Botanic Superlatives: The Oldest Forest
We're only two months in, and already it's proving to be a year of ancient botanic superlatives. First, there was the resurrection of a 32,000 year-old campion flower. Now, scientists have excavated a...
View ArticleLinks We Love, 3/15/2012
-Above: Zara opened their new New York City flagship store today. The front of the store featured amazing arches of flowering branches, which were echoed inside the store, where walls of flowering...
View ArticleMy Garden: Toronto Shade Garden
More Link Text: Ferns, hostas, and more Gallery Page Layout: Gallery B In Magazine Issue: March 2012
View ArticleLook Book: Passion for Plants
Do you know about our digital Look Books? They focus on one gardening topic in particular and highlight images and information, perfect for inspiration for your garden. Our most recent one is Passion...
View ArticleArt + Botany: Rachel Pedder-Smith's Herbarium Specimen Painting
Some time ago I discovered Rachel Pedder-Smith's Leguminosae (2004), and I fell in love. A seed pod enthusiast myself, I was taken by the meticulous reverence with which she painted various specimens...
View ArticleLinks We Love, 4/9/12
-4,000 year-old olive branch from King Tut's tomb! [Wilder Quarterly]read more
View ArticleBotanic Notables: An Endemic Wildflower in Oregon
To build a road, to endanger a flower—that's the controversy in southern Oregon, where botanists have identified an endemic wildflower and the U.S. Forest Service plans to open a road that runs through...
View ArticleBotanic Notables: Return of the American Chestnut
In the late 1800s, when the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) reigned in Eastern forests, the tree was a symbol of national identity. Log cabins were built from its lumber, Christmas carols...
View ArticleLessons from Chanticleer
More Link Text: Learn how Gallery Page Layout: Gallery A In Magazine Issue: May 2012
View ArticleFine Vine: Purple Bell Vine
The Rhodochiton atrosanguineum, or Purple Bell vine, a native of southwestern Mexico, is hardy to zone 9 and offers much to covet. Fast-growing, its glossy, heart-shape leaves contrast with cheery...
View ArticleMiranda Lichtenstein's Screen Shadows
"Untitled #2 (Fruit)"Miranda Lichtenstein’s work explores our often tenuous relationship with our environment. In Magazine Issue: May 2012read more
View ArticleBotanic Notables: The Lettuce Machine
The future of farming is now and it is in the dark: A portable garden vending machine, called the Chef's Farm, offers a harvest of up to 60 heads of lettuce a day, without a ray of sunlight. The indoor...
View ArticleThe Plant Man, Photo Gallery
Gallery Page Layout: Gallery B In Magazine Issue: June 2012
View ArticleSculpting Nature
South African artist Nic Bladen tracks down endangered plants and casts them in bronze and other materials. Here he renders the natural grace of Aloe pluridens.In Magazine Issue: July/August 2012read more
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