Brooke BowenDec 17, 20215 minThe 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 BowenDec 4, 20206 minCacti 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 BowenNov 22, 20206 minOcean 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 BowenNov 13, 20208 minWhite 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...
Brooke BowenOct 30, 202011 minSpooky Forests, Tree Migrations, and Judi Dench the Dendrologist“The trees have their requirements, with arboreal stoicism they edge toward the peaks, and from there they cannot levitate.” - Barbara...
Brooke BowenOct 25, 20206 minSaving The World, Plants in Crime, and a Seedling Ballet“Aspens...spreading across the mountains since before humans left Africa, giving way to second homes. She sees it in one great glimpse of...