EditorialDr. Naomi Fraga, a botanist with the nonprofit California Botanic Garden, drives her Toyota Tacoma along a dirt path in Kern County, Calif., on April 28, 2023. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialDr. Naomi Fraga, a botanist with the nonprofit California Botanic Garden, drives her Toyota Tacoma along a dirt path in Kern County, Calif., on April 28, 2023. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialDr. Naomi Fraga, a botanist with the nonprofit California Botanic Garden, drives her Toyota Tacoma along a dirt path in Kern County, Calif., on April 28, 2023. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialDr. Naomi Fraga, a botanist with the nonprofit California Botanic Garden, drives her Toyota Tacoma along a dirt path in Kern County, Calif., on April 28, 2023. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialDr. Naomi Fraga, a botanist with the nonprofit California Botanic Garden, drives her Toyota Tacoma along a dirt path in Kern County, Calif., on April 28, 2023. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialDr. Naomi Fraga, a botanist with the nonprofit California Botanic Garden, drives her Toyota Tacoma along a dirt path in Kern County, Calif., on April 28, 2023. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialDr. Naomi Fraga, a botanist with the nonprofit California Botanic Garden, drives her Toyota Tacoma along a dirt path in Kern County, Calif., on April 28, 2023. (Daniel Dorsa/The New York Times)
EditorialBotanic Garden, where you are rewarded with a bird’s-eye view of the city and its harbor after climbing to Te Ahumairangi Hill Lookout, in Wellington, New Zealand, Nov. 27, 2022. (Susan Wright/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, center, smiles as he meets staff at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. The President, accompanied by The Earl of Wessex, visited the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. South Africa is on
EditorialBritain's Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, right, arrives with President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. The President, accompanied by The Earl of Wessex, visited the Royal Botanic G
EditorialActress Karen Pittman at Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Brooklyn on Jan. 2, 2022. The actress, who stars in “And Just Like That,” finds peace at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (Olivia Galli/The New York Times)
EditorialBruce Greer, who mediated the settlements over the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium, at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, where he is president of the board of trustees, in Coral Gables, Fla., June 15, 2022. (Rose Marie Cromwell/The New York Times)
EditorialBruce Greer, who mediated the settlements over the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium, at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, where he is president of the board of trustees, in Coral Gables, Fla., June 15, 2022. (Rose Marie Cromwell/The New York Times)