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1. Christmas Unit Study 1 - Science A Christmas Unit Study (Science) ~Christmas is such an amazing time of year to celebrate the birth of the blessed baby, Jesus. While parents and teachers who are teaching about the events of the Bible, and the events of the seasons, why not turn it i...
2. Michael Pollan Michael Pollan is an American author and a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine. His books found wide acclaim and have been on the New York times bestseller list for many weeks. Now his books are also available as downloadable audio bo...
3. Basilius Besler - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers Basilius Besler was in charge of a major project which changed botanical art and the course of its future development. Find about Basilius Besler, the garden at Eichstätt and learn how you can visit that garden today. This site includes links to biog...
4. The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew Every year over 1 million people visit Kew Gardens at Kew. 300 acres of gardens and botanical collections comprise a world-famous botanic garden, a UNESCO World Heritage site and a world-leader in plant-related collections, scientific research and in...
5. Elizabeth Blackwell - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers Elizabeth Blackwell was the first British woman to produce a herbal and the first woman to engrave as well as draw plants. She compiled and published her hand drawn, engraved and coloured "A Curious Herbal" in 1735 in order to raise funds to free her...
6. Sydney Parkinson - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers Sydney Parkinson was one of the botanical artists on Captain Cook's journey's on the Endeavour. He was the first botanical artist to draw and paint plants collected on the exploratory voyages and he was the first artist to set foot on Australian soil...
7. Stangeria- Natal Grass Cycad Stangeria eriopus one of the first seed plants on earth, a gymonsperms, dating back to the Jurassic period and used today in Zulu medicine. It is biologically somewhere between a fern and a pine. It has been trampled by tyranosaurus, lived through ic...
8. Death Valley Area Native Plants Although Death Valley has the reputation of being quite arid, there are still many interesting plants within the park and in areas immediately adjacent to the park. The impression most people have of Death Valley is that it is an arid desert where fe...
9. Papayas - Carica papaya - Full of Healthy Enzymes The papaya, Carica papaya, is a fruit native to the tropics of southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. However, it is now cultivated in most countries with a tropical climate--including Brazil, India, South Africa, Thailand, Sri...
10. A Compendium of Botanical Art This group is for botanical artists and botanical art lovers. It features all botanical art related sites produced by Katherine Tyrrell / makingamark. Some were artists who were associated with explorations and the discovery of new flora and fauna *...
11. Branches Of Biology Science is a vast subject and has to be categorized into various branches. There are many sciences, each concerned with a particular field of study. In each science, too, a study is made of the laws according to which objects react.
12. Weeping Willow Trees (Salix babylonica) Botanists would probably agree that, among flowering plants and trees, there is not a more puzzling group than the Willows. Though of comparatively recent introduction, there is no Willow so popular and familiar, from its exceptional form and beauty,...
13. Alienweeds: The Invasive Plant Harvest Invasive species can provide an abundance of resources to those who choose to regard them as an untapped harvest, rather than pests only worthy of eradication. Our efforts at processing local invasive plants have yielded a variety of materials used...
14. Mossworts Mossworts : the plants constituting the great branch of the vegetable kingdom otherwise called the Bryophytes (Bryophyta) including the plants familiarly known as the liverworts and mosses. They are related to the FERNWORTS on the one hand, and the h...
15. Wollemi Pine It is thought that these pines populated the ancient supercontinent Gondwana when dinosaurs walked the Earth. Fewer than 100 adult trees are known to exist in the wild and the exact location of Wollemi groves remain a secret. It was known from fossil...
16. Branches Of Science Science is a vast subject and has to be categorized into various branches. There are many sciences, each concerned with a particular field of study. In each science, too, a study is made of the laws according to which objects react.
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18. Harrison Yocum Harrison Yocum lives in Tucson, Arizona. He founded the Tucson Botanical Gardens, and is a recognized expert in botany. Last time we talked about it, he was still maintaining the indoor plants at Tucson International Airport. He's in his 80's, I thin...
19. Arbor Day Arbor Day is a nationally-celebrated observance that encourages tree planting and care. Founded by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska in 1872, National Arbor Day is celebrated each year on the last Friday in April, however each state also celebrates Arb...
20. Grokking the Wild Asparagus Part 1. "Plants of the jungle did appear before me and speak. The problem was that I did not understand their language." -Thomas Pinkson, a psychologist and business consultant, adapted from Psychedelic Monographs and Essays No. 6 - an article entitled "Amaz...