The Plant Book Club

This month, Tegan, Joram, Ellen, and new friends Judith and Melissa read Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. This book was a lot. Trigger warnings: toxic academia, disastrous road trips, and peeing in bottles. 

This month, Tegan, Joram and Ellen read The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks by Amy Stewart. A book about human’s relationship with alcohol covers basically all of history, and Stewart picked the most interesting parts for our reading pleasure. 

This month, Tegan, Joram and Ellen read Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. We were all spellbound by this book. Come listen as we discuss ponds, United States history, mushroom-related double entendres and the texture of salamanders. 

This week, Tegan, Joram and Ellen discuss The Revolutionary Genius of Plants: A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behavior. If you’re wondering about the science behind the claim “plants have eyes,” this is the podcast episode for you. 

This week, Tegan, Joram and Ellen read Fruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat. We talk about watered-down wine, trial by cheesy bread, and how we learned more about millet than we thought was possible. 

This week, Tegan, Joram and Ellen weigh in on Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life by Marta McDowell. Come celebrate the poet queen of self-isolation and her passion for horticulture with us. 

Welcome to the Plant Book Club! You’re listening to Joram and Tegan of the Plants and Pipettes podcast and Ellen from the show Plant Crimes. Together, we’re going to read and discuss books about plants, starting with Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life by Marta McDowell. Thanks for joining us!