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    Street Trees
    • Oct 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    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,...
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    The Allergy Tree
    • Oct 3, 2018
    • 2 min

    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...
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    How a 19th Century President in Rural Ohio Helped me Learn to Love Plants
    • Sep 26, 2018
    • 2 min

    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...
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    Found Love in a Vulgaris Place
    • Sep 12, 2018
    • 3 min

    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...
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    My Childhood up a Tree
    • Aug 22, 2018
    • 4 min

    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...
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    When life gives you a lemon tree
    • Jul 4, 2018
    • 1 min

    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...
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    A Love-Hate Relationship
    • Jun 20, 2018
    • 4 min

    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...
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    Monkeys, Mangoes and Climate Change
    • May 23, 2018
    • 2 min

    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...
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    The Banana Tree at Vassar
    • 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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    Two siblings, one tree, and one broken arm
    • Mar 7, 2018
    • 3 min

    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...
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