Anna Laurent

Anna Laurent
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Botanic Superlatives: Brightest Berry Joins Glitterati of the Natural World
By Anna Laurent
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A tiny, inedible berry with long-lasting iridescence has been awarded the superlative title of Brightest Living Thing on Earth. Read More »
Related Topics:african native| berry| Blue| botanic superlatives| color| dispersal| fruit| pigment| pollia condensata| seed| structural coloration| Ideas
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An Underground Mushroom Garden in London
By Anna Laurent
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An architecture firm in London has won the city's Green Ideas Competition with a proposal to transform an abandoned underground tunnel into a pedestrian-friendly mushroom garden. Read More »
Related Topics:competition| fletcher priest architects| forage| foraging| fungi| Green| grey| High Line| London| mushrooms| public space| urban design| Ideas
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Flower Parades in the Netherlands
By Anna Laurent
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The Netherlands has a long history of going cuckoo for flowers (two words: tulip & mania), so its annual Bloemencorso (Dutch for "flower parade") should come as no surprise. Except that every float is beyond belief, and covered in flowers. The oldest and largest Bloemencorso began in 1936 in Zundert, where the only flower used are dahlias. Read More »
Related Topics:bloemencorso| dahlia| festival| float| parade| public art| sculpture| the netherlands| zundert| Ideas
Kathy Klein
Art & Botany: Flower Mandalas
By Anna Laurent
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Arizona artist Kathy Klein gathers natural materials to design circular arrangements in situ. After photographing her work, she walks away. The colorful medallions are now ephemeral gifts for whoever comes along. Read More »
Related Topics:Arizona| art & botany| danmala| Floral Arrangement| Green| kathy klein| land art| mandala| Orange| Pink| public art| Red| Yellow| Ideas
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Art & Botany: Translucent Roses & Underwater Butterflies
By Anna Laurent
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Photographer Alexander James, who has worked with floral subjects for over 15 years, will go to any lengths necessary to get the shot, including submerging bouquets & fruit in a dark tank, rigging an underwater light, and even breeding butterflies in his studio. In this Q&A, he talks about his latest series, 'Glass,' for... Read More »
Related Topics:alexander james| art & botany| Blue| butterflies| photography| pigment| Pink| Roses| still life| Ideas
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Botanic Superlatives: The Most Beautiful Corn
By Anna Laurent
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Glass gem corn was bred years ago by a part-Cherokee farmer and master seed-saver. Yes, it's real, and, as an heirloom, its seeds will grow true. Today, glass gem corn seeds are saved at Seeds Trust, who anticipate more available next month. Glass gem is an extreme iteration of corn's natural tendency towards different-colored kernels, as each... Read More »
Related Topics:Blue| botanic superlatives| Carl Barnes| corn| heirloom| hybrid| pollinate| Purple| Red| saving seeds| seeds| Yellow| Ideas
Klaus Enrique
Art & Botany: Surreal Portraits in Fruits & Vegetables
By Anna Laurent
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Photographer Klaus Enrique has revived a Renaissance classic: the surreal botanical portraits of 16th-century Milanese painter Guiseppe Arcimboldo—now, rendered through the lens, not the brush. A modern perspective gives the work new meaning: rather than "From what far off land did that gourd arrive?" we ask "Is that a hybrid or an heirloom... Read More »
Related Topics:16th century| arcimboldo| art & botany| Contemporary| klaus enrique| painting| photography| portrait| surrealism| Ideas
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The Redwood Treehouse in New Zealand
By Anna Laurent
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Looking for a gift idea for the arborist who has everything? Three years after its popular debut, a birdcage-shaped treehouse in a remote New Zealand redwood forest is for sale. Read More »
Related Topics:architecture| new zealand| real estate| redwood| redwoods| restaurant| sustainable| treehouse| Ideas
Spigelia genuxlexa
Botanic Notables: A Flower That Plants Its Own Seeds
By Anna Laurent
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While most plants disperse seeds far away, some have evolved a mechanism to keep them close and better ensure their survival. These geocarpic species actually deposit their own fruits in the soil. Last year, a botanist in rural Brazil named a newly discovered species Spigelia genuflexa, after its tendency to bow towards the... Read More »
Related Topics:Alex Popovkin| botanic notables| brazil| discovery| dispersal| geocarpic| geocarpy| new species| seed| Spigelia genuflexa| Ideas
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A Fruit Revival: The Marshall Strawberry
By Anna Laurent
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The Marshall strawberry: A bit of horticulture history that would make a great gift! Once abundant in the Pacific Northwest and praised as "the finest eating strawberry in America," the Marshall strawberry is today very rare. Now an artist in Indiana has begun an effort to revive the berry, offering starter plants in hand-sewn containers.   Read More »
Related Topics:bainbridge island| berry| endangered| extinct| gift ideas| Green| james beard| leah gauthier| marshall strawberry| pacific northwest| Red| strawberry| Ideas
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