IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF A vast network of material and informational exchanges link botany to landscape design. As we scan nursery catalogs to select our favorite species and cultivars for a proposed design, much is concealed or forgotten about the seedy histories of colonization of which plant breeding, trade, and botanic gardens have played a central role. The blossoming interest in plants among environmental historians, science studies scholars, philosophers, and others are shedding light on these entanglements. LA+ botanic considers our evolving relationship with plants with contributors reflecting on what new natures and people-plant relations are being materialized in plant breeding, plant conservation, botanic garden design, and botanic art today. Guest-edited by Karen M’Closkey, contributors include:
Giovanni Aloi Irus Braverman Patrick Blanc Xan Sarah Chacko Sonja Dümpelmann Jared Farmer Annette Fierro Matthew Gandy Ursula K. Heise Andrea Ling Janet Marinelli Karen M’Closkey Beronda L. Montgomery Catherine Mosbach Katja Grötzner Neves Bonnie-Kate Walker
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