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Representing leaves accurately is one of the many challenges faced by botanical illustrators. Illustrators need to capture the gesture, movement, texture, color, and veining patterns of leaves. Exhaustive leaf studies are not always possible because leaves wilt. Quickly. Some very quickly.
A new book, Extraordinary Leaves by Stephen Green-Armytage and Dennis Schrader, is the perfect reference [...]

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Adrian Bell describes the processes behind plant morphology in the new edition of Plant Form: An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Plant Morphology. Written for amateur botanists and plant enthusiasts, this book is an excellent reference containing bite-sized morsels of information. Author/botanist Adrian Bell and illustrator, Alan Bryan, combine interesting and informative text with detailed pen-&-ink [...]

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Bring your lists and make great gains on your holiday shopping! Join ArtPlantae Books at the annual Shopping, Sugar and Chardonnay event hosted by Fleur De Lys, an elegant Orange County boutique. The holiday fun will take place tomorrow, Wednesday November 28th, from 6 - 9 pm at 369 E. 17th Street, Costa Mesa, CA. [...]

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Earlier I noted that sometimes there are flowers that go unnoticed on a daily basis because we have seen them so many times before. We stop paying attention to them because they have become merely background noise. Today I have a prime example of what can happen if we all keep our observational skills [...]

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The conservation of rare, threatened and endangered flora typically requires the protection of these species from the general population. There have been many instances in which these species have been inadvertently destroyed. Because of this, most of the information on the location of these precious flora has been kept secret by conservation agencies.
If [...]

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We want to share a very practical resource with you. McCormick has a tool on its website that will help you determine the age of the spices in your drawer. All you need to do is enter the code on the bottom of your McCormick spice jar and select the location at which it was [...]

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