Amid Daisies

Image: F. Crickmore.

Men Amidst Flora III

With today being World Naked Gardening Day, it seems like a perfect time to post an installment of The Leveret’s “Men Amidst Flora” series.

World Naked Gardening Day (WNGD) is an annual international event generally celebrated on the first Saturday of May by gardeners and non-gardeners alike. WNGD was founded and organized by Mark Storey (consulting editor for Nude & Natural magazine) and permaculturalist Jacob Gabriel, as a project of Body Freedom Collaborative (BFC). In its early days, Storey had a vision of BFC engaging in “guerrilla pranksterism” such as showing up spontaneously in an urban environment and engaging in guerilla gardening.

In the New York Daily News, Storey noted that WNGD is not owned by any one organization. “No particular organization owns World Naked Gardening Day,” he said, “and it’s not actually one large gathering of horticulturists in Seattle who strip down and shear some shrubs together.”

Images: Subjects and photographers unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• Men Amidst Flora I
• Men Amidst Flora II
• Going Floral
• The Art of Travis Chantar
• The Art of Vilela Valentin
• Afternoon Light
• Bel Homme – August 22, 2015
• Bel Homme – April 22, 2013
• Bel Homme – July 5, 2012
• Bel Homme – June 2, 2012
• All the Time
• The Divine Masculine Principle
• Spring Bouquet
• Burgeoning Life Force
• “Hail to the Seasonal Prince”

Bel Homme

Image: Subject and photographer unknown.

The Beltane Hare

Image: Artist unknown.

See also the previous posts:
• Beltane
• A Beltane Blessing
• “Hail to the Seasonal Prince”

And at The Leveret’s brother site, The Wild Reed, see:
• Beltane: Casting Off the Darkness and Celebrating the Light
• Beltane: Celebrating the Sheer Exuberance of May
• Beltane and the Reclaiming of Spirit
• Beltane Morning Light