Botany Geek Gifts

"It's a weed! Come on—let's go!" "It's actually Capsella bursa-pastoris or shepherd's purse, part of the mustard family..."

Wildlife

'Enjoy your meal! We grow everything ourselves!'

Molecular Biology and Cosmology buildings

Gifts for a cloned baby!

Plant Lady

"Cheery little flowers, saying good night, saying good morning!"

Plants Cheer as They Get Watered.

"Usually gardeners only have green thumbs, so you must really spend a lot of time in the garden."

"Looks like we grafted a few too many human genes into the kohlrabi."

Horti-Culture

"No! I want to live! I want to live!"

'Congratulations on your 100% plant-based diet. I'm referring you to a botanist.'

Disease Management

"Something's wrong with the broccoli. Please take it back to the kitchen and have it genetically modified."

'Esther, is it possible, just possible mind you, that your green thumb has gone berserk?'

Genetic modification creating plastic from plant cellulose.

Botany Baby!

Painting taking root...

"Fred, I think you're spending altogether too much time down here with these mushrooms!"

'A rose by any other name means I flunked the botany test.'

"What's a nine-letter word for biotechnology?"

Woman in hospital has i.v. attached to plant.

'I'd forgotten how lovely it looks outside!'

Mad about Roses!

The Garden

"Get out of my face!"

Water the hydrangeas twice a week and trim as needed. The bromeliad only needs to be high-fived on Saturday, but you can give it high and low fives anytime you have a spare moment. Just, whatever you do, don't give it a "too slow" or it will turn inward and begin shutting down.

'Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest algologist of all?'

'Hey, wait a minute...Apples aren't indigenous to this geopraphical region.'

'Personally I can't see anything wrong with GM crops!'

'That plant food really works!'

Medicinal plants

Plant Reference Library - Flowers/Trees.

"Hello Mr Flower. You've got a pretty face. But your feet are filthy."