O F F S H O O T 

This is not your grandparents' garden club newsletter — We're sharing a weekly digest of what's inspiring us. The idea is to get everyone spending more quality time with the plants in their life by debunking the myth of the green thumb. No gardening experience needed. 
W H A T ' S  G R O W I N G
Excited to introduce a new interview series called Plant Outfits — studio visits with ceramic artists to help you dress up your plants. We're searching for the pots that'll make your plant friends feel the best about themselves!

So glad to be kicking things off with our friend Aviva Rowley — 
"The plants I do well with are the ones that actually talk to me like that. Like a cat that reminds you it needs to eat. And the plants that I kill, are the ones that are doing great, but all of a sudden one day they're gone." Read the full story here →
S T O R I E S

Canada Bans Soylent

For not being a "meal replacement".

Rarest, Largest, and Oldest

Photographer Beth Moon captures these trees over a 14 year journey.

No More Fenced Off Back Yards

The Future of the Suburbs.

Plants Know They're Being Eaten

"Eating a leaf off a plant may not kill it, but that doesn't mean the plant likes it."

W E E K L Y   L I N G O
Dormancy — Plants going to sleep for the winter, waiting for warmer days to come back to life. How to Tell If Your Plant is Dormant or Just Dead →
There's lots of gardening vocab words out there. We're still learning more ourselves all the time. Each week we share one new word to help bring us together through common language.
Y O U R  P R O M P T
Count how many different colors of leaves you can you see from where you are now 🌈 🍂
S H A R E
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