In the coastal forests of New Brunswick, near Hopewell Rocks, the native Sorbus decora (showy mountain ash, northern mountain ash) is flowering. This small, deciduous, understory tree or tall shrub, has white spring flowers and pinnate-compound leaves with red berries in the Autumn.
An entry for the Global Impact Garden category at the Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, UK, was ‘The Forest Will See You Now’, designed by Michelle Brandon. This walk-through garden alerted visitors to the benefits of being in a forest and the calming effects of trees which were represented by plantings of the deciduous broadleaf Betula pendula (birch), a few evergreen Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine) and an understorey of Corylus avellana (hazel) and Acer campestre (field maple), all native woody species in the UK.
Erik Jensen is a deaf artist,
from Utah, studied Art Education at Utah Valley University. He enjoys bringing all old computer keyboards back to life by creating a stunning multicolor mosaics out of those keyboard keys. For more check out his Instagram.
