About this episode

Lea Johnson discusses the intersection of conservation and horticulture, focusing on the future of biodiversity.

Today’s guest is a plant ecologist whose work, she says, is driven by this question: “All of the wild diversity of life on earth is here, with us, right now. How can we take it with us into the future?”... Read More ›

People in this episode

Host: Margaret Roach

Guest: Lea Johnson

Topics covered

• conservation
• horticulture
• plant ecology
• biodiversity
• sustainability

Keywords

• plant ecologist
• wild diversity
• future of life
• conservation
• horticulture

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