…

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#evergreen plants #hedges #Plants #screens #shrubbery

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biofunmy · 5 years

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Finding an Oasis at Tennis’s Most Crowded Major

PARIS — Of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the French Open has the smallest footprint, perhaps in stature, and definitely in square footage. Crammed into a triangular swath of land next to the Bois De Boulogne, the highly trafficked pathways of Roland Garros are often choked with spectators ambling toward the next match or the next jambon-beurre sandwich.

That is still the case, even after Roland Garros expanded to about 29 acres from a mere 21 (the United States Open sits on roughly 45 acres in Flushing, Queens). The added acreage comes from the elegant new Simonne Mathieu Court, which opened this year adjacent to a set of historic greenhouses, and two new courts at the opposite end of the grounds.

Even with the extra space, it can feel crowded. If it occasionally appears on television that the stands are half empty, be assured that the walkways are full. The average attendance for the first week of the tournament was 37,000, an increase of about 3,500 per day from recent years.

But amid all the human traffic, a few sanctuaries can be found — some for fans, others for players and one for a colony of about a half-million honey bees.

Starting at one end of the grounds, a spectator can promenade past many treasures hidden outside of the famous red clay courts. From the far western, pointy end of the grounds, where Serena Williams recently practiced her serve in relative seclusion, to the array of comfortable orange beanbag chairs on the east end, where much of this article was written in glorious repose, Roland Garros is now about a kilometer in length.

Court 15, where Williams practiced, is new. It is enclosed by black iron fences that meet at a restaurant at the far end of the grounds, and on each side automobile traffic whizzed by, maybe 10 meters away. And when Williams was done, she descended down a staircase and out of view, into a nearby tunnel that conveys players to the locker rooms away from the bustle. On that day, the overwhelming majority of fans in the area were focused on Court 14, where an overflow crowd stood on tiptoes to watch the Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert defeat Daniil Medvedev in a five-set thriller. A pair of American tennis tourists struggled to see over the top of the throng.

The taller one — Nick Shanley, a real estate financier from Arlington, Va. — gave his play-by-play report to his friend Chadd Sullo, a sales executive from Milford, Conn., and former college player at Sacred Heart University.

As busy as Court 14 was, it did not compare to the seven beehives, each containing about 60,000 bees buzzing in the air about 200 meters away. The hives are tucked into a ledge adjacent to a pathway alongside Suzanne Lenglen Court, the second largest stadium on the grounds. A small set of stone stairs leads to an oasis — a beautiful, hidden garden with a meandering gravel path, no more than 50 feet long. At the end of it, Villalonga’s bees probed the bushes and flowers.

Most of the roughly 480,000 black bees go unseen by spectators or players.

“Fortunately, they don’t like the red clay,” said Laurent Villalonga, a staff gardener since 1994 and the chief beekeeper of Roland Garros.

About four years ago, Villalonga said his bosses asked him to start the colony to help preserve the biodiversity of the area and support the local bee population. He had no experience, but asked a colleague for advice. Now, he produces honey, about 60 kilograms a year, which he puts in little jars with elegant Roland Garros labels and gives to friends and colleagues . (Unfortunately, the delectable treat is not for sale.)

Villalonga cultivates seven wooden hives next to Lenglen and two more on the roof atop Le Village, a large building for sponsors and V.I.P.’s. Last year, he said, the entire colony was wiped out by an infestation of Varroa mites. It was crushing, but a new colony was quickly brought in and it is thriving.

“I think it is a fantastic idea,” Villalonga said, “as you can see from all the foliage around you.”

Leaving the bees behind, one passes the main Philippe Chatrier Court and the soon-to-be demolished Court 1, known as the bullring. The area where Court 1 stands will eventually become a lawn, which should help alleviate some of the crowding.

Continuing east, one arrives at a distinctive Parisian landmark: a news kiosk.

It is run by Anne-Marie Schneider, a children’s caretaker for most of the year, and her husband, Marcel Schneider. Anne-Marie cherishes the festive ambience and international flavor of the French Open, and the relative calm of her location, a shady spot in the shadow of the bullring. She sells newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times and L’Equipe, the French sports periodical that is her best seller.

Occasionally she has to chase down a child who thinks the papers are free, but for the most part her location provides a respite from the crowds jostling through the rest of the grounds.

“I love it here,” she said. “It is like a vacation for me.”

From there, through a narrow gateway, a visitor enters the newest part of Roland Garros. Down a stone path, past the century-old greenhouses of the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil on the left and pristine buhrstone buildings on the right, botanically inclined fans can study many varieties of plants from five continents, with small plaques denoting their family and genus names.

At what other Grand Slam do you see a Lagerstroemia Indica tree or a Pittosporum Tobira (a Japanese Cheesewood, of course)? Presumably some of the plants were pollinated by Villalonga’s bees.

At the end of the path is the gleaming new Simonne Mathieu Court, designed to echo the old greenhouses. Along the far side of the stadium, as distant as one can be from Court 16 and remain on the grounds, lie fluffy beanbag chairs and a dozen rows of orange deck chairs in front of a giant video screen showing live matches.

Some sit and watch, others read and eat, and a few even doze off.

But on the other side of a little mound with small trees, one discovers the final secluded gem of Roland Garros: a bucolic half-acre meadow called Le Jardin Contemporain, or contemporary garden, which gained more popularity as the tournament proceeded.

On one of the first few days, though, under brilliant sunshine, Alexandra Panova, the 71st-ranked player in the world, stretched with her trainer, Tim Hoper, then reclined on the deck chairs in total seclusion — until interrupted by a pair of curious passers-by.

“I have never even seen this place before,” Panova said. “It is perfect. But don’t tell anyone about it.”

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alexstrbova-blog · 7 years

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