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The Ash House.
Nentershausen, Germany

Naturbauten Park

At this unusual park, domes, ladders, chairs, and more are made from trees.
Ash Dome
Gwynedd, Wales

Ash Dome

The artist David Nash planted a circle of trees in 1977.
Gubbio, Italy

Mount Ingino Christmas Tree

The world's largest "Christmas tree" is illuminated by hundreds of lights stretching 2,000 feet up the slope of Mount Ingino.
Wild poinsettia in Thailand.
christmas

Wild Poinsettias Can Grow Eight Feet Tall

A diplomat, a scientist, and a farmer tamed the blazing red plant into a commercial juggernaut.
Sarah Laskow December 21, 2017
Mukund Shukla, a research associate at the Gosling Research Institute for Plant Preservation, shows off a wall of micropropagated seedlings.
plants

One of 2017’s Most Exciting Plant Conservation Moments

In Ontario this year, researchers propagated a rare species and released it back into the wild.
Cara Giaimo December 20, 2017
A butterfly pea cocktail.
Gastro Obscura

Butterfly Pea Flower

With a squeeze of lemon, this plant can turn any drink into a color-changing mood ring.
animals

Stingrays, Anteaters, and Orchids: The Year in Newly Discovered Species

Science, please meet this bevy of unusual creatures.
Vittoria Traverso December 20, 2017
gardens

If You Had to Have a Scandal in 2017, Why Not Make It a Charming One?

The highlights of the lowlights.
Natasha Frost December 19, 2017
Cherry blossoms and tulips on display at the Kyoto Botanical Garden
Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto Botanical Garden

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.
The Haiku Pathway
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Haiku Pathway

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.
Lanham, Maryland

NASA Goddard Rocket Garden

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.
The lethal <em>Cicuta maculata</em>.
plants

Meet the Most Toxic Plant in North America

"Those who eat it will die in two hours."
Dan Nosowitz December 14, 2017
A Pooktre.
architecture

A Short History of Tree Shaping

People have long tried to bend trees to their will, for both practical and aesthetic reasons.
Sarah Laskow December 13, 2017
One of Full Grown's protoype chairs.
forests

A Forest of Furniture Is Growing in England

A decade-long plan is finally approaching fruition.
Sarah Laskow December 13, 2017
One of Dia's additions to 7000 Oaks.
New York, New York

7000 Oaks

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.
Wildlife found around the Tiputini Biodiversity Station.
Ecuador

Tiputini Biodiversity Station

This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.
Some blues get you down, some blues get you up.
Gastro Obscura

Blue-Green Algae

The Aztecs used it to make protein-rich tortillas; we use it to make unicorn lattes.
Cows graze in a field of kudzu in 1949.
plants

America's Tumultuous Love Affair With Kudzu

Before the plant was considered a scourge, it was used for decoration, as livestock fodder, and to fight erosion.
Cara Giaimo December 11, 2017