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Anse Royale, Seychelles

Kot Man-ya Exotic Flower Garden

You can find more than 200 species of tropical plants at this garden owned by a former ambassador.
Chisinau, Moldova

Romanita Collective Housing Tower

Once the tallest building in Chisinau, this unique tower is a relic of Soviet architecture.
Permanently Closed
San Jose, California

Nola's Iris Garden

Exquisite irises bloom every spring in this hillside garden.
objects of intrigue

President Grant’s Memorial Flowers Have Survived for 136 Years

They’ve just been sitting in the dining room all this time.
Jessica Andreone January 6, 2022
Manitas flower
Toluca, Mexico

Árbol de Manitas (Little Hands Tree)

The curious flowers of this hard-to-find tree are shaped like little hands.
Desert Lily Sanctuary
Desert Center, California

Desert Lily Sanctuary

A wondrous place to watch a special flower bloom.
Flowers add some sunny color to baked goods and drinks.
food

The Colorful World of Edible Flowers

A new book catalogs 105 floral ingredients for everything from pasta to pies.
Anne Ewbank September 15, 2021
World War I impact craters, Verdun, 2005.
war history

Plants, Heavy Metals, and the Lingering Scars of World War I

A closer look at the hardy residents of some of our most damaged landscapes.
Cal Flyn August 10, 2021
Muusers adapted a WWII-era recipe to make this tulip bulb soup.
food

Tulip Bulb Soup: the Dutch Dish Born From Tough Times

Once used as a survival food during World War II, these flower bulbs are making their way onto restaurant menus.
Diana Hubbell June 11, 2021
Mantua, Italy

Isola dei Fiori di Loto (Lotus Island)

In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.
Just doing its corpse flower thing.
horticulture

How a Giant, Stinky, Delightful Corpse Flower Got to an Abandoned Gas Station

It was all thanks to a gardener, a wagon, and a sense of pandemic-era camaraderie.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 1, 2021
nature

Podcast: The Thousand-Year Rose

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team April 21, 2021
A corpse flower blooming at a botanic garden in Bonn, Germany, in 2006.
botanical gardens

The Careful Work of Breathing Life Into the Corpse Flower

In botanic gardens, the lineage of a famously smelly plant is threatened. What can save it?
Doug Johnson January 19, 2021
Not the prettiest!
flowers

Meet the World's Least-Charismatic Orchid

This newly described species has been dubbed "the ugliest."
Jessica Leigh Hester December 31, 2020
After blooming for about 48 hours, the titan arum’s spathe closed and the spadix began to wither.
botanical gardens

What It's Like to Care for the Mighty 'Corpse Flower'

"Everybody knew: Don’t touch the titan."
Elaine Ayers August 24, 2020
Mill Brae Garden
Larne, Northern Ireland

Mill Brae Memory Garden

An uninspiring grass verge transformed into a therapeutic community garden.
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland

Poppy Mural

A local remembrance for lives lost—a poppy for each—in war more than 100 years ago.
A "glorious, Monet-style chaos" has taken root at the University of Cambridge's King's College Chapel.
nature

A Stately English Lawn Is Going Wild In the Name of Biodiversity

"If there are ways to manage our landscapes that can make them more exciting for all the insects and mammals, then why not do it?”
Luna Shyr June 15, 2020