The Gathering Garden Magazine
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Amaranth, Explained: The Ancient Grain Plant Now Trending as a Dried Design Staple
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Long before it was a moody tan plume in a dried arrangement, amaranth fed the Aztec empire and got banned by the Spanish for being too tied to ritual life to tolerate. -
Long Before It Flavored Gin: The Strange, Old History of Juniper as Protection and Décor
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From Bronze Age medicine cabinets to your gin and tonic, juniper has a 5,000-year résumé. Here's the plant's real history — and how to bring its berries indoors.
