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The Greenbelt Native Plant Center on Staten Island safeguards local species of plants, and Ed Toth is its own Johnny Appleseed.
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Our quirky, discerning picks for the most interesting things to do around the state this week.
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Derived from a flower, arnica is used to promote many kinds of healing.
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Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s debut novel is so filled with references to flowers that it comes with a dictionary as an appendix.
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A protein called Clasp plays an integral role in helping to grow and shape plant cells, researchers report.
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The plant’s color is determined by the aluminum it does or does not absorb through its roots.
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Block associations have their checklists out and judges are on the streets in the 17th annual Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest. In early August, a winner will be chosen.
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Why do we neglect common food plants from the Colonial era, like burnet, smallage, skirrets, scorzonera, gooseberry and purslane? And how would they taste to us now?
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A selected guide to walks, talks, exhibitions and other events in New York.
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At the World Science Festival “Science on Site” event, the island was turned into a classroom and laboratory.
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