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    The Grace of Growing
    • Jul 31, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Grace of Growing

    by Tanisha Williams My earliest memories of plants are the beautiful African violets (Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia) my great-grandmoth...
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    To all the Trees I've Loved Before
    • Jan 8, 2020
    • 4 min

    To all the Trees I've Loved Before

    by Carly Ziter This is a tree love story. Or perhaps more accurately, a tree love letter. An overdue thank you to the tall, strong, unwav...
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    Field Botany  Love Stories
    • Dec 11, 2019
    • 13 min

    Field Botany Love Stories

    Over the past few weeks, we have shared Plant Love Stories written by the students in Chris Martine's Field Botany class, Taught at Buckn...
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    Gifts of a Weedy Field
    • Dec 4, 2019
    • 2 min

    Gifts of a Weedy Field

    by Evan Filion I first discovered my love for plant identification and analysis in the summer of 2018 at the Bucknell University Farm. I...
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    Green is Here to Stay
    • Oct 16, 2019
    • 2 min

    Green is Here to Stay

    by Olivia Clark As the daylight shortens, I say my goodbyes to the color that fills the most joyous and memorable moments in my life - gr...
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    Movies that made me a botanist: An inspirational story
    • Aug 28, 2019
    • 5 min

    Movies that made me a botanist: An inspirational story

    by Dr. Lizz Waring This story is the written form of Lizz's wonderful, engaging talk in the Plant Love Stories session at the 2019 Ecolog...
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    We do not want to “cure plant blindness” we want to grow plant love
    • Aug 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    We do not want to “cure plant blindness” we want to grow plant love

    Every week, we share plant love stories in this space. This project began as a collaboration between conservation scientists who wanted t...
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    Latent Cactus Surprise
    • Jul 18, 2019
    • 3 min

    Latent Cactus Surprise

    by Keighley R. I'm a plant person, in as much as anyone on this site is a plant person. For me, plants are the right amount of responsibi...
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    We're in Wildflower magazine!
    • Jun 27, 2019
    • 2 min

    We're in Wildflower magazine!

    Team PLS is thrilled that Plant Love Stories was featured in Wildflower Magazine in a piece by Amy McCullough. The piece includes the Pla...
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    My Anchor in the Rainforest - Heliconia
    • May 29, 2019
    • 2 min

    My Anchor in the Rainforest - Heliconia

    by Britte The first time I ever walked in a tropical rainforest, I was overwhelmed by the diversity of all the different trees, epiphytes...
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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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