After a few bleak years, the wildflower meadow is alive with lush greenery, blooms and buzzing insects.
Top, left to right: Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium) blooms. | A Queen Anne's lace (Daucus Carota) flower rises above a carpet of crown vetch (Securigera Varia). | A beetle visits a field daisy (Leucanthemum Vulgare) petal. | Fleabane (Erigeron divergens) flowers in white sprays.
Bottom, left to right: Common milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca) buds, arranged like spheres of decorative beads. | Common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) are beginning to flower and beckon bumble bees. | Alleghenny blackberries (Rubus Allegheniensis) can't ripen fast enough for the wildlife living in and around the meadow. | A creeping field thistle (Cirsium Arvense) seed head looks like a luxurious powder puff.