A Tale of Two Ferns
By Alex Johnson When I was growing up, my grandparents lived in a very 70s-esque house just a few minutes down the road, on the...
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Sep 30, 20205 min
My Family Trees
by Jena Copley My grandparents have always been two of my favorite people in this world. My clearest childhood memories are from their...
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Sep 16, 20201 min
Guava Tree In My Courtyard
by Ambreen Salah I always knew this elegant, graceful, colossal beauty in my courtyard would be my companion for life. Since the time I...
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Jul 31, 20202 min
The Grace of Growing
by Tanisha Williams My earliest memories of plants are the beautiful African violets (Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia) my...
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Jul 22, 20202 min
On Preparation for a Life in Theatre [1]
by Judi Moore Latta On Graduation to Your Future. (To Jaz) 5/22/20. (Three days before the murder of George Floyd) You walked into our...
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Sep 25, 201910 min
Raising a Village
by Riley Rackliffe My fingers itched. My index finger was becoming raw from handling strands of lights as I worked them into the dense...
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Mar 20, 20194 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...
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Mar 13, 20193 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...
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Jan 9, 20193 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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Dec 12, 20183 min
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. ...
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Jul 11, 20184 min
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....
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Feb 17, 20182 min
Healing Aloe
by Jessya Both of my grandmothers lived with me growing up. My parents were immigrants and soon after they established themselves they...
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Feb 14, 20182 min
Welcome to Plant Love Stories!! And: How I became a botanist in New Jersey
by Becky Barak Many of my plant love stories are actually stories about teachers that helped me see the world in a new way. High school...
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