A realistic guide to designing a bioluminescent garden, with fact-checked notes on glowing fungi, marine dinoflagellates, bioluminescent petunias, dark-sky lighting, and what not to release outdoors.
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A glowing garden is a seductive idea. It sounds as if the night border might be coaxed into shining by itself, with blue sparks in a bowl of water and green light coming from damp wood under the bench. The wonder is real. The trouble begins when we ask living light to behave like a lamp. Bioluminescence is light made…
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