The Sensitive Not Fern
By Sean During the summer of 2014, I went on a school trip to Costa Rica, a tropical paradise with an extremely diverse assortment of...
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- 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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- 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...
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- Dec 5, 2018
- 1 min
Katherine Loves Catharanthus
by Katherine Wagner-Reiss Ever since I was a young Girl Scout, I’ve loved trees and flowers, but working and raising a family kept me too...
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- May 9, 2018
- 1 min
The Fake Plastic Jade Vine
by Buddhini Samarasinghe I am a regular visitor to Kew Gardens in London and I was shocked one day when I was in the Princess of Wales...
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- Apr 25, 2018
- 2 min
The Banana Tree at Vassar
by Carrie Perkins I chose Vassar College in part for its stunning library. With stained-glass windows, long wooden tables lit by little...
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