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Altona, Manitoba

Giant Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’

A massive, 76-foot-high version of a Van Gogh painting in Canada’s sunflower capital.
Hirosaki, Japan

Hirosaki Castle

The northernmost of the 12 surviving feudal castles of Japan is known as a cherry blossom viewing spot.
Northampton, Massachusetts

Stout Silver Medal Daylily Garden

This college campus garden is home to generations of award winning flowers.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Lester Rowntree Native Plant Garden

Named for a self-taught botanist who cataloged hundreds of native plants, this garden continues her work of preserving California plant life.
The Barton Springs diving board encourages showing off.
nature

10 Ways to Enjoy Austin’s Unexpectedly Lush Natural World

City life and green space go hand in hand
Floral games and nudity were a big part of a spring festival in Ancient Rome.
ancient cults

Welcome to the Ancient Roman Festival for Sex Work

Floralia was a celebration of spring, flowers, and so-called prostitution.
Sara Mellas April 29, 2024
Christchurch, New Zealand

Flora and Otto

A mosaic armchair and ottoman built from china broken in the Christchurch earthquakes.
Tokyo, Japan

Hanegi Park

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.
architecture

Where Beauty Meets History in Downtown L.A.

Throughout Hotel Indigo, you’ll catch glimpses of L.A. history’s impact and inspiration. Set out to see history in action at a grand old movie palace, a flower market bursting with color, and a historic railway that puts the fun in funicular.
Wild bluebells, native to the area, are thriving once more on Eoghan Daltun's land on Ireland's Beara Peninsula.
forests

Rewilding His Corner of Ireland's Beara Peninsula Is One Man's Labor of Love

Eoghan Daltun has spent 14 years creating a showcase of native biodiversity.
Rory Carroll August 21, 2023
Sweet salep has ancient roots.
food

Turkey's Endangered Orchids Are Disappearing, One Sip at a Time

Salep, a sweet drink with ancient roots, is often made with illegally foraged bulbs.
Vittoria Traverso July 18, 2023
Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Parsons Reserve

Former private property that was hidden up a trail in the woods with thousands of bright yellow daffodils.
A bottle of amaro, with other monastery snacks.
List

Celebrate Spring With 9 Flower-Based Foods and Drinks

From tulip vodka to fried palm blossoms.
Sam Lin-Sommer May 19, 2023
One of the earliest works of botanical horror, written by H.G. Wells in 1894, featured a fictional orchid with a taste for human blood.
horror

What Stories of Scary Plants and Other Botanical Horrors Say About Us

From bloodthirsty orchids to body-snatching pods, fictional flora are often symbols of societal fears.
Kate Golembiewski May 4, 2023
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Pilcopata, Peru

Jardín de Picaflores Inkamazonia

The Peruvian Andes are a center of hummingbird diversity, and this garden offers an opportunity to see more than 30 species of hummingbirds.
Just 50 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles, a field of California poppies paints Walker Canyon a vibrant orange. The poppies appear in several Indigenous legends. In one Chumash story, a talking lizard describes the flowers by saying, “it is as if the sun itself is on the ground.”
flora

Stunning Wildflower Superbloom Photos That Will Have You Racing to the Hills

Orange, yellow, and purple petals blanket the southwestern United States.
Sarah Durn April 14, 2023
Visitors will have to hike a bit before the daffodils appear around the path, but patience is rewarded
Lellingen, Luxembourg

Via Botanica

For a few short weeks in spring, this hiking path becomes a daffodil paradise.
The 16th president, seen here in an engraving from the 1860s.
science

Wonder Is Everywhere: Presidential Relics, a Surprising New Orchid, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White March 31, 2023