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Links We Love, 2/21/2012
By Claire Lui
Crazy bonsai architecture, an Arctic flower blooms again (after 32,000 years), a new record for a snowdrop bulb (more than $1,145!), and NPR's interview about the Iraqi Seed Project.
Related Topics: Ideas | bonsai | History | links | links we love | plants | seeds | snowdrops
Japanese Flower Fair
By Claire Lui
A look at the Japan Bloom Fair that was held earlier this month in New York, showcasing the wide range of cut flowers available for export from Japan to the United States, including new varieties for 2012.
Related Topics: Flowers | Blue | Pink | Purple | Flowers | cut flowers | flower arranging | Japan | Japanese | new varieties | plants | sweet peas
Art + Botany: Q&A with Photographer Lori Nix
By Anna Laurent
Photographer Lori Nix builds a post-apocalyptic city, in which human inhabitants have retreated, and nature has begun to creep in. We ask the artist about the plants that are reclaiming these transformed urban spaces.
Related Topics: Ideas | Blue | Brown | Green | Pink | Yellow | art | art + botany | city | Design | interview | landscapes | New York | New York City | photography | plants | Q&A
Botanic Notables: The Cypress Guitar
By Anna Laurent
Landscaped entirely out of cypress and eucalyptus, the enormous guitar is one Argentine farmer's love letter to his late wife, a young woman who loved the guitar.
Related Topics: Ideas | Blue | Brown | Green | Argentina | botanic notables | cypress | Design | eucalyptus | plants | Travel | Trees | tribute
How to Photograph Plants in Winter
By Becca Bergman Bull
Interested in taking photographs of your garden this winter? Here are 5 tips from garden photographer Karen Bell about how to best capture your plants in all of their snowy glory.
Related Topics: How-To | White | DIY | Ideas | photography | plants | tips
Art + Botany: 'Botanica Magnifica' Photography
By Anna Laurent
Jonathan Singer's botanic photographs are collected in the large-format book Botanica Magnifica. Shot on a Hasselblad in low light, the pictures recall the detail of early plant engravings, and the dramatic style of Old Master paintings.
Related Topics: Ideas | Anna Laurent | art + botany | photography | plants
Art + Botany: 'Botanica Magnifica' Photography, Gallery
By Anna Laurent
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Take a look at our slide show of Jonathan Singer's botanic photographs, collected in his book, Botanica Magnifica. The photographs feature rare plant specimens shot on a Hasselblad camera.
Related Topics: Ideas | Black | Blue | Orange | Purple | Red | White | Contemporary | Anna Laurent | art botany | photography | plants
My Garden: Call Of The Wild
By Bob and Carolyn Groves
A weekend home in the high desert of central Oregon can only be reached by means of an old lifeboat! PLUS: New, web-only photos!
Related Topics: Places | Brown | Green | Purple | Dramatic | Desert | garden photos | Great Gardens | my garden | Oregon | plants | readers' gardens
My Garden: Pasadena Transformed
By The Editors
A weed-covered lot in Southern California, owned by Caltrans, is completely redone by a couple who live adjacent to the garden, complete with native varieties, a citrus grove, and hundreds of new plants, creating a Mediterranean idyll.
Related Topics: Places | Blue | Green | Red | White | Italian | drought resistant | garden photos | my garden | pasadena | plants | Public gardens | southern california
Made In The Shade
By David A. Keeps
Four shade-friendly plants that thrive in Los Angeles and that add color and texture to the garden.
Related Topics: How-To | Green | Purple | Yellow | Los Angeles | Plant guide | plants | shade garden | southern california
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