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Street Trees
by Lily Glaeser When I worked for the City Of Portland, Urban Forestry, I was part of a team, including many, many volunteers,...
Oct 24, 20181 min read
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The Allergy Tree
by Mark Brunson I love trees, but trees don’t always love me. The trouble is: I’m susceptible to pollen allergies, and those allergies...
Oct 3, 20182 min read
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How a 19th Century President in Rural Ohio Helped me Learn to Love Plants
by Lizz Waring Lizz shares the story of learning to love plants on a school field trip... Transcript: This is Lizz Waring from Texas Tech...
Sep 26, 20182 min read
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Found Love in a Vulgaris Place
by Jeremie Fant That I chose a species I once hated for my first “Plant love Story” was a surprise even to me. However, given the thin...
Sep 12, 20183 min read
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My Childhood up a Tree
by Lesley Evans Ogden This week we bring you another story from our Plant Love Stories Live event held recently at North American...
Aug 22, 20184 min read
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When life gives you a lemon tree
by Morgan Tingley Morgan Tingley is an Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut. He...
Jul 4, 20181 min read
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A Love-Hate Relationship
by Heather Dawson I spent years fighting with alder trees. They grow in dense thickets that form tangled and terrible walls of vegetation...
Jun 20, 20184 min read
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Monkeys, Mangoes and Climate Change
by David Gill Growing up in Barbados, "summer" was my favourite time of year. Mostly because school was out (I hated school!) but also...
May 23, 20182 min read
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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...
Apr 25, 20182 min read
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Two siblings, one tree, and one broken arm
by Bonnie McGill I’m telling you he was throwing sticks at me and wouldn’t stop. So I did what any little sister would do when verbal...
Mar 7, 20183 min read
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