RESOURCES 

Botany and botanical organizations in the Greater Pittsburgh Area

American Society of Botanical Artists 

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Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation 

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Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens 

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​Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Botany

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Books

• American Eden by Victoria Johnson 
• The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart
• Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
• Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
• The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
• The Revolutionary Genius of Plants: A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behavior by Stefano Mancuso​
• The Science Behind Flowers: Plant Morpholgy for Botanical Artists by Dick Rauh
• Thus Spoke the Plant by Monica Gagliano
• The Big, Bad Book of Botany by Michael Largo
• The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
• Herbarium by Barbara M. Thiers
• In Defense of Plants : An Exploration into the Wonder of Plants by Matt Candeias PhD
• What a Plant Knows : A Field Guide to the Senses (Updated and Expanded Edition) by Dan Chamovitz
• The Plant Hunters by Carolyn Fry

​Pittsburgh Botanic Garden

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Western Pennsylvania Mushroom Club

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Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania 

​Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve

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