Houseplants

Sep 9, 20212 min read

Are Millennials obsessed with plants?

by Snehanjana Chatterjee Plants from Snehanjana's mother's garden When my grandfather planted our coconut tree in our backyard, it didn’t...

May 19, 20213 min read

A Tale of Two Ferns

By Alex Johnson When I was growing up, my grandparents lived in a very 70s-esque house just a few minutes down the road, on the...

Sep 9, 20204 min read

A Hero Among Cactus

by Julia Ajello My journey into plants and self-care started when I was sixteen. It was getting close to my oh-so-sweet sixteenth...

Jul 31, 20202 min read

The Grace of Growing

by Tanisha Williams My earliest memories of plants are the beautiful African violets (Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia) my...

Jul 22, 20202 min read

On Preparation for a Life in Theatre [1]

by Judi Moore Latta On Graduation to Your Future. (To Jaz) 5/22/20. (Three days before the murder of George Floyd) You walked into our...

Oct 16, 20192 min read

Green is Here to Stay

by Olivia Clark As the daylight shortens, I say my goodbyes to the color that fills the most joyous and memorable moments in my life -...

Sep 25, 201910 min read

Raising a Village

by Riley Rackliffe My fingers itched. My index finger was becoming raw from handling strands of lights as I worked them into the dense...

Jul 18, 20193 min read

Latent Cactus Surprise

by Keighley R. I'm a plant person, in as much as anyone on this site is a plant person. For me, plants are the right amount of...

May 16, 20193 min read

The day my money died, and then came back to life

by Kaushik Venkatesh In the rush to get home from college after our final exams, my roommate and I left our lucky “money plant” alone on...

Apr 10, 20194 min read

An Ode to Desert Giants and Their Journey

by Kathleen Carroll I spent the first 17 years of my life exploring the Sonoran Desert, the land of towering saguaro cacti and...

Mar 13, 20193 min read

Grandma Knows Best

by Kayri Havens I’ve heard that a great plant love story is a lot like a country song…it’s good to include a grandma. So how does my...

Feb 21, 20193 min read

The Inhospitable Plant for Skin Care

by Faiha Khan Would you rub a prickly plant all over your face? Well, here’s why you should! I still remember the shock of watching my...

Feb 6, 20192 min read

Full Circle-- with a Spider Plant

By Lainey One of my earliest memories was of staring out the window of a daycare provider’s house, wondering how I ended up at this...

Jan 3, 20191 min read

Hydrangea: A Tiny (Plant) Love Story

by Mark Brunson My stepmother is a painter. Mostly she paints plants, especially hydrangeas. When she and Dad married (he was 87), a...