I don’t know what will happen after I die, As the Earth keeps spinning around the sun, With some battles fought, and some victories won, But I hope all the g...

When I was 12 years old I stumbled upon a book about the human brain. The first line said something like: “The human brain is so complex that it can’t even u...

I'm back in Vancouver now, where the crows come when I whistle and otherwise have lives of their own. I realise I didn't write an update about the toucan, an...

The toucan has been with us for more than a month now and she still doesn’t have a name. At first we didn’t want to name her. Freddie, who was so in love wit...

I'm happy to say I've learned considerably more about love since writing this three years ago. Learning is perhaps the most precious thing in life (after lif...

I am the grateful recipient of the first ever London-Wen Gaia Scholarship for women in Ethnobotany! Very grateful to Kathleen Harrison of Botanical Dimension...

Click "Read More" and scroll down to see how the signs look with their plants. Enjoy!

A new sign outside the Food, Nutrition and Health building at UBC :)

This bleeding heart is writing the saddest lines of poetry - but still she is able to die and be reborn to flower twice a year.

"The Indians addressed life as a “thou,” I mean, trees and stones, everything else. You can address anything as a “thou”, and you can feel the change in your...

Check out this BBC article about plant intelligence. It cites the work of many of the thinkers referenced in the signs, including Dr. Suzanne Simard (mother ...

This sign is based on the work of Forest and Conservation Science Professor Suzanne Simard at UBC. Here she is speaking on mother trees and fungal networks: ...

The plant signs have now been installed on the UBC Campus. I'll be posting some pictures over the coming days. Feel free to send me any pics you may take, or...