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Endangered plants you'll likely never see

'Losing Paradise,' a new botanical art exhibition of 44 rare species, illustrates the art form's enduring value – even in this age of digital.
Native plants give way to European and Asian 'invaders'

The American landscape is becoming less American as plants from Europe and Asia invade open spaces, crowding out native species and lessening the nation's biological diversity.
The prairie that became a beloved garden

Henry Shaw's quest to tame 'uncultivated' land and transform it into the Missouri Botanical Garden is celebrated 150 years later.

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What happens when ordinary people decide to pay it forward? Extraordinary change...

Scott Budnick works in the dining room as customers arrive for a free meal at the Mathewson Street Friendship Breakfast in Providence, R.I.

Scott Budnick serves breakfast – with a side order of respect – to the homeless

Sunday breakfast at a Providence, R.I., church is more than a free meal. Half the volunteers are homeless themselves: 'It's their [own] breakfast that they're putting on.'

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Endangered plants you'll likely never see

Native plants give way to European and Asian 'invaders'

The prairie that became a beloved garden

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