The New York Times
Why You Should Do Your Spring Planting in the Fall
8 min read · Sep 2nd · 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.
sierraclub.org
Rich Man, Big Tree
4 min read · Sep 2nd · The documentary, screening at the DC Environmental Film Festival, raises questions about nature and who gets to have it.
worldbeeday.org
The importance of bees
2 min read · May 21st · 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...
Guardian Environment
Food for thought? French bean plants show signs of intent, say scientists
3 min read · Jan 8th · Many botanists dispute idea of plant sentience, but study of climbing beans sows seed of doubt
The Sydney Morning Herald
Paris' Champs-Elysees to become an 'extraordinary garden'
5 min read · Jan 12th · Parisians have fallen out of love with the two-kilometre-long promenade and a rescue mission is underway to save it.
The Intercept
The Pesticide Industry’s Playbook for Poisoning the Earth
20+ min read · 2020-01-18 · 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.
ABC News
Golf ball-sized hail, a dust storm, two people struck by lightning — and that's just 24 hours in Australia
2 min read · 2020-01-20 · 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…
ABC News
Eucalypts: 10 things you may not know about an iconic Australian
8 min read · 2019-11-15 · Eucalypts dominate our landscapes from the bush to our backyards, paddocks, parks and pavements. But how much do you really know about them
National Geographic
How trees secretly talk to each other in the forest
1 min read · From 2018 · 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.
Guardian US
'Once they're gone, they're gone': the fight to save the giant sequoia
4 min read · 2019-10-06 · A conservation group plans to buy the largest privately owned sequoia grove as the climate crisis threatens the species’ future
Fast Company
Scientists are racing to reengineer the banana before it’s gone forever
4 min read · From 2019 · 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…
Smithsonian Magazine
Decoding the Mathematical Secrets of Plants’ Stunning Leaf Patterns
4 min read · From 2019 · A Japanese shrub’s unique foliage arrangment leads botanists to rethink plant growth models
BBC Future
Why 'plant blindness' matters — and what you can do about it
5 min read · From 2019 · 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.
The New York Times
Oliver Sacks: The Healing Power of Gardens
5 min read · From 2019 · Even for people who are deeply disabled neurologically, nature can be more powerful than any medication.
The New York Times
Watch a Flower That Seems to Remember When Pollinators Will Come Calling
3 min read · From 2019 · A colorful Peruvian plant dispenses its pollen according to a savvy, memory-based system, new research suggests.
