Fun Instagram accounts to follow and useful gardening/nature apps for your phone

Stuck at home this winter during the pandemic?  Check out these folks on Instagram for inspiration! 
  
Amaryllis Inc: DC based specialty floral and event design
 
American Plant: Family-owned garden center in Bethesda
 
Capital Roots Containers:  Container design by Anne Brooks Rudzki
 
Chesapeake Natives:  nonprofit organization located in Upper Marlboro, MD that promotes, protects and propagates plants native to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.  
 
Claus Dalby:  Danish gardener and photographer
 
Floret Flower:  a family run flower farm and seed company in Washington State
 
Helen Olivia Flowers:  Alexandria based retail florist, wedding and event design, workshops
 
Homestead Gardens: Garden Center in Davidsonville, MD 
 
Jody McGowan:  Container plantings and small gardens in and about Washington, DC 
 
Landcraft Garden Foundation: dedicated to inspiring, educating and promoting excellence in gardening located in Mattituck, NY 
 
Lilac and Page:  Ginny Wydler, Floral designer providing flowers and inspiration for the home

Montgomery County DEP (@mygreenmc) :  together we can keep the county clean, green and beautiful. 

Sumnerbdesigns:  Paige Canfield, floral lectures and table top design
 
Tangletown Gardens: Farm and garden center located in Minneapolis, MN
 
Wdcgardener: Kathy Jentz, garden teacher and plant whisperer as well as Editor of Washington Gardener Magazine
 
 

Useful Apps for your phone

PLANTSNAP: Plant identification

MERLIN: Bird identification

iNATURALIST: Identify plants and animals