Weird, Wild & Wonderful Symposium Podcast
1) The Art of Orchids
Phillip Crib, discuss The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which has a magnificent collection of original botanical art that has accumulated over the past 250 years. It is actively being improved and curat...Show More
2) Painting the Wonder Plants of Borneo
Mieko Ishikawa, discusses the enormous number of living things in the tropical rain forests of Borneo: giant jungle trees rising 200 to 250 feet high, insects carrying pollen, animals feeding on fruit...Show More
3) Do You ‘See’ Plants? Using Art and Technology to Teach Science
Jodie S. Holt, Ph.D., discusses why plants are essential to our existence on earth, yet most people only notice plants as a green backdrop to their daily lives. Without greater human awareness of plan...Show More
4) Opening Remarks
Jim Folsom provides the opening remarks for the "Weird, Wild & Wonderful Symposium". Folsom is the Marge and Sherm Telleen Director of the Botanical Gardens at the The Huntington.