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    The Cinderella of Plants
    • Jan 9, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Cinderella of Plants

    by Sally Lin Growing up, I always watched my grandma tending to many different plants in her garden. She had all sorts of plants. Those I remember best were the flowers jasmine and gardenia that bloom at dusk and produce this sweet aroma that filled the air. Even now, when I smell jasmine it brings back memories and I once again feel like a child. I adored those flowers for their sweet smell and they were always my favorite. However, they also sparked my curiosity because unl
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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 lamps, and secret passageways, it reminded me a little bit of Hogwarts. Whether camping out with coffee and snacks to study for exams or just curling up with a book on a rainy day, it became my favorite place to study. So it was to my great surprise that I found an even better study spot toward the end of my time at Vassar: the college’s gree
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    Love Jade
    • Mar 14, 2018
    • 4 min

    Love Jade

    by Sara Kuebbing I will share an embarrassing secret with Plant Love Stories. One of my favorite movies is How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. My love for this RomCom is in part nostalgic; my college roommates and I watched this film too many times to admit in writing. It is in part because I adore Kate Hudson; she is charming and funny and beautiful. And, it is in part because you sometimes just need a movie with a "silly premise and predictable script" (Critics' Consensus at Rott
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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 educator at a backcountry hut in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Many of these huts are “high mountain,” perched just at treeline for beautiful hikes through alpine communities with Sound-of-Music-style panoramic views of open summits. My hut, Zealand Falls, was not a high mountain hut. Our elevation was 2700’ and we were surrounded by lowla
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    Welcome to Plant Love Stories!! And: How I became a botanist in New Jersey
    • Feb 14, 2018
    • 2 min

    Welcome to Plant Love Stories!! And: How I became a botanist in New Jersey

    by Becky Barak Many of my plant love stories are actually stories about teachers that helped me see the world in a new way. High school biology class was maybe the first time I started thinking about plants as really, truly alive (and now I’m a botanist, so I guess we all grow up). My teacher had taught us about transpiration -- the flow of water up from the roots of a plant all the way up to the leaves -- against gravity and driven by evaporation. On the way home from scho
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