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Cut grass

Here’s What Freshly Cut Grass Is Saying With Its Scent

3rd Ritual's Sun balm in a yellow squeeze tube, on top of a leaf and orange rind.

These Botanical Balms Soothe Body and Mind

A bundle of vetiver on a white background.

Why Vetiver Is Our Favorite Botanical Right Now

Five dye pots with colored fabrics inside them.

The Terroir of Natural Color Dyes

Manufactum's seed pot press next to a seedling.

The Perfect Press for Making D.I.Y. Seed Pots

Maison/Made's Extrait de Maison

Aromatic Face Oils, Made by Regenerative Farms in France

Weed joint

The Chemistry Behind Marijuana’s Skunky Scent

A closeup of two green leaves.

Renowned Perfumer Jean-Marc Chaillan’s Patchouli Obsession

A purple and gold canister of House of Waris Night of Nights tea.

Waris Ahluwalia on His Buzzy New Tea Brand

An assortment of brightly colored fruits and vegetables in close up.

The Ugliest, Most Delicious Produce You’ll Ever Eat

Marc J. Gian's book Aromatherapy: Essential Oils and the Power of Scent for Healing, Relaxation, and Vitality

How to Use Essential Oils to Improve Your Mind, Body, and Mood

Editions of animal photos on Andrew Zuckerman's website.

Andrew Zuckerman’s Exquisite Pictures of the Natural World, Newly Editioned

Ricotta on a carving board with a cheese grater and two pieces of okra.

Make Homemade Ricotta With This Simple Two-Ingredient Solution

Echinopsis oxygona. (Photo: Rouibi Dhia Eddine Nadjm)

These Fragrant Cacti and Succulents Spice Up Their Surroundings

A FarmBot waters a bed of herbs and vegetables.

Plot an Edible Home Garden With This Automated, Open-Source Bot

PlantWave device

A User-Friendly Device That Creates Ambient Music With Plants

A woman face-down on two rolls, in a grainy screenshot.

The Absurdly Wonderful @breadfaceblog

People planting a garden near a tree

A National Garden Program Connects Faith With the Environment, in Detroit and Beyond

Sacred Bones Records' Plantasia Black Vinyl Record

A Soul-Nourishing Album for Your Plants

A dew-covered white and pink rose.

Author and Curator Peter Kukielski on the Wonders of Roses in Bloom

Autumn trees viewed from above.

The Sweet, Sweet Scent of Fall, Explained

A bottle of Westwind Orchard maple syrup.

Westwind Orchard Makes the Tastiest Maple Syrup We’ve Ever Tried

Illustration of a tree with leaves next to a tree without leaves

The Natural World, in Book Form

A bowl of yellow squash and tomatoes.

This App Will Help Get Your Green Thumb Going

Alessia Resta in her plant-and-neon-filled apartment.

Apartment Botanist’s Alessia Resta on Being a “Plant Parent”

Small green sprouts emerging from wet soil.

The Heirloom Seeds You Should Plant This Season

Akebia flowers at the Hortus Arboretum and Botanical Gardens (left) and co-founders Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano (right). (Courtesy Chelsea Green Publishing)

From Their 21-Acre New York Estate, a Botanist Couple Propagates Plants and Gardening Know-How

A pair of Felco shears cutting a small branch.

The Perfect Hand Tools for Pruning Your Plants

Two bundles of palo santo sticks in a gold tray.

The Cleansing Craze Around Palo Santo

A hand holding a small button cactus next to a pot.

Beautify Your Cacti With These Custom Planters

Bright Orange turmeric root and powder on a green background.

Why Turmeric Is Everywhere Right Now

Breau on fire on a white stone.

This Amazonian Sap Will Ease Your Mind

A dark orange glass of génépy on a yellow background.

Stock Your Bar With This Lesser-Known Liqueur from the Alps

Truffle expert Rowan Jacobsen

Rowan Jacobsen Sniffs Out the Seductive Scent of Truffles

Perfumer Yann Vasnier

Yann Vasnier on the Fragrance World’s Renewed Interest in the Outdoors

Herbalist Rachelle Robinett

The Healing Power of Plants, According to an Herbalist

A wild looking bouquet of orange flowers on a blue background.

Entriken’s Katherine Carothers on Creating Beautiful Flower Arrangements at Home

A crinkled green tote bag on a white plinth.

A Waterproof, Washable Bag That’s Actually Environmentally Friendly

Wild Design book by Kimberly Ridley

Nature’s Functional Forms, Billions of Years in the Making

Canopy raised bed

Grow Your Own Food in This Modular Raised Garden Bed

Ormaie perfumes

This Natural Fragrance Brand Forgoes Synthetic Ingredients in Favor of Candor and Nostalgia

A hinoki bathtub in a concrete room with a small tree.

Hinoki Is the World’s Absolutely Best-Smelling Wood

Dram's Big Mood CBD dropper on a blue-green background.

Dram Apothecary’s Calming CBD Solution

Courtesy Parfum d’Empire

How a Spidery Weed Spawned This Sweet-Smelling Perfume

Rain soaked soil seen through a tangle of grass and plants.

That New Rain Smell, Explained

A bottle of perfume on a white background.

A Rose Perfume That Smells Like a Man

Incense burning on a pack of sticks on a red background.

The Best Japanese Incense Sticks Around

A closeup photo of a green peppermint stalk.

Why Peppermint Is Nature’s Best Insect Repellent

Lord Jones CBD bath salts

Achieve Full-Body Tranquility with These CBD Bath Salts and Bath Bombs

Edn's home garden with an assortment of herbs.

A Low-Maintenance Home Garden for the Botanically Challenged

A mosquito coil.

Plant-Based Extracts to Fend Off Mosquitoes This Summer

Steven Satterfield in a hat and jacket, on a gray background.

Whetstone Magazine Co-Founder and “Origin Forager” Stephen Satterfield on Food, Culture, and Identity

A closeup of Forthave Spirits' Brown coffee liqueur bottle.

Brooklyn’s Forthave Spirits Collaborates on a Liqueur With Café Integral

Two hands holding ground tea leaves in white cups.

How Iced Tea Came to Be

Cover of “The Seed Detective” (left). Adam Alexander (right). (Courtesy Chelsea Green Publishing)

“Seed Detective” Adam Alexander Imagines a Better World—Through Rare, Endangered, and Unusual Vegetable Varieties

Coconut pandan cookies from New York’s Kuih Café. (Courtesy Kuih Café)

The Sweet, Adaptable Aroma of Southeast Asia’s Pandan Plant

Matcha tea in a chawan in front of a matcha whisk.

Kettl’s Zach Mangan on Identifying Top-Quality Matcha

White and red flowers with green leaves on a solid black background.

Horticulturist Ken Druse on Exploring the World of Botanical Fragrance

Awapuhi plant

Awapuhi, a Cousin of the Ginger Plant, Is Nature’s Shampoo

A chocolate bar with a green leaf inside.

Has Casa Bosques Created the Most Incredible Chocolate Bar Ever?

A yellow plate half filled with black beans.

Food Artist Laila Gohar Simply Can’t Get Enough of Beans

Various scented objects archived in trays.

Mandy Aftel’s Willy Wonka–Like Wonderland of Curious Scents