That's My World: North Carolina Highway Flowers

I thought I would feature the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Wildflower Program on this post.

The NCDOT started this program in 1985 as part of their highway beautification efforts. Their website has more information about the program.

Wildflower beds are installed and maintained by the roadside personnel. All of the shots in this post were taken on US 40 East in North Carolina.

In addition to the photographs in this post, my wordless post last week included poppies I shot on the highway. I also had a post on my other blog last week with other wildflower shots on the same road trip.

The shot above could be titled, please try not to speed up when I'm trying to take a picture. I like the effect but wouldn't mind it being just a smidge less so.

I often complain about some of the environmental issues associated with over development in my state without regard to consequences.

I am glad, however, that an effort has been made to plant and maintain wildflowers along the highways and preserve at least some areas for natural habitat.

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