Of bugs and brothers
Is this a garden story? My brother ate a bug from the garden, then he went to the hill in the backyard and tried to fly. My mother laughed her head off. Author: Susan Medalie Featured Image Photo...
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Marian Hedwig Mülberger’s Spring Flowers
Silene latifolia. Herbarium specimen collected in 1846 in South Devon, UK, by Dr. Robert Coane Roberts Jordan. Image courtesy of Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Female white campion flower....
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Chili in Hill Country
When I lived in Austin I had a friend with somewhere around 80 acres of land in the Texas Hill Country west of San Antonio. We’d stay in a crude cabin on the property, generally in the fall when the...
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Learning Mom’s Love of Plants
Learning my mom’s love of plants has been a lifelong process. My mother is a teacher. She has worked at a small elementary school in southwest Calgary for over twenty years teaching music and whatever...
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Rudbeckia Laciniata
I live near the Amsterdam Botanic Gardens, a beautiful pocket-handkerchief of green in the heart of the city. Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam as it is officially known, has recreated the original...
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Teachings from the Colorado Columbine
Deep in the San Juan Range of Colorado lies a valley 12,000 feet above sea level. At this altitude, the air is thin and cold. The area experiences rapid weather changes and harsh seasons. I first...
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The Pines of My Childhood
I’ve been in and among nature since I was born. Some of the earliest pictures of my family show my (most definitely sleep deprived) parents loaded to the brim with outdoor gear, with a backpack child...
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Message sent in a scent envelope
I have been a gardener all of my adult life, so I am no stranger to the messages plants send. However, this message was hard to miss as I am now far removed from my gardens, living in an apartment in...
View ArticleOur Garden Through Six-Year-Old Eyes
Our garden through our six-year-old daughter’s eyes. Her story is: “These flowers caught my mind because I love pink. Baby Fluffy loves the flowers and I love seeing the flowers in my garden too!!!”...
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Small-Leaved Lime
Small-Leaved Lime – Tilia cordata As a child, I was sent away to a boarding school deep in the folded valleys of the Welsh Marches. It was not an experience that I look back on through a fog of...
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The Little Girl Under Lilacs (Syringa Vulgaris)
The Little Girl Under Lilacs (Syringa Vulgaris) Zhongyang Street, Harbin, China Running around on the famous Zhongyang Street of Harbin, China, with the well-known vanilla cream popsicle in hand, this...
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A Heart of Leopard
As I trekked on the muddy trail above Dulong River, China, along with other members of the expedition team, mist started to enshroud the lush rainforest. The goal of the day was to find the endangered...
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Home is Where the Cactus Is
Schlumbergera, affectionately known as the Christmas Cactus, has become an integral part of my family. This simple green succulent has been in the background throughout my entire childhood. Everywhere...
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Mary Treat's Venus Fly Trap Experiments
Several of us here on the Herbaria 3.0 team have had passionate interest in carnivorous plants and the people who study them. Maura Flannery’s post “What’s in a Name?” tells us about the carnivorous...
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The Jaws of Death: Venus fly trap
Life was easy as a second grader. School wasn’t hard. A normal day consisted of arts and crafts projects alternating with short lessons in Mathematics and English. Friends weren’t hard to meet. Anyone...
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A Tree That Stands Before Me
Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) I was ten years old and moving into the seventh home I would have lived in. A house on the corner for my family of five to fill; a house that would signify the end...
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Lewis and Clark Feast on Serviceberries
Native serviceberry trees (Amelanchier) abound throughout North America. During their trek across the continent in the early 1800s, Meriweather Lewis, William Clark and other members of their...
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Paradise No More
Bird of Paradise – Strelitzia reginae In today’s society, there is an underlying pressure to impress others and put your best foot forward. I have felt this all throughout my childhood. One instance...
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Beauties of Flora
Bird of Paradise – Strelitzia reginae Edward Donovan, a collector of natural history specimens, wrote about the Bird of Paradise in his short-lived series, The Botanical Review, or the Beauties of...
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My Apartment’s First Guest
In the corner of my apartment bedroom sits a guest that rises 5 feet from the ground, with strong, dark brown arms. He maintains a well-kept look with his forest green leaves that run all the way down...
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