People have long used specific flora to convey secret messages; here's how they let nature do their bidding Now we have Hallmark and emoji, but there was a time when people borrowed from the plant ...

Plants have long been used in traditional medicine and as symbols of unity and Palestinian nationhood. We look at their meanings and significance Many local Palestinian plants hold symbolism for ...

Plants are living things that grow in soil and need water, sunlight and air to survive. Plants grow all over the world, in our gardens and in the wild. They can be big, like trees, or small and ...

Artist Anne Shelton explores the contemporary treatment of healers, gardeners, foragers and 'wise women' in her award-winning book Worm, Root, Wort.. & bane.

Stories often live in many dimensions, with meanings that reach from the everyday ... Stories explain why and how certain local plants and animals came to be, such as Narragansett storyteller ...