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The quizzical bird is made from dissected pinecones, plus teasel and kalanchoe.

The Toronto Greenhouse Where the Victorian Era Bursts Back to Life

Sheltered against the freezing winter, this plant show transports visitors back in time, and to a balmier climate.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 28, 2017

Permanently Closed

Bird's Botanicals

Kansas City, Missouri

Bird's Botanicals

A cave 150 feet beneath Kansas City is the perfect climate for growing 10,000 delicate orchids.

Kingsland Wildflowers.

Brooklyn, New York

Kingsland Wildflowers

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Salep milk and a biscuit.

Salep

A flour made from orchid roots makes for a popular Turkish drink.

Little Paradise Lodge.

Mount Creighton, New Zealand

Little Paradise Lodge

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

The newly discovered orchid.

Found: An Orchid With Large Flowers and a Scent Like Champagne

Sarah Laskow October 4, 2017

The rose garden.

Panajachel, Guatemala

Atitlan Antique Rose Garden

A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.

John Bartram's garden house.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bartram's Garden

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

The three corpse flowers in the United States Botanic Garden Conservatory, on August 11.

3 Corpse Flowers Are About to Bloom in Washington, D.C.

They're expected to open up right around the solar eclipse on August 21.

Kelsey Kennedy August 11, 2017

A new study simulated floral evolution to come up with an idea of what the first flower might have looked like.

What Earth's First Flower Might Have Looked Like

Scientists are beginning to understand more about floral evolution.

Erik Shilling August 2, 2017

The 2010 dressing of Coffin Well in Tissington.

Tissington, England

Derbyshire Well Dressing

The tradition of using flowers to decorate wells is once again thriving in England.

Buckingham, Virginia

The Light Of Truth Universal Shrine

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

The Kampong, Miami, Florida

The Kampong

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

A 257-Year-Old Coloring Book Was Discovered in St. Louis

It was intended for "Gentleman and Ladies."

Erik Shilling June 15, 2017

Bumblebees pollinating flowers during the study.

Tracking Bumblebees Based on Their Buzzes

The technique could be a boon for famers who rely on the services of pollinators.

Kelsey Kennedy June 8, 2017

An American moose, also eating flowers.

A Moose Destroyed a Flowerbed Planted to Celebrate Canada's Sesquicentennial

He or she ate a heck of a lot of tulips.

Cara Giaimo May 24, 2017

Not One, but Two Corpse Flowers May Soon Stink Up Chicago

Java and Sumatra are currently on display at the city's Botanic Garden.

Cara Giaimo May 23, 2017

Paths wind through the rose bushes.

Charlotte, North Carolina

McGill Rose Garden

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.