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Hort Tidbit December 2025: Wintersweet (臘梅)
Beautiful yellow fall color reveals pale yellow blooms beginning on the much-loved wintersweet tree in the Fragrance Courtyard at Lan Su. The December cold has slowly crept in, seeping the
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Culture Spotlight: China Trip Chapter 1—Suzhou Gardens Behind the Scenes
This special edition of Culture Spotlight will be a four-part series sharing takeaways from a recent trip to our sister city, Suzhou. Enjoy! I’m writing to you just days before Thanksgiving,
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Culture Spotlight: These are not your grocery store mums
I’ll be honest—I didn’t always get the hype about chrysanthemums. That changed the first autumn I worked at Lan Su Chinese Garden. I walked into the garden one crisp morning and found myself surrounded by chrysanthemums in every imaginable form…