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Pokeberry sprouts for dinner
by Cheryl Moorhead Stone My grandmother, Grammy, was a back-to-the-earth hippie decades before the actual movement started in the 1960s. ...
Dec 12, 20183 min read
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Buuck's Bunny Barn and the 20 Acre Wood
by Rachelle the Drunk Phytologist Looking back, my whole childhood was a plant and nature love story, complete with a 20 acre playground....
Nov 14, 20182 min read
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A Rose by Any Name
by Erin Rose The first time I remember receiving roses it was in the traditional dozen red bouquet. At the time I was touched, I loved...
Nov 7, 20181 min read
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My Family and Fibonacci
by Josée Methot “Can you remember a time when you experienced awe?”, asked my friend. My heart jumped: “yes, of course.” The sunflowers....
Oct 17, 20182 min read
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玉 (yù)
by Isabel Acevedo One of my earliest memories of my Ama, my mother’s mother, is of her wrist: impossibly smooth skin always enclosed by a...
Aug 29, 20185 min read
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My Childhood up a Tree
by Lesley Evans Ogden This week we bring you another story from our Plant Love Stories Live event held recently at North American...
Aug 22, 20184 min read
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The Dandelion Sisters
by Megan Cate Dandelions are technically an invasive weed. Many think they are lawn nuisances and dedicate the spring and summer to...
Jul 17, 20182 min read
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La Brea Plant Love
by Mikayla Mason My name is Mikayla Mason and I have absolutely no memory of a time in my life when I did not love working with plants....
Jul 11, 20184 min read
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When life gives you a lemon tree
by Morgan Tingley Morgan Tingley is an Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut. He...
Jul 4, 20181 min read
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Oh Where, Oh Where, has my monkey flower gone?
by Kathy Kuebbing My plant love story starts in 2010. At the young age of 60 years old, I decided to take on a monster gardening project....
Jun 27, 20183 min read
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Why I Don't Hate Plants
by Josh Galperin I don’t hate plants, though I do sometimes hate looking at them for too long. For that reason trees are among my...
May 30, 20184 min read
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Monkeys, Mangoes and Climate Change
by David Gill Growing up in Barbados, "summer" was my favourite time of year. Mostly because school was out (I hated school!) but also...
May 23, 20182 min read
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Venus Fly Teacher
by Tony Chang My mom is an incredible plant caretaker—she just knows how to make things grow. She has the ability to pick plants from the...
Apr 18, 20183 min read
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Plants and Places
by Andrew Hipp "And so, when his prescribed devotion to boyish beauties has carried our candidate so far that the universal beauty dawns...
Apr 11, 20184 min read
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