Adaptive Gardens: Access for All

Photo by Lacey KinderYou may have already heard that hospitals and health care facilities around the world are becoming attuned to the way time spent outdoors can benefit their patients. Proximity to nature can promote elevated feelings of calm and reduce blood pressure, as well as stimulate beneficial brain activity. While healing gardens have gone a long way in relieving ...

Haley Casey | May 27, 2020

Incan Foods: Living Artifacts in the Land of the Incas

I arose, went to the restroom and felt worse. I was pacing the floor trying to stay calm, but nothing was helping. I turned the lights on and awoke my brother and his fiancé. “What’s the matter with you Joe?” Patty asked. Trying to be calm, I just said, “I’m just a bit nervous.” Patty started having the same ...

Joseph and Patrick Simcox | Nov 12, 2020

World’s Largest Seed Swap

Shannon Mccabe | Aug 27, 2019

Discover the Bollenstreek, Holland’s Bulb Paradise

Shannon Mccabe | Feb 20, 2018

New Smithsonian Exhibit: Cultivating America’s Gardens

Lydia Noyes | Sep 26, 2017

Seed Savers Exchange: Annual Conference and Campout

Hannah Kincaid and The Seed Savers Exchange Staff | Dec 20, 2016

A Tribute to Blane Bourgeois

I first met Blane Bourgeois after a pilgrimage of sorts some 10 years ago. As my kids and I approached his house there was suspense; would he be friendly? Would he invite us to visit? Or would he shoo us away? We had not prewarned of our visit, as it was hard to reach Blane by phone, so we were taking our chances and just dropping in. We made our way south of Salem, Arkansas, ...

Joseph Simcox | Aug 8, 2021

Father of the Modern Tomato

Nancy Stamp | May 30, 2019

Subversive Growth

Jean Denney | May 30, 2019

Victorian Women and Their Plants

Rose Morris | Feb 26, 2019

The Rabbis of Prosser

David H. Stratton | Jan 11, 2019