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Botanical Nerd Word: Biophilia

Monarch butterflies feeding on flowers in the Entry Garden Walk at TBG

Biophilia: A love of or empathy with the natural world, especially when seen as a human instinct.*

These monarchs were spotted enjoying the Entry Garden Walk at TBG.

Read more about biophilia in The Biophilia Hypothesis, available from Weston Family Library.

*Oxford English Dictionary Online. Oxford University Press, October 2016.

 

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