Plant

Doctor caught yellow-handed at Ben-Gurion attempting to smuggle 300 banana saplings from Thailand

Customs inspectors at Ben-Gurion Airport discovered about 300 banana saplings and staghorn ferns in five suitcases belonging to a passenger returning from Thailand.

Unusual seizure at Ben-Gurion Airport: A doctor from central Israel tried to bring in 300 seedlings from Thailand without a permit from the Agriculture Ministry.
ALMOG OZERI

Israeli scientists make plants produce milk protein, paving way for cow-free dairy

The rare bristly cephalaria growing in the Jerusalem Botanical Garden as part of the joint initiative with KKL-JNF.

KKL-JNF aiming to preserve endangered plant species at Jerusalem Botanical Garden, Eshtaol Nursery

Houseplants affect air quality and create a pleasant sense of freshness

6 plants that will help you cool the house


Jerusalem's 'Green Wall' is reconstructed and greener than ever

The wall of colorful Mediterranean foliage and vegetation is the biggest in Israel.

 The reconstructed Green Wall, en route to Jerusalem.

InnerPlant acquires $5.65m. funding with participation from TAU Ventures

TAU ventures is the first university-based venture capital fund in Israel, according to its website.

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, home of the Boris Mints Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions to Global Challenges

Wonder if your plants are stressed? New research might be able to tell you

The processes could help farmers take more measures to protect their produce, prevent significant losses and safeguard national food sources, the university explained.

Hebrew University uses bio-sensors to determine if plants are under stress, and what processes these stress factors could affect.

Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs helped shape rain forests - study

“A global catastrophe involving a mass extinction produces a different world.”

An asteroid is seen heading for Earth in an illustrative photo.

Jerusalem launches project to plant thousands of trees along sidewalks

Trees improve air quality by filtering harmful dust and pollutants such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide from the air.

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion attends a trial run for a mass tree planting project across the streets of the city.

The Coastal Iris – one of a kind - opinion

Only in Israel and only in a few areas along the Mediterranean seashore can you witness this particular beauty.

The Coastal Iris

Lessons to learn from the garden

All the gardeners I have known are gentle people, maybe because a garden teaches patience and careful watchfulness.

‘IN THIS way, she would have a living souvenir of all the roses friends had given her.’

Drones plant trees from the sky after US wildfires

Heatwaves and dry-lightning coincided with drier conditions that climate scientists blame on global warming.

A wind driven wildfire in the hills of Canyon Country north of Los Angeles, California

Israeli nursery sells plant seeds with fire ants

Fire ants are 1 millimeter long and orange-red in color and are considered one of the top 100 most dangerous invasive species.

EXPERTS AGREE that in Israel the fire ant is spreading primarily through plants in nurseries.

Botanical Garden to continue project to save extinct wildflowers

The project is dedicated to the memory of the late Nehama Rivlin, who contributed greatly over the years to Israeli society and nature conservation.

President Rivlin and the Botanical Garden team at the launch of the campaign to rescue wildflower in honor of the late Nehama Rivlin.