Hi. 👋
You probably found me while doom scrolling on the internet.
My name is Shalaco (rhymes with calico).
I'd like to personally invite you to come bloom scrolling.
Actually, you don't even have to do anything. Just watch.
Maybe something stirs. Maybe you think about it later. Maybe you share it with someone. Maybe you tell me where you're from, or where you'd sprinkle if you did. Maybe you feel connected to something you can't quite name.
Maybe someday you pick up a shaker, fill it with native wildflower seeds, and sprinkle them in some forgotten patch of dirt. And something happens — not just to the ground, but to you.
Or maybe you carry the seed a completely different way. Maybe you just tell someone what you saw. Maybe you make your own story.
Any of that counts. All of that counts. Come watch.
And it can be so much more than that.
Here's what I've heard.
"The first time I came across Shalaco … was on TikTok. I couldn't sleep and was mindlessly scrolling endless videos of people cooking or dancing — when suddenly I was watching a man on a hoverboard chucking seeds along the pavement. I couldn't stop watching. I spent the next hour catching up with their before-and-after videos, beaming with delight every time a patch of disused turf was suddenly ablaze with wildflowers. The next day I bought wildflower seeds and made a plan to make my own garden more pollinator-friendly."
— Marthe de Ferrer, Euronews Green
Martha went from doom scrolling to bloom scrolling. She felt something, bought seeds, and then she planted them into her own news story — and people read it and more seeds were planted.
Many Small Actions = Big Changes
Our mission is to democratize gardening and fight plant inequity and nature deficiencies by sharing our knowledge and passion about sustainable garden design & landscaping. We’re in awe of the hundreds of thousands of people who’ve been inspired to responsibly spread native wildflower seeds throughout their communities. You have the potential to change the world.
We invite you to join us in asking how we can reintroduce native habitat to urban and other spaces.
Garvin Thomas
“All of the sudden they can't stop. They're like, 'Oh my gosh. This is so much fun.’ And they're just like shaking everywhere. It's infectious for me. It's infectious for anyone we cruise around with. You put a shaker in their hand and they go nuts for it,” Shalaco said.
— Shalaco, in Garvin Thomas's NBC Bay Area story Spreading Beauty: SF Couple Inspiring Movement to Plant Native Wildflowers
Before & After
Garvin Thomas, before and after meeting Shalaco
"So much of the food we depend on is pollinated by beneficial insects. Their populations are in decline due to habitat loss, use of pesticides, and erratic weather due to climate change. By planting native wildflowers, you're planting the flowers that are the most beneficial to these small but important parts of our ecosystem."
— Shalaco, as reported by Katie Couric Media
Watch the video: "Anyone can do this."
