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• An Artist Uses Plants as Her Muse

  28-07-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  A botanical illustrator extends a seductive invitation to learn the subtleties of the 600-odd plant families on the planet.
  
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• Boglands Are Museums That Help Protect Us From Climate Change

  01-10-2026 17:12 via nytimes.com
  Bogs store carbon, and preserve histories too.
  
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• In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life

  26-09-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com
  A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.
  
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• Rain Could Be Intense This Fall. Here’s How to Help Your Garden Cope.

  23-09-2026 18:25 via nytimes.com
  With these tactics, bursts of heavy rain can become an asset rather than a liability.
  
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• The Doctor Is In: Advice on Giving Your Indoor Plants the Best Care

  15-09-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  The owner of two Manhattan plant shops finds that education is the biggest part of his business. tending to houseplants and their owners.
  
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• Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth

  09-09-2026 20:00 via nytimes.com
  A hunter-gatherer who lived in Indonesia as early as 25,000 years ago may have regularly sucked on betel nuts to release their psychoactive properties.
  
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• It Was Time for This Late Bloomer to Cultivate Her Garden

  09-09-2026 11:01 via nytimes.com
  A landscape designer collaborated with family members on a weekend house in Spain where building and garden seem to ‘melt into each other.’
  
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• In Brooklyn, a Landscape Designer Turned a Gray Roof Into a Green Roof

  09-09-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com
  The Brooklyn garage’s rooftop was a flat, empty surface. Then Julie Farris made it bloom.
  
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• In Cabo San Lucas, a Desert Oasis Gets a Refresh Decades Later

  08-09-2026 11:03 via nytimes.com
  How Margie Ruddick reimagined the garden she designed for a ‘martini modern’ house in Cabo San Lucas.
  
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• These Plants Have a Protein-Packed Diet, Too

  07-09-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  For many plant enthusiasts, carnivorous horticulture has become a gorgeous, and slightly gory, fascination.
  
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• Neighbors Rally After a Manhattan Preschool’s Corn Stalks Are Vandalized

  07-09-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  The students at Mis Amiguitos preschool may never know why someone ripped their corn stalks from an Upper East Side sidewalk. But they turned it into an opportunity.
  
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• In San Francisco, the Artist Joset Medina’s Walls Have Boundary Issues

  07-09-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Joset Medina’s entire apartment is his canvas in the evolving project that he calls the “Unrestrained Garden.”
  
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• In Finland, a Velvety Bed for Old Souls

  07-09-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Tom Simons spent years on the island of Molandet, near Helsinki, before he was inspired to create a garden from moss and lichen.
  
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• How Ancient Farmers Used Floral Designs to Track Goods

  07-09-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com
  A Mesopotamian culture’s decorated ceramics show some early roots of math, researchers argued.
  
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• Why the Sunflower Suddenly Looks Fresh Again

  04-09-2026 11:01 via nytimes.com
  Long considered commonplace and overly cheerful, the bloom is once more enchanting designers.
  
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• How to Save Your Vegetable Seeds to Plant Again

  01-09-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  As summer winds down, here’s how you can give next year’s garden a well-deserved head start.
  
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• In San Francisco, One Flower Can Stop the Doomscrolling

  31-08-2026 23:33 via nytimes.com
  One hundred years ago, dahlias became the city’s official flower. They have gained new popularity as an antidote to the modern world.
  
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• The Delight of San Francisco’s Dahlias

  29-08-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com
  One hundred years ago, dahlias became the city’s official flower. They have gained new popularity as an antidote to the modern world.
  
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• Laura Spector, Who Turned a Loathsome Vine Into Art, Dies at 71

  27-08-2026 18:35 via nytimes.com
  Using Asian bittersweet, the much-hated invasive species, she created whimsical rustic objects and enchanting furniture.
  
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• The Generation of Gardeners Combining Wildflower Seeds and Social Consciousness

  25-08-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com
  A new generation of green thumbs are creating beautifully designed seed packets to encourage the growth of lush gardens — and social consciousness.
  
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• Duffels Full of Khat Seized at Baltimore Airport’s Baggage Claim

  21-08-2026 02:52 via nytimes.com
  While Customs and Border Protection said it intercepted more than half a ton of the controlled substance, experts say far more of the East African plant makes it into the country.
  
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• Darwin Was Right: These Plants Are Carnivores

  04-08-2026 17:00 via nytimes.com
  Scientists have proved that a species of plant covered with sticky hairs is carnivorous, confirming Darwin’s 150-year-old hunch.
  
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• When the Fireflies Come Out to Play

  02-08-2026 09:00 via nytimes.com
  For a few weeks in the summer, they emerge from underground and perform their aerial light show, hoping to find some action.
  
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• What Were the Lotus-Eaters Eating in Homer’s ‘Odyssey’?

  22-07-2026 22:13 via nytimes.com
  In Homer’s epic, Odysseus’s men eat something so powerful that they forget about home. Which plants could have produced such a soporific, narcotic and amnesiac effect?
  
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• An Executive’s Love of Roses Influenced His Brand

  21-07-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Yves Piaget’s lifelong passion for blooms has been reflected in Piaget’s watches and jewelry.
  
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• 7 U.S. Botanical Gardens You Won’t Believe Are in the City

  20-07-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  Across America, botanical gardens large and small are perfect for a quick getaway where you can breathe fresh air, find a patch of shade and touch grass.
  
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• How to Grow Vegetables All Year Round

  14-07-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  An organic farmer reveals his system for sowing seeds, mapping crops and keeping your favorite lettuces, carrots and radishes sprouting from summer into winter.
  
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• A Flower-Filled Gathering on a Farm in New Jersey

  10-07-2026 17:38 via nytimes.com
  To celebrate a milestone anniversary, the beauty brand founder Yael Alkalay invited friends for floral distillation, scent-making and tea.
  
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• Going to a Party This Summer? Here’s What You Should Give.

  09-07-2026 11:03 via nytimes.com
  Ikebana vases, botanical paper crowns and more gift ideas that will delight your hosts.
  
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• Global Warming Could Ravage the Amazon’s Useful Plant Species, Study Finds

  08-07-2026 17:04 via nytimes.com
  Hotter temperatures and harsher droughts could cause Indigenous societies to lose many of the species they have used for medicine, rituals and more, scientists found.
  
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