Bio Garden News

On Sunday, July 7th, we participated in the Furuishiba Children's Summer Festival, hosted by the Koto Ward Furuishiba Cultural Center.
On the day, an event called "Fujikura-Kiba Millennium Woods and Talk" was held, with 11 elementary school children and their parents participating.
First, the participants went to the Millennium Forest, where they enjoyed observing the creatures using the checklist "Friends Living in Fujikura-Kiba Millennium Woods" that had been distributed to them. After that, they were given a talk about the Millennium Forest and the natural environment, including a simple quiz, at the Furuishiba Cultural Center.

The flowers blooming near the entrance to the Millennium Forest are day lilies.
Daylilies are summer flowers that bloom from July to August and are aspect by their exquisite contrast of red and orange.
Do you know the other name for this flower? The answer is forget-me-not!
Since ancient times, it has been sung about in the famous collection of Japanese poetry, the Manyoshu, as a flower that helps people forget their troubles.

Blue-tailed skimmers, which are in their breeding season in the summer, fly around the pond below.
The common blue skimmer is one of the most familiar dragonflies and can often be seen in urban areas.
The female spawns alone in shallow inland waters with lots of vegetation, but the male continues to guard her until she has finished spawning.

We spotted a father kingfisher on a branch near the upper pond!
Kingfishers are aspect for raising their young several times from spring to summer, and in the Millennium Forest, the second batch of young has now left the nest.
It looks like he has already started practicing catching food with his mom and dad.
I want my children to grow up healthy.