by Ruben Mesa At the front of my house I planted some peas To try and help out the neighborhood bees. They went in the ground, And I...

(A play on Keat’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn”) by Bonnie McGill I. Thou still unripened bride of sunshine Thou foster child of the South Your...

By Kathi Bletz Plant love memories draw me back to a rocky island in Muscongus Bay. Sunlight slices through the morning fog warming the...

By Matthew Steplewski Does Beefsteak sound like an appetizing name for a tomato? Are you always looking for a perfectly round, vibrantly...

by Dave Sollenberger It is difficult for me to pinpoint where my love of plants comes from but if we abide by the often-quoted words of...

by Stephanie Frischie Here we are in February, the month of love being pushed up to front and center. It is as great a month as any to...

by Kayri Havens I’ve heard that a great plant love story is a lot like a country song…it’s good to include a grandma. So how does my...

by JulieAnn Villa JulieAnn Villa told this story as part of #PLSLive @ Wild Things in Chicago, Feb 23, 2019. Transcript: I’m going to...

by Brittany This is Leo (middle). He’s a weiner dog that likes to eat my dad’s pepper plants. I wasn’t there when Leo first tried my...

by Richelle DeBlasio I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania, and I remember becoming restless at the end of each school year. As the...

by Sally Lin Growing up, I always watched my grandma tending to many different plants in her garden. She had all sorts of plants. Those I...

by Josée Methot “Can you remember a time when you experienced awe?”, asked my friend. My heart jumped: “yes, of course.” The sunflowers....

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...

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....