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.
“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.
— Garvin Thomas, Spreading Beauty: SF Couple Inspiring Movement to Plant Native Wildflowers NBC Bay Area
Garvin Thomas
Before & Afters
Garvin Before Meeting Shalaco
Garvin After Meeting Shalaco
Before & Afters
US Senator Running for Congress Scott Wiener
Senator Wiener Before Meeting Shalaco
Senator Wiener After Meeting Shalaco
Results speak for themselves.
"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 "Anyone can do this."