Flower festivals worth traveling for: Keukenhof, Chelsea and beyond
Every spring, a small town in the Netherlands called Lisse fills with people holding cameras at knee height. They are […]
How to document and photograph flowers for citizen science projects
Last spring I spent twenty minutes photographing a single patch of fireweed on a Colorado trail, convinced I had a […]
The impact of microplastics on flower pollen viability
Walk through any suburban garden in the United States today and you’ll find bees, butterflies, and hoverflies doing what they’ve […]
Flowers that are used in traditional japanese ikebana arrangements
There’s a moment in every ikebana class I’ve watched unfold where someone new to the practice reaches for too many […]
The role of flowers in watershed protection and erosion control
Walk along the edge of almost any healthy creek in spring and you’ll notice something: it’s rarely just grass holding […]
How flowers have been depicted in ancient egyptian tomb paintings
Walk into the tomb of Nakht at Thebes and the first thing that catches your eye isn’t the gold or […]
