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A 30-Acre Garden Inspired by the Principles of Modern Physics

Inside one of the tropical greenhouses.

National Botanical Conservatory of Brest

Admire endangered plants in a verdant garden that looks straight out of a Monet painting.

Kylemore Abbey

Connemara, Ireland

Kylemore Abbey

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

A cross-section view of a bunya pine. They are very large!

After Decades of Being Ignored, a Nut From 20-Pound Pine Cones Is Back on Australian Menus

Aboriginal groups once traveled long distances to celebrate its harvest.

Laura Kiniry May 24, 2019

Louisiana Mirliton

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleanians banded together to save a beloved heirloom squash.

The roots of a tulip poplar, a common hardwood tree with medicinal properties.

How Civil War Plant Remedies Could Improve Modern Medicine

An old medical botanical guide offers new avenues for research.

Evan Nicole Brown May 23, 2019

A view across the remains of the sediment dam

Rocky Hill, Connecticut

Glacial Lake Hitchcock Sediment Dam

Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.

Kate Crooks, among the wildflowers.

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In Ontario, a Quest to Rediscover the Work of a Groundbreaking 19th-Century Botanist

Who is Catharine McGill Crooks, and what happened to her specimen collection?

Anna Soper May 23, 2019

View of the cottonwood tree stump.

Leland, Michigan

Leland Champion Cottonwood Tree

A preserved stump is all that remains of the once-mighty hardwood.

Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden.

Los Angeles, California

Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Villagers in the Demak district of Java, Indonesia, help to maintain natural wooden seawalls.

On Java’s Coast, a Natural Approach to Holding Back the Waters

Villagers are using natural wooden barriers to try to restore the mangrove forests and save their lands and homes.

Fred Pearce May 20, 2019

April's pollenpocalypse hanging over the city of Durham, North Carolina.

'Botanical Sexism' Could Be Behind Your Seasonal Allergies

More diversity in city trees would probably be a good thing.

Sabrina Imbler May 17, 2019

The carved tree trunk.

Bloomington, Illinois

Dorothy's Grave

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

Homestead, Florida

Fruit and Spice Park

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

The stem has outgrown its room!

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A 'Century Plant' in Chicago Is Having an Epic Growth Spurt

It's outgrown the greenhouse, and it's a big greenhouse.

Evan Nicole Brown May 16, 2019

The tree.

Salcoatitán, El Salvador

La Ceiba Park

A legendary tree towers within its own vibrant sanctuary.

Close up of the tree.

Desert Bottle Tree

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

In this chart, leafy wonders mingle with architectural ones.

The Chart That Measures Tall Trees Against Architectural Wonders

A 19th-century infographic that stacks a redwood against St. Peter's Basilica.

Jessica Leigh Hester May 13, 2019