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...

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

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

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

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...

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,...

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

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)....

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...

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

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'...

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...

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

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