Monthly Archives: February 2012
Greenroofs: fields, farms, houses
Greenroofs are smart for cities; they help the environment and draw a lot of attention. They manage to accomplish all of this by growing plants on an otherwise vacant space. By introducing plant life edible or not, a greenroof traps
Greenroofs: fields, farms, houses
Greenroofs are smart for cities; they help the environment and draw a lot of attention. They manage to accomplish all of this by growing plants on an otherwise vacant space. By introducing plant life edible or not, a greenroof traps
Erika Beyer : Botanical Illustrator Extraordinaire
An artist from the nature loving state of Oregon, Erika Beyer has a way with plants. The way she portrays them in her watercolor paintings transcends the usual botanical illustration. I especially love her depiction of the pollination symbiosis of Hesperoyucca whipplei
Erika Beyer : Botanical Illustrator Extraordinaire
An artist from the nature loving state of Oregon, Erika Beyer has a way with plants. The way she portrays them in her watercolor paintings transcends the usual botanical illustration. I especially love her depiction of the pollination symbiosis of Hesperoyucca whipplei
A yellow glimpse of spring
When I spotted the yellow from a distance, I thought perhaps it was early leaves budding out, on closer inspection it was a bunch of little flowers. I thought this shrub was a cultivated ornamental because of its location on
A yellow glimpse of spring
When I spotted the yellow from a distance, I thought perhaps it was early leaves budding out, on closer inspection it was a bunch of little flowers. I thought this shrub was a cultivated ornamental because of its location on
Botanical Terms Solved
Phytography: Botanical word of the day explained is a fantastic photo-journal version of Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary, by James G. Harris and Melinda Woolf Harris. The book and the site are not related, besides their ability to help
Botanical Terms Solved
Phytography: Botanical word of the day explained is a fantastic photo-journal version of Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary, by James G. Harris and Melinda Woolf Harris. The book and the site are not related, besides their ability to help
Plant grown from 32,000 year old seed
Headlining the New York Times today is an unbelievable article, Dead for 32,000 years, an Arctic Plant is Revived. A group of Russian scientists have successfully grown 36 plants from seeds carbon-dated to ancient times. The plants have already produced
Plant grown from 32,000 year old seed
Headlining the New York Times today is an unbelievable article, Dead for 32,000 years, an Arctic Plant is Revived. A group of Russian scientists have successfully grown 36 plants from seeds carbon-dated to ancient times. The plants have already produced
The roots of plant intelligence
Stefano Mancuso gives a brilliant presentation on the intelligence of plants. He presents an overview of the sophistication of plants with a proposition to design “plant-bots”
The roots of plant intelligence
Stefano Mancuso gives a brilliant presentation on the intelligence of plants. He presents an overview of the sophistication of plants with a proposition to design “plant-bots”
Pineapple is growing in my house
When I was at the grocery store, I had a sudden craving for pineapple. While I was slicing the fruit up for a smoothie I saved a few seeds, in hopes of starting my very own pineapple. With a quick google search
Pineapple is growing in my house
When I was at the grocery store, I had a sudden craving for pineapple. While I was slicing the fruit up for a smoothie I saved a few seeds, in hopes of starting my very own pineapple. With a quick google search
Popped Seeds: corn, quinoa, millet, barley…
While reading An Orchard Invisible the world of popping seeds opened up to me. Beyond popcorn I hadn’t put much thought into popping seeds. In my botany class we learned about the science behind how popcorn turns from a small seed, into brilliant white
Popped Seeds: corn, quinoa, millet, barley…
While reading An Orchard Invisible the world of popping seeds opened up to me. Beyond popcorn I hadn’t put much thought into popping seeds. In my botany class we learned about the science behind how popcorn turns from a small seed, into brilliant white
An Orchard Invisible: A Natural History of Seeds
“A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible” with this welsh proverb, Jonathan Silvertown starts his natural history of seeds. A seed is a dormant embryonic plant waiting to be given the right conditions and opportunity
An Orchard Invisible: A Natural History of Seeds
“A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible” with this welsh proverb, Jonathan Silvertown starts his natural history of seeds. A seed is a dormant embryonic plant waiting to be given the right conditions and opportunity
