The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz is back for its seventh edition. From July 28 to August 6, 2023, Espace pour la vie invites you to join thousands of volunteers across Canada, Mexico, and the United …

The oyamel fir trees of central Mexico (in and around Michoacan) are cloaked in orange as millions of monarch butterflies roost over winter – an extraordinary spectacle.
The monarch butterflies arrived late this year, delayed …

Road Trips Gardeners no doubt know that some of the greatest painters in history were inspired by their gardens. Having a garden close to one’s home or studio is not only convenient for daily material …

A pink bromeliad is in full bloom at Xcaret in Cancun, Mexico.
According to Wikipedia, the Bromeliaceae are a family of monocot flowering plants of 51 genera and around 3475 known species native mainly to the …

Somehow it’s especially disheartening to run across dozens of artificial flowers when in a semi-tropical country.
These faux fleurs were for sale in Mazatlan, Mexico.

(Photo ©2010 by Susan McKee)

Yes: today’s National Poinsettia Day.
The date marks the death of Joel Roberts Poinsett, an American botanist, physician and Minister to Mexico who in 1828 sent cuttings of the plant he’d discovered in Southern Mexico to …