Metamorphosis of a Liminal Space – Static Lawn to Dynamic Habitat
Hellstrip – land between the sidewalk and the curb. Usually this is a liminal space with no clearly defined use. It is often owned by the city, but its maintenance is the responsibility of the home owner. It is often an overlooked place, devoid of visual interest. It is often just a narrow swath of green lawn.
But, what would happen if this “hellstrip” transformed into a wildlife heaven? What if this barren plain became a vibrant haven for wildlife and flowers?
A few years ago, I tore out my hellstrip lawn and planted wildflower seeds. Static lawn was replaced by a vibrant ecosystem abuzz with life. The Hellstrip is an ever evolving place.
Come share and delight in the process of metamorphosis!
- Spring Flowers at the Cascades
- Retractable Orange Antennae
- Another Kind of Primrose Moth
- Rescue isn’t always Happy
- Peach
- Marion
- Cat with Leg Injury
- Boba
- Difley Family Forest
- Cook’s Pond
- Moreland Woods
- Blueberry Hill
- Yellow
- Green Life, Black Death
- Three Indoors, Two Outdoors
- A New Hope
- Spicebush Sorrow Tale
- Resilience
- First Monarch Eclose
- Primrose Moths
- First Monarch Caterpillars of 2022
- More Pink Moths
- Pretty in Pink
- Clark University’s Hadwen Arboretum
- Early July on the Hellstrip
- Hot Sex on the Hellstrip
- No Spray!
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