May 19, 20213 minA Tale of Two FernsBy 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...
Sep 30, 20205 minMy Family Treesby Jena Copley My grandparents have always been two of my favorite people in this world. My clearest childhood memories are from their...
Sep 16, 20201 minGuava Tree In My Courtyardby Ambreen Salah I always knew this elegant, graceful, colossal beauty in my courtyard would be my companion for life. Since the time I...
Jul 31, 20202 minThe Grace of Growingby Tanisha Williams My earliest memories of plants are the beautiful African violets (Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia) my...
Jul 22, 20202 minOn 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...
Sep 25, 201910 minRaising a Villageby Riley Rackliffe My fingers itched. My index finger was becoming raw from handling strands of lights as I worked them into the dense...
Mar 20, 20194 minLove is all Aroundby 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...
Mar 13, 20193 minGrandma Knows Bestby 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...
Jan 9, 20193 minThe Cinderella of Plantsby 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...
Dec 12, 20183 minPokeberry sprouts for dinnerby Cheryl Moorhead Stone My grandmother, Grammy, was a back-to-the-earth hippie decades before the actual movement started in the 1960s. ...
Aug 29, 20185 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...
Jul 11, 20184 minLa Brea Plant Loveby 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....
Feb 17, 20182 minHealing Aloeby Jessya Both of my grandmothers lived with me growing up. My parents were immigrants and soon after they established themselves they...
Feb 14, 20182 minWelcome to Plant Love Stories!! And: How I became a botanist in New Jerseyby 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...