This post was updated May 27 at 12:59 a.m. The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden bloomed with history at the Clarkia Flower Festival on May 17. The festival showcased the characteristics of the ...

(Image credit: Kay et al., 2020) While Kathleen Kay’s lab was conducing pollination experiments with clarkia flowers at UCSC’s Coastal Biology Greenhouse facility, art student Ashley Ersepke painted a ...