Notes
1 Munro, Jane. "'More Like a Work of Art than of Nature': Darwin, Beauty and Sexual Selection." Endless Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts (Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum, 2009): 253.
2 Armstrong, Carol M., and M. Catherine de Zegher. Ocean flowers: impressions from nature. (New York, N.Y.: The Drawing Center, 2004), 102-103.
3 Bush, Tracey. “Nine Wild Plants.” Of green leaf, bird, and flower: artists' books and the natural world, ed. Elisabeth Fairman (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014), 84.
4 Peck, Robert McCracken. “Natural Obsessions From Specimens to Books.” Of green leaf, bird, and flower, 34.
5 Van Houten, Kate, Erica Van Horn, and Colin Sackett. Of lichen & moss. (Ballybeg, Grange, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland: Coracle, 2022), 47.
6 Moore, Alan, Rick Veitch, Alfredo P. Alcala, Stephen Bissette, John Totleben, Tatjana Wood, and John Costanza. Swamp Thing. (New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1987-), 206.
7 Lipscomb, Katy & Tyler Fisher. The Artist’s Drawing Book. (Oregon: Blue Star Press, 2023), 68-77.
8 Flake, Gary William. The computational beauty of nature: Computer explorations of fractals, chaos, complex systems, and adaptation. (Cambridge, MIT press, 2000), 423.
9 Goffinet, Bernard., and A. Jonathan Shaw. Bryophyte biology. 2nd ed. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2009), 71.
10 Oshima, Megumi, and Hideshi Kimura. Miniature Moss Gardens: Create Your Own Japanese Container Gardens (Bonsai, Kokedama, Terrariums & Dish Gardens). Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2017), 15.
11 Oshima, Minature Moss Gardens, 14-15.
12 Ibid, 14.
13 Newell, Ben. Hello Tiny World: An Enchanting Journey Into the World of Creating
Terrariums (New York: DK Publishing, 2024), 13.
14 Newell, Hello Tiny World, 27.
15 Newell, Hello Tiny World, 10.
16 Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. (Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2003), 62.
17 Kimmerer, 98.
18 Malcolm, W. M., and Nancy Malcolm. Mosses and other bryophytes: an illustrated glossary. 2nd ed. Nelson. (N.Z.: Micro-Optics Press, 2006), 296-297.
19 Ibid, 97-98.
20 Lockhart, Neil. Rare and threatened bryophytes of Ireland. National Museums Northern Ireland publication. (Cultra, Northern Ireland: National Museums Northern Ireland, 2012), 7.
21 Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 120.
22 Ibid, 113-114.
23 Ibid, 114.
24 Ibid, 105.
25 Ibid, 101.
26 Okotcha, Poppy. A Wilder Way: How Gardens Grow Us. (London Bloomsburg Publishing, 2025), 53.
27 Ibid, 61.
28 Ibid, 47.
29 Ibid, 62.
30 Ibid, 59.
31 Newell, Hello Tiny World, 100-101.
32 Okotcha, A Wilder Way, 119-120.
33 Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 59.
34 Ibid, 60.
35 Wood, Andrew J., Melvin J Oliver, and D. J Cove. New frontiers in bryology: physiology, molecular biology, and functional genomics. (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic, 2004), 76.
36Bates, Jeffrey., Neil W Ashton, and J. G Duckett. Bryology for the twenty-first century. (Leeds: Maney Publishing and the British Bryological Society, 1998), 298.
37 Okotcha, A Wilder Way, 157.
38 Newell, Hello Tiny World, 15.
39 Alcade, Pedro & Merlín Alcalde. Metaphors: Understanding Philosophy Through Images. (Munich:Prestel, 2024), 26.
40 Moore, Alan, Swamp Thing, 42 -44
41 Lipscomb, Katy & Tyler Fisher. The Artist’s Drawing Book, 132-148.
42 Oscar the grouch puppet | smithsonian institution. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.si.edu/object/oscar-grouch-puppet:nmah_1182904.
43 Okotcha, A Wilder Way, 229.
44 Nordström, Ulrica. Moss. (New York City, Penguin UK, 2019), 163.
45 Newell, Hello Tiny World, 52 – 53.
46 Ibid, 60.
47 Barringer, Tim, “Rex Vicat Coles and Teaching of Drawing.” Of green leaf, bird, and flower: artists' books and the natural world, 124.
48 Chevannes, Sabrina. Chess for Children Activity Book. (London: Batsford, 2025), 12 – 13.
49 Madden, Meg. This is a Book for People Who Love Mushrooms. (Philadelphia: Running Press, 2023, 1-3.
50 Rand, Emily. Drawn by Nature: Patterns. Laurence King, 2025, 1 – 2.
51 Kaggwa, Sir Apollo. The Customs of the Baganda. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1934), 111.
52 Newell, Hello Tiny World, 15
53 Armstrong, Carol M, Ocean flowers, 95.
54 Burgess, Anika. Flashes of Brilliance. (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2025) 141 – 142.
55 Ibid, 141 -143.
56 Ibid, 142.
57 Armstrong, Carol. Ocean Flowers, 98.
58 Gilbert, Elizabeth. The signature of all things: a novel. (New York: Penguin, 2014), 47.
59 Tuba, Zoltán., Nancy G Slack, and Lloyd R Stark. Bryophyte ecology and climate change. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 330.
60 Okotcha, A Wilder Way, 47.
61 Bradley, Kate, and Claire Brewer. 101 Inclusive and SEN Art, Design Technology and Music Lessons: Fun Activities and Lesson Plans for Children Aged 3–11. (London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020), 90-91.
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