A BOTANICAL BLOG

A COLLECTION OF NATURE, BOTANY, PLANT SCIENCE, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION WRITINGS IN CELEBRATION OF THE CAUSAL AWESOMENESS OF PLANTS.

Brooke Bowen

The Master Mimic, New Planty Perspectives, and a Breaking of Dormancy

“A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed...

Brooke Bowen

Cacti and Cactuses, A Dark History of Houseplants, and Treetown, Sierra Leone

"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to...

Brooke Bowen

Ocean Photosynthesis, What a Plant Hears, Discovery Drones, and the Coolest Plant on Earth

“The slow transformation of the ocean and air took more than 2 billion years. Life captured and tamed the sun’s energy; a planet cannot...

Brooke Bowen

White Redwoods, What a Plants Feels, and a Poem about Pines

“This is not our world with trees in it. It’s a world of trees, where humans have just arrived.” - Richard Powers, The Overstory “Ever...