Trees

Apr 7, 20213 min read

Mu Mian Hua - Flower City’s Most Famous Flower

by Melanie Sievers In a black document box up on a top shelf, there is a little plastic bag containing three tiny black seeds from the mu...

Sep 30, 20205 min read

My Family Trees

by Jena Copley My grandparents have always been two of my favorite people in this world. My clearest childhood memories are from their...

Sep 16, 20201 min read

Guava Tree In My Courtyard

by Ambreen Salah I always knew this elegant, graceful, colossal beauty in my courtyard would be my companion for life. Since the time I...

Aug 19, 20204 min read

Here a Birch Tree, There a Mountain Ash

By Luba Markovskaia Over the past decade, I’ve become increasingly enthralled with the plant world. In my early twenties, gently egged on...

Aug 12, 20202 min read

Overlook's Red Pines

by Rachel Boyea Ever since I was seven years old, I have spent my summers at 4-H Camp Overlook. Camp is way up in the Adirondack...

Jan 8, 20204 min read

To all the Trees I've Loved Before

by Carly Ziter This is a tree love story. Or perhaps more accurately, a tree love letter. An overdue thank you to the tall, strong,...

Nov 13, 20192 min read

The Four Musketeers

by Kendyll Hazzard Recently I found myself along the side of a road, learning about Betula papyrifera, the paper birch, as a part of...

Nov 6, 20192 min read

Two Types of Plants

by Matt Drescher There are two types of plants. There’s plants, and then there’s Plants. “plants” (small p) are like trees (small t)....

Aug 7, 20193 min read

Why I Photograph Plants

by Steve Anderson On a hike with my four incredible nieces and nephews several years back, they asked me, “Uncle Steve, why do you take...

Apr 27, 20193 min read

Tree Love at Plant Love Stories

Trees are big and strong, and they often anchor our plant lovers to a particular place and time. Our plant lovers have hoisted their...

Jan 30, 20192 min read

Adventures of a Pre-School Arborist

by Megan Presland I have only ever loved one tree in my life: the big, beautiful, gnarled apple tree that used to stand in my parents'...

Dec 19, 20184 min read

A Triad Romance

by Charles W. Bier I don’t know when I first began to really know trees. As a youngster, I was literally a snake-in-my-pocket sort of...

Nov 14, 20182 min read

Buuck's Bunny Barn and the 20 Acre Wood

by Rachelle the Drunk Phytologist Looking back, my whole childhood was a plant and nature love story, complete with a 20 acre playground....

Oct 31, 20182 min read

VerdeMente, diálogos con Seres fotosintéticos - Primera semilla

Pilar Santamaría Motta Los verdaderos guerreros no suelen usar cascos ni armas, sino semillas y tiempo... Dodonaea viscosa, Hayuelo...