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New York’s DeWitt Clinton Park in 1909, where the children of immigrants grew food. (Archives of American Gardens/ Thomas Warren Sears Photograph Collection)

The Life of the Soil

by Adrian Higgins The Washington PostJune 13, 2017

Botanical illustrator Mara Menahan studies the seedpod of a franklinia. Her year-and-a-half stint at the U.S. Botanic Garden gave her a front-row seat to the bizarre theater of floral diversity. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Adrian Higgins.

Young Painter Studies Plants From Seed to Flower

by Adrian Higgins The Washington PostMarch 15, 2017

An illustration of the scarlet pimpernel plant from a 14th-century manuscript. MUST CREDIT: Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions.

Inventory of Greek Medical Texts Preserves Herb Lore

by Adrian Higgins The Washington PostJanuary 17, 2017

Gary Fowler in the main seed vault. Its natural year-round temperature is minus-5 degrees Celsius (23 degrees Fahrenheit), but the air is further cooled to the optimum storage temperature of minus-18 degrees Celsius (zero degrees F). MUST CREDIT: Jim Richardson - Prospecta Press.

Seeds Planted: Remote Vault Holds Keys to Life on Earth

by Adrian Higgins The Washington PostDecember 29, 2016

Visitors flock to Helen Dillon’s garden in in Dublin, rain or shine, before it closes in late September. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Adrian Higgins.

Famed Garden Soon to Be Uprooted

by Adrian Higgins The Washington PostSeptember 13, 2016