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Art + Botany: Severin Roesen's Still Life Paintings

Severin Roesen is recognized as one of America's preeminent still-life painters and several of his meticulously detailed paintings are included in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new American Wing.

Book Review: Garden Source

By Becca Bergman Bull

Our review of the new book of inspirational photos from well-known garden photographer Andrea Jones.

Botanic Superlatives: The Oldest Royal Garden

By Anna Laurent

Ancient pollen grains preserved on the site of a royal palace in Jerusalem have given researchers a vision of 7th century B.C garden opiulence: a lush paradise with surprising exotics and traitional species.

Art + Botany: The Claude Glass

By Anna Laurent

Before there was Instagram, there was the Claude glass—a small, tinted, convex mirror that was popular in the 18th century. Toted in artists' cases and tourists' pockets, the portable mirror offered a transformed view of the scenery that became popular with wealthy British vacationers—a world viewed through a Claude glass was a journey through ephemeral snapshots of softly-rendered nostalgia.

Fine Vine: Purple Bell Vine

By Lindsey Taylor

The Rhodochiton atrosanguineum, or Purple Bell vine, a native of southwestern Mexico, is hardy to zone 9 and offers much to covet. It's also easy to start from seed indoors in cooler climates.

Outdoor Entertaining with Judy Kameon

By Andrew Sessa

Our Q&A with Judy Kameon about how she gets the party started in her quarter-acre garden, in Los Angeles. Plus: Our guide to recreating her garden's style at home.

Botanic Notables: The Lettuce Machine

By Anna Laurent

The future of farming is now and it is in the dark: A portable garden vending machine, called the Chef's Farm, offers a harvest of up to 60 heads of lettuce a day, without a ray of sunlight.

Sculpting Nature

By Anna Watson Carl

Artist Nic Bladen keeps plants alive forever.

A New Dawn: The Garden of Tony Duquette, Photo Gallery

By Paul O'Donnell

Take a photographic journey into the lush garden, and home of the late Tony Duquette.

Botanic Notables: Acoustic Leaves in a Cuban Rainforest

By Anna Laurent

A Cuban vine "communicates" with bat pollinators by emitting an echo through its acoustically-designed leaves. Scientists say the plant is the nocturnal analog of bright flowers that attract visually-oriented pollinators.