The Original Mystery Plant
Photo by Claudia Wanner
      May is my favorite month because it seems to be a bit milder and has less storms. The yellow jessamine is finished blooming, but the magnolias are blooming. There's a sweet fragrance in the air on these quiet mornings, plenty of birds singing, and there's a nest in every bush. Ther...
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Budding botanists
Stopping to smell the flowers
      Arlene Marturano Arlene Marturano is a master gardener, writer, and educator. As an advocate of gardening as a tool for learning, she helped develop the Carolina Children's Garden at the Sandhill Research and Education Center. She is an education consultant with T.E.A.C.H.
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Innovative breeding program to enhance Koala population
Contributed by Riverbanks Zoo
      Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, in partnership with the Queensland government, has funded research that has successfully bred koalas in Australia through artificial insemination.
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