MJ Jackson May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage month, and our series of cultural botanical connections continues with a set of resources for you to connect with, learn from, and/or support! This is a living document that’s expected to grow and change with time. As always, feel free to share resources that can continue … Read more
It’s Black History Month 2021, and there are so many opportunities to learn about the intersections between Blackness and botany, even while staying safe-at-home. Of course, Black folks’ contributions to botany and environmentalism could never fit into one month – nor does celebrating them need to be limited solely to February. Still, we’re excited to … Read more
(This post was originally published in Hoyt Arboretum’s December 2019 e-newsletter. Since the writing of this post, the manzanitas have sprouted and are doing well!) Someone who’s not so well-acquainted with the life cycles of trees may subscribe to the common misconception that flora “die” in the winter. But if there’s anything that plants can … Read more
The Nature Equity Educator position was created to help Hoyt Arboretum provide more programmatic opportunities to communities throughout the Portland metro area. In the past few years, our youth education programs have reached students across the region and the most recent Nature Equity Educator role has expanded that work. With the help of people like … Read more
Inequities run deep in the natural sciences, and it’s apparent in the racist and xenophobic nomenclature of some trees and plants. Even within the last 30 years, anti-Black slurs were commonly used to describe plants. There are many examples, including Echinocactus polycephalus and Bertholletia excelsa (Brazil nuts), that carry ugly colloquial names that only recently … Read more