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Armchair Botanizing

John Friel

Each group has this in common: They really know their plants.

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Speaking of Speaking

John Friel

Redundancy isn’t just for NASA: If multiple speakers highlight the same plant, maybe it’ll stick.

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A Tale of Many Cities

John Friel

Tradeshows will only become unnecessary when the only conversations are between giant companies.

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Retroactive Greening

John Friel

The creation of great beauty isn’t always pretty.

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Hashing It Out

John Friel

Online and offline aren't discrete entities. They’re inseparable structural members of reality’s whole.

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Brand Unconsciousness

John Friel

Last month I visited several retailers, chains and independents … branded plants outnumbered non-branded by a landslide.

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Dancin’ With Darwin

John Friel

In this tango of trees and megafauna, which partner is still dancing?

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Horizons & Rear-view Mirrors

John Friel

People get offended, even outraged, when plants touted as hardy don’t answer the bell in spring.

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How to Bug a Gardener

John Friel

“Perishability challenges affecting viability are the greatest difficulty facing the homeowner market.” —Alison Kutz on nematodes

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Columnist-Bot

John Friel

My gut tells me there will always be plants the machines can’t cope with.