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Lila May Higgins Queer (they/them) ✨🐞🍄

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Grew up chasing 🧚🏼‍♀️ pretending to be a 🦡 in 🇬🇧. Work in California with @californianativeplantsociety + cofounder @citnatchallenge + #WildLA author

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When we think about 30x30, it’s easy to picture vast, remote public lands and rugged coastlines. But an important way to complement California’s 30x30 conservation efforts actually happens block by block—in schoolyards, parks, community gardens, and backyards across the state.

Growing native plants in our urban areas:
🐛 Support pollinators and local ecosystems
💧 Conserves water
☠️ Reduced pesticide reliance
🌳 Brings nature to our doorsteps

Yesterday, CNPS joined partners from across the state at the California Natural Resources Agency @30x30ca Partnership Summit where CNPS Director of Education and Horticulture Lilia Higgins (@colilaoptera), reflected on the ways the built environment and 30x30 goals come together. Our Biodiversity in Urban Gardens (BUG) project and Landscapes for Change campaign give cities and the people who live in them tangible ways to support California’s biodiversity.

As Lila says here: Imagine nature not ‘out there,’ but right *here*, starting with each of us. 🐝🌼 by @colilaoptera

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#WolfsMilk #slimemold #bursting #slowmo by @colilaoptera

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#mesmerizing #whirlpool in the #saltmarsh 🌊🌪️ #maelstrom #vortex by @colilaoptera

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#August & #September by @colilaoptera

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Thanks @oologytattoo for my new #GarterSnake friend 🐍🐍🐍🖤💚💛🤍 #Thamnophis by @colilaoptera

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3 months ago

Insects, a spider, and a leopard lily 😍❤️✨ …from the #MendocinoWoodlands by @colilaoptera

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3 months ago

It was too cold for this gorgeous #GreenDarner #Dragonfly to go anywhere this morning! 💚💚💚 #Anaxjunius #dragonflies #Odonata by @colilaoptera

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4 months ago

Watch where you step!!! #PipevineSwallowtail #CaterpillarCrossing at @rpbotgarden for this morning’s @californianativeplantsociety chapter council tour! 🐛🐛🐛🐛❤️ by @colilaoptera

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4 months ago

#tildenbotanicgarden #goldenhour ☀️🌲☘️🌱 by @colilaoptera

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5 months ago

Let the @californianativeplantsociety staff retreat begin! The Education & Horticulture team kicked things off with a short hike around #DaveMooreNatureArea and then some accountability mapping at @camplotus 🍄🕷️🌱✨ taken in Dave Moore Nature Area by @colilaoptera

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5 months ago

#BribieIsland 🦋🐞🪳#bugs and #birds!!! by @colilaoptera

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6 months ago

Glorious sunrise on the mighty #Maiwar river here on Yuggera Jagera and Turrbal Country …scroll through for #Kookaburra and #GoldenOrbWeaver and @proserpinareturns 💧🐦🌼🕸️🕷️❤️✨ by @colilaoptera

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