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    Ode on a Green Tomato
    • Aug 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    Ode on a Green Tomato

    (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 ...
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    The Fragrance of Milkweed
    • Jun 5, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Fragrance of Milkweed

    By Kathi Bletz Plant love memories draw me back to a rocky island in Muscongus Bay. Sunlight slices through the morning fog warming the w...
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    Pass Down Those (Heirloom) Tomatoes!
    • May 8, 2019
    • 3 min

    Pass Down Those (Heirloom) Tomatoes!

    By Matthew Steplewski Does Beefsteak sound like an appetizing name for a tomato? Are you always looking for a perfectly round, vibrantly ...
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    Plant Lovers Beget Plant Lovers
    • Apr 17, 2019
    • 4 min

    Plant Lovers Beget Plant Lovers

    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 ...
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    Love is all Around
    • Mar 20, 2019
    • 4 min

    Love is all Around

    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 sh...
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    Grandma Knows Best
    • Mar 13, 2019
    • 3 min

    Grandma Knows Best

    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 gran...
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    When it Comes to Cancer, Bulbs are Better than Flowers
    • Feb 27, 2019
    • 5 min

    When it Comes to Cancer, Bulbs are Better than Flowers

    by JulieAnn Villa JulieAnn Villa told this story as part of #PLSLive @ Wild Things in Chicago, Feb 23, 2019. Transcript: I’m going to kee...
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    A Classic Love Triangle: a Dad, a Dog, and Some Peppers
    • Feb 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    A Classic Love Triangle: a Dad, a Dog, and Some Peppers

    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 dad’...
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    The Scent of Lavender
    • Jan 17, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Scent of Lavender

    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 d...
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    The Cinderella of Plants
    • Jan 9, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Cinderella of Plants

    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...
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    My Family and Fibonacci
    • Oct 17, 2018
    • 2 min

    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. ...
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    玉 (yù)
    • Aug 29, 2018
    • 5 min

    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...
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    Oh Where, Oh Where, has my monkey flower gone?
    • Jun 27, 2018
    • 3 min

    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....
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    Tomato love story
    • Feb 14, 2018
    • 2 min

    Tomato love story

    by Mallika Nocco My parents became two opposite people every time we traveled to Bangalore, both trying to cram everything they missed ab...
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