euronews
A prehistoric plant is being ‘loved to death’, crime analysts warn
3 min · · Horticultural criminals are pushing wild cycads to the brink in South Africa, where they are seen as status symbols. · Shared by 13, including Perez Hilton, Liv 😷
The New York Times
Why You Should Do Your Spring Planting in the Fall
8 min · · Conventional wisdom says you should do the same tasks in the same order every year. The director of horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park has a better idea. · Shared by 13, including Liv 😷
sierraclub.org
Rich Man, Big Tree
4 min · · The documentary, screening at the DC Environmental Film Festival, raises questions about nature and who gets to have it. · Shared by 6, including Liv 😷
worldbeeday.org
The importance of bees
2 min · · Food security In order to be able to feed the world’s growing population, we need ever more food, which must be diverse, balanced and of good quality to en... · Shared by 5, including Liv 😷
The Guardian
Food for thought? French bean plants show signs of intent, say scientists
3 min · · Many botanists dispute idea of plant sentience, but study of climbing beans sows seed of doubt · Shared by 55, including Lynn Cherny, Anita Leirfall, Perry Marshall, Guy Longworth, Liv 😷, Emily Thomas, Jason Silva
The Sydney Morning Herald
Paris' Champs-Elysees to become an 'extraordinary garden'
5 min · · Parisians have fallen out of love with the two-kilometre-long promenade and a rescue mission is underway to save it. · Shared by 7, including The Age, Liv 😷
The Intercept
The Pesticide Industry’s Playbook for Poisoning the Earth
20+ min · · Though neonicotinoids are banned in the EU, a sophisticated information war has kept these insecticides — toxic to bees and birds — on the U.S. market. · Shared by 89, including Deborah Blum, Jane, Liv 😷, Matthias Lampe, Rick Powell, Mark Bittman, Dominik Grolimund, Katja Evertz, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙
ABC News
Golf ball-sized hail, a dust storm, two people struck by lightning — and that's just 24 hours in Australia
2 min · · From rain and hail pelting recently razed firegrounds to a fast-moving dust storm blocking out the sun in western New South Wales, the weather across parts of Australia over the last 24 hours has been… · Shared by 10, including Liv 😷
ABC News
Eucalypts: 10 things you may not know about an iconic Australian
8 min · · Eucalypts dominate our landscapes from the bush to our backyards, paddocks, parks and pavements. But how much do you really know about them · Shared by 7, including Liv 😷
National Geographic
How trees secretly talk to each other in the forest
1 min · · What do trees talk about? In the Douglas fir forests of Canada, see how trees “talk” to each other by forming underground symbiotic relationships—called mycorrhizae—with fungi to relay stress signals and share resources with one another. · Shared by 21, including David Guttenfelder, justin caouette, Liv 😷, K. Williams, Steve Maraboli
The Guardian
'Once they're gone, they're gone': the fight to save the giant sequoia
4 min · · A conservation group plans to buy the largest privately owned sequoia grove as the climate crisis threatens the species’ future · Shared by 36, including Liv 😷, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz
Fast Company
Scientists are racing to reengineer the banana before it’s gone forever
4 min · · A deadly fungus is spreading through banana plantations, and the cloned bananas we eat are defenseless. In labs around the world, scientists are trying to find ways to genetically alter the fruit to… · Shared by 77, including Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Bilal Zuberi, Guy Kawasaki, Vincenzo Tremonte, Frank Gruber, LARRY ELKAN, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Matthias Lampe, Liv 😷
Smithsonian Magazine
Decoding the Mathematical Secrets of Plants’ Stunning Leaf Patterns
4 min · · A Japanese shrub’s unique foliage arrangment leads botanists to rethink plant growth models · Shared by 16, including Liv 😷
BBC News (World)
Why 'plant blindness' matters — and what you can do about it
5 min · · A phenomenon called "plant blindness" means we tend to underappreciate the flora around us. That can have disastrous consequences not only for the environment, but human health. · Shared by 14, including Liv 😷
The New York Times
Oliver Sacks: The Healing Power of Gardens
5 min · · Even for people who are deeply disabled neurologically, nature can be more powerful than any medication. · Shared by 107, including Anita Leirfall, Liv 😷, Austin Kleon, Jane, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Oliver Sacks Fdn.
The New York Times
Watch a Flower That Seems to Remember When Pollinators Will Come Calling
3 min · · A colorful Peruvian plant dispenses its pollen according to a savvy, memory-based system, new research suggests. · Shared by 11, including Liv 😷