Back to the garden

[dolorosa_12]

The prompt for sunshine_challenge today is 'green'.

Green is my very favourite colour, and being out among green and growing things is one of the surest ways for me to restore a sense of calm and happiness if I'm feeling down. When I'm not able to go out and look at trees and fenlands, I do the next best thing: scroll through the numerous gardening, flower farmer, or otherwise outdoorsy nature-focused Instagram accounts that I follow.

I've deliberately kept Instagram as the sole oasis of social media calm: apart from online and 'real life' friends and family, the only accounts I follow are those which post about beautiful, calming and pleasant things. And for my response to today's challenge prompt, I am going to recommend a few of my favourite accounts. Most of them are based in the UK (or northwestern Europe), as that's where I live, and there are a handful of accounts from Australia, as that's where I'm from.

sigridsminde: a woman with an incredible farm and garden in the Danish island of Ærø.

aseasonalharvest: a woman with a great garden in a huge block of land in the south coast of NSW in Australia.

my_urban_edible_garden: does what it says on the tin — an amazing urban garden in Sydney.

milliproust: a flower farmer in the UK.

botanicaltales: a woman in the UK who runs a business selling dried flowers. Also has a great allotment garden and green roof in her house.

foxgloveandivy: beautiful photos of the English countryside.

thewildwoodmoth: lovely photos of the Dorset coast.

ouririshstory: gorgeous photos of the west coast of Ireland.

oakandclaw: incredible nature photography, mainly in the north of England.

lobsterandswan: beautiful photos of flowers, plants, and interiors.

petalspapyrus: lots of photos of flowers from a woman in Japan.

Looking at photos and Instagram stories from these accounts always soothes me.

Comments

[kingstoken]

Thank you for all the great recs, I decided to follow oakandclaw

[dolorosa_12]

You're welcome! I'm glad you found an account to follow.

[lirazel]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[dolorosa_12]

Thank you! I'm glad you like them.

[lightbird]

Thank you for the recs of all these links!

Green is one of my favorite colors, too.

[dolorosa_12]

You're welcome — I'm glad you like them.

Green is such a great colour!

[bloodydemonic]

Oh these are all lovely, thank you

[dolorosa_12]

I'm glad you like them!

💚

[oldtoadwoman]

I find pretty pictures soothing as well. It's not quite the same as being there, but for just a moment it's like a mini-vacation in your imagination.

Re: 💚

[dolorosa_12]

Exactly — it's like a kind of mental breath, a pause to resettle the mind.

[greerwatson]

Interesting links! Thanks for sharing them.

[dolorosa_12]

You're welcome. I'm glad you liked them.

[abyss_valkyrie]

I haven't been on my insta in almost 3 weeks now but oh these are tempting!:D
These pages look so pretty! thewildwoodmoth and petalspapyrus aahhhh!Just beautiful!

[dolorosa_12]

I'm glad you like them!

[enemytosleep]

This is a wonderful list and I am adding a few to my page. Thank you!

[dolorosa_12]

You're welcome! I'm glad you like them!

[lokifan]

Thanks for the recs!! Have added a few of these now.

[dolorosa_12]

You're welcome! I'm glad you like them.