The Missouri Botanical Garden, where Millie resides, will be open for free from 8 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. so people can get a good whiff. Only the Linnean House, where Millie is now, ...

The Naples Botanical Garden's water lily in Florida came second with a lift of 135 pounds and the Royal Botanic Garden's water lily in Edinburgh, Scottland, came third with a lift of 105.8 pounds.

Charlotte Taylor has named 500 new plant species, more than any other living female taxonomist. She's one of 60 taxonomists at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

“They really look like they’re from an alien planet,” said Greta Berg, a horticulturist at the Missouri Botanical Garden, which took home the top prize. September 15, 2024.

Scientists say amid climate change and biodiversity loss, the world’s herbaria could hold the keys to overcoming the crises in their folders of dried plant specimens. But their future is in ...