The Elizabeth von Arnim Society invites proposals for "Literary Gardens: Cultivation, Movement, and Modernism," an international online conference to be held February 12–13, 2027, in conversation with #TheLiteraryGarden @mobotmuseum.bsky.social
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#TheLiteraryGarden This book follows a tiny bug who lived on what he believed to be a purple planet, in which everything seemed the same. He builds a spaceship and after traveling around a star called “a,” he discovered that his home planet was a violet kept inside a book. On loan by Carmen Ulloa

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Brazilian author Ziraldo Alves Pinto (1932–2024)—more commonly called Ziraldo—started his career as a cartoonist and writer, whose children’s books have been enormously successful.
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Learn about your favorite herbs in the Missouri Botanical Garden Press' latest project, 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘴 𝘈-𝘡: buff.ly/B2rxpWw

Now on view at 📍 @mobotmuseum.bsky.social in its current exhibition, The Literary Garden: The Cultivation of Plants & Gardens in Narratives!

🎥 Nathan Kwarta

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#TheLiteraryGarden #MagicalRealism Guayusa (Hedysomum cumbalense) is a South American fragrant shrub used to make tea and flavorings. In Carchi province, Ecuador, local people burn it to make charcoal for fuel, as well as use it for building walls and posts. @mobotgarden.bsky.social Herbarium

#TheLiteraryGarden #MagicalRealism Bruna and Her Sisters in the Sleeping City by Cossio is a novel similar in importance to those of Marquez. Trees and forests in Ecuador play a role in the novel, stressing a connection to nature and Indigenous roots, as well as the woman’s role in latiné culture.

#MagicalRealism Plants play several roles throughout the novel, including the palms and ferns of the tropical landscape, the presence of a banana plantation, and the chestnut tree that plays a pivotal role in being tied to the novel’s protagonist. Guiana chestnut @mobotgarden.bsky.social Herbarium

#TheLiteraryGarden #MagicalRealism is often considered to be the literary language of the post-colonial world. In 1982, Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez won the Nobel Prize in Literature for ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE, which follows 7 generations of the Buendía family.

📢Final performance of THE LITERARY GARDEN series!🌿📚💚🎸
Frets and Flora: Botanical Themes in Guitar Literature
Saturday, October 17, 2026; 11am and 1pm (30-45 mins) @mobotmuseum.bsky.social @mobotgarden.bsky.social
Free with Garden admission www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/sachs-museum...

Thanks to KSDK for talking to Rubia this weekend! www.ksdk.com/video/news/l...

#TheLiteraryGarden So thrilled for this continued collaboration with the STL City Silent Book Club @mobotmuseum.bsky.social @mobotgarden.bsky.social 🌻📖🪷📚🪻
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#TheLiteraryGarden To attract these nocturnal pollinators, flowers rely on strong scents rather than colors, and extend on long stalks beyond leaves so bats can easily detect them using echolocation.
Pix credits: 1—Dr. Nathan Muchhala, UMSL; 2— @mobotgarden.bsky.social Herbarium

#TheLiteraryGarden A group of particular interest is the bellflower genus Burmeistera (Campanulaceae), which includes about 150 bat-pollinated species in the cloud forests of Central and South America, many of which were discovered and named in collaboration with scientists @mobotgarden.bsky.social

One plant group of particular interest is the bellflower genus Burmeistera (Campanulaceae), which includes about 150 bat-pollinated species in the cloud forests of Central and South America, many of which were discovered and named in collaboration with scientists @mobotgarden.bsky.social

Bats are Essential Pollinators #TheLiteraryGarden While bats have a hold on our literary imagination as hematophages, only 3 species of S. American bat are vampires. Nectar-feeding bats hover, extending tongues to reach nectar hidden deep in flowers. Anoura fistulata's tongue 1.5x its body length!

#TheLiteraryGarden Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) is thought to have protective properties against enchantment and supernatural creatures. Driven through the heart, rowan stakes destroy a vampire’s source of life and pin them to their graves to keep them from rising. @mobotgarden.bsky.social Herbarium

#Dracula #TheLiteraryGarden #Vampires Irish author Bram Stoker (1847–1912) created in Dracula one of the most enduring personifications of a vampire character in his popular novel. Apotropaic plants ward off vampires; the cover of this text features a repeating garlic blossom garland pattern.

We’re at it again! The Missouri Botanical Garden hosts STL City Silent Book Club this October for another day of resting, touring, and reading. 🌻📖🪷📚🪻
📍 @mobotgarden.bsky.social @mobotmuseum.bsky.social
🗓️ Mon, October 12th, 1–4pm
🎟️ Free with Garden admission
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