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More pro-pollinator propaganda for #ManufacturedEcosystems: in a future where we rely on pollination drones in the absence of natural pollinators can we be relied upon to pollinate wildflowers? Plants we deem weeds?

The loss in pollinator species & just sheer numbers is frankly staggering but we can make choices to better protect pollinators now to ensure a future where they persist & fill their niche.🧵

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #lettering #wildColumbine #wildflowers #pollination #ecology

My 11” x 14” linocut print shows a Canada or wild columbine with green stems and leaves and hanging red and yellow flowers at the bottom. There are three different models of pollination drones above the wildflowers at various heights, printed in black. One is the robobee with vertical shaft, two wings and tripod base. One looks like a robot crane fly. One looks like a miniature 4 winged drone with multiple feet. On top of this in magenta sans serif type is the slogan “DON’T LET DRONES DECIDE”

More of my pollinator garden work in progress about the future of pollination for Manufactured Ecosystems.

I’m thinking about a variety of futures possible for pollination and pollinators. Planting native plants wherever you are can foster these species on whom we and our ecosystems depend.

#printmaking #wildflowers #sciart #pollination #commonMilkweed #echinecea #monarchButterfly #EasternSwallowtail #wildColumbine #CanadaColumbine #ecosystems #butterflies #nativeBee #MastoArt

As described this is a detail shot of my collaged linocut pollinator garden artwork featuring a log, wildflowers and pollinators including: Canada goldenrod, purple coneflower, wild geraniums, wild columbine, common milkweed, black eyed susans, monarch butterflies, red-spotted purple butterfly, white underwing moth, bumblebee, sweat bee, resin bee and milkweed leaf beetle.

The dwarf Wild Columbine, Aquilegia Canadensis, is a native spring blooming plant that thrives in partly shady, rocky woods. The delicate and lovely wildflower has yellow petals, red spur and red sepals that nod gently.
See it here
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Native Wild Columbine in red with greenish background in vertical

The Eastern Columbine is a herbaceous perennial plant that stole my heart with its delicate, lobed leaves and unique bell-shaped flowers the first time I saw it growing in the garden at Leonard J. Buck Garden. The flowers are a fiery red and yellow combo, sometimes an alluring all-red or all-yellow look. These beauties bloom in the spring and early summer.

Hummingbirds can't resist its sweet nectar, nor can bees, butterflies, or hawk moths. I want to provide a home for some butterfly or moth larvae, and the Eastern Columbine has got it covered. It's even a tasty treat for birds like finches and buntings. Eastern Columbine is a self-seeder. Several colonies have formed in every one of my garden planters and have spread to the small garden at the front of my home. Eastern Columbine will stick around for the long haul.

Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) · Sunday 7 May 2023 · FujiFilm X-T3 · XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR

Eastern Columbine is an easy-to-grow plant that thrives in various habitats, including woodlands, meadows, and even along roadsides. I'm not a seasoned gardener, but I can enjoy the lovely flowers in the container garden meadow I planted. The container garden is set up to provide the meadow plants with well-draining soil. The west-facing patio gives the container meadows partial shade from the roof of our home in the morning, but the containers bask in full sun in the afternoon.

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