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Back to School: Lessons in Botany 

July 30, 2024 at 10:28 am

Back to school…Before “Natural Sciences” classes were taught in high schools, Botany (the study of plants) was considered its own course of study for students. Botany was included in high-school curriculums as early as the 1800’s. In the nineteenth century, it was often covered in a half- or full-year course in the second year of […]

The Botany of Magnolias

March 12, 2021 at 11:47 am

At the beginning of each year, as the cold of winter ends and the days start to slowly get warmer, we celebrate the coming of spring with one of the first flowering trees to bloom. Magnolias begin to open in March and continue blooming throughout the year, expressing itself uniquely in their many species that come from all over the world. Today, we […]