I grew up on the shores of Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota and spent many happy hours exploring the woods near our home. Both my parents were biologists, and their enthusiasm for nature and science was contagious. At Carleton College, I was inspired by charismatic botanist William H. Muir ‘s emphasis on non-flowering plants. At the…
I was born in Youngstown, Ohio and grew up in rural Indiana. When I was a teenager, my family packed into our car and drove across the middle of the United States on a memorable vacation to St. Louis, Missouri. We went up in the Gateway Arch, took in a baseball game, and visited the…
I grew up in the city of Vila Nova de Gaia, located south of the city of Porto, in the North of Portugal. Although living in a city, I grew up with a lot of contact and sense of respect for nature, raised mainly by my grandparents and my parents who often took me and…
Nature has always been a safe and magical place, full of possible discoveries for me. The smallest organisms allowed the most unexpected discoveries and the plants were the permanent element of my life growing up on a farm. I grew up without really knowing what I wanted to be “when I grew up”. At secondary…
I am a mosser. Known to most folks as Mossin’ Annie, I have been fascinated with mosses since childhood. Today, my life’s passion is advocating and promoting bryophytes (mosses) as viable horticultural choices in today’s landscapes. I wear many hats — moss rescuer, small business owner of a Mossery (moss nursery) and online Moss Shop,…