DA June programming starts tomorrow! 💜💜💜 Our second Sunshine Social is Tuesday, 6/3, 10 - 12 pm. Our first daytime, Sunshine Social in May was a wonderful start! Our good friend Lulu had this idea and is bringing it to life. Lulu is also one of our steadfast volunteers and Yoga instructor. So, we invite you to come to the garden, enjoy the space, meet new friends and help create a casual space for community. There's no cost, just come as you are. We will have coffee, tea and light refreshments. No signup needed, free event! 💜💜💜 DA summertime, Community Yoga also starts this week! Tuesdays, June - September 6 - 7 pm, Slow Flow Yoga. Saturdays, June - September, 10 - 11 am, Asana Yoga All levels welcome. Suggested donation $10 You can register and pay ahead of time - https://www.detroitabloom.com/class-registration/p/community-yoga-class Get outside and enjoy! Meet new friends! Help create our community! #andsoitbegins #communityyoga #sunshinesocial (fb)

A tale of mutualism involving spring ephemerals and ants! 🐜🐜🐜 Did you know that up to 40% of woodland flower seed dispersal is carried out by ants? It is called myrmecochory! Those magical plants called spring ephemerals that appear in early spring and begin to transform our gardens have evolved to mutually depend on ants for seed dispersal. If you have gardened for any period of time, you learn that the existence of flowering plants depends upon effective seed dispersal. 🍃🌿🍃 These woodland beauties which include Trillium, Violets, Wild Ginger and Wood Poppy produce seeds that have an attachment called elaiosome. Elaiosome contains lipids and is protein rich and is so appealing to ants that they carry the seeds back to their nest. The elaiosome is fed to their larvae and the seed discarded to grow elsewhere. 💜💜💜 Do you have any spring ephemerals in your garden? #woohoogardenmoments #alwayslearning #springephemerals #ants #myrmecochory (fb)