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    Oh Where, Oh Where, has my monkey flower gone?
    • Jun 27, 2018
    • 3 min

    Oh Where, Oh Where, has my monkey flower gone?

    by Kathy Kuebbing My plant love story starts in 2010. At the young age of 60 years old, I decided to take on a monster gardening project....
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    Desert Beauty
    • Jun 13, 2018
    • 3 min

    Desert Beauty

    by Thomas Oberbauer ​​Growing up in San Diego County in Southern California, I was exposed to a wide variety of habitats during weekend...
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    Seed Love and Science Art
    • May 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    Seed Love and Science Art

    by Becky Barak Seed germination is like magic. Seeds seem like nothing. Small, brown, and dry, it’s easy to forget that they’re alive....
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    Story of a Rare Plant Picture
    • May 8, 2018
    • 3 min

    Story of a Rare Plant Picture

    by Thomas Oberbauer For a number of years during the mid 1970’s, I searched for rare plants on San Clemente Island in southern...
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    The time a bird named a flower for me
    • Mar 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    The time a bird named a flower for me

    by Ben Sikes When I was a new dad and living in Louisiana, I was working hard and trying to figure out how I was going to do this thing...
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    Low Elevation Alpine Love
    • Feb 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    Low Elevation Alpine Love

    by Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie I fell in love with alpine plants at the bottom of the mountain. In college I worked as an environmental...
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