Have you heard of the Great Sunflower Project? It’s an amazingly beautiful and fun project that I would like for you to be apart of. It’s all about the simple task of planting a few sunflower seeds and growing some lovely lovely sunflowers then watching nature take its course.
The main purpose behind the project is about sustaining the ecosystem and you can read the full details over at www.greatsunflower.org/en/about-project . But if you’re too tired to read the entire page, let me give you a few points that should put you for this project – simple ones that you can easily identify with.
- Sunflowers are amazingly beautiful flowers. They are a big burst of sunshine and will give you something to smile about each time you see them.
- You’ll be doing something very meaningful for the ecosystem by giving little pollinators a survival chance.
- You will get a chance to experience nature’s wildlife right at your doorstep.
- You’ll get to make new friends by getting to know others who have signed up.
- It doesn’t cost you anything, just a bit of your time which you will be using to relax among nature when you participate and plant your very own sunflower*.
* Sunflower seeds are sponsored by the project but are no longer sending seeds out for 2008. They do intend to continue with the project again next year (if they have sufficient funding) so do join their seed mailing list if you are interested in the project.
But you don’t necessarily have to join this project or depend on them to do your part. The project serves to study and help the urban pollinators (bees), hence sustaining the ecosystem. You can do your bit by just planting a sunflower on your own. Sunflower seeds don’t cost much and if you have a friend who already has sunflowers in his or her garden, it doesn’t have to cost you anything. I’m sure they would be more than happy to share with you some harvested seeds.
