Description
Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.
In episode 043 Elle chats with Leif Bersweden, botanist, author and nature communicator. Leif Bersweden is a writer and botanist with a lifelong interest in nature, focusing on wild plants from the age of seven. He grew up in rural Wiltshire where he taught himself how to identify the local flora, eventually becoming a botanical tutor for The Species Recovery Trust. In 2016, Leif graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Biology and has completed a PhD at Kew Gardens. In a world where an interest in botany is becoming increasingly rare, he wants to help put plants back on the map and is endeavouring to do this through his teaching, research and publications. Leif’s first book, The Orchid Hunter was published in 2017 and his second, Where the Wildflowers Grow in 2022.
Social media links
Twitter: www.twitter.com/LeifBersweden
TikTok: @leifbersweden
Instagram: www.instagram.com/leifbersweden
Website: www.leifbersweden.com
Purchase Where the Wildflowers Grow
https://www.wherethewildflowersgrow.co.uk/
Independent sellers:
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/where-the-wildflowers-grow-my-botanical-journey-through-britain-and-ireland-leif-bersweden/6751767?ean=9781529349535
https://www.waterstones.com/book/where-the-wildflowers-grow/leif-bersweden/9781529349573
https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/leif-bersweden/where-the-wildflowers-grow/9781529349535/
Audible Version
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Where-Wildflowers-Grow-Botanical-Journey/dp/B09TQ4LS27/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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Artwork © 2021 Madison Erin Mayfield
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Music
Giraffes - Harrison Amer via premiumbeat.com
Researched, edited and produced by Elle Kaye
Concept/Title © 2020 Elle Kaye
In episode 047 Elle chats with Jack Baddams: Ornithologist and Wildlife Researcher whose field work is focused on the tagging of different species of birds to learn more about their lives. He shares this work on social media where he talks about the birds he rings and shows off the diversity of...
Published 04/22/24
In episode 046 Elle chats with Dr. Matthew Kasson: Mycologist and Plant Pathologist who studies fungus biodiversity centered around tree diseases and fungus-arthropod interactions.
Socials:
https://x.com/ImperfectFunGuy
https://twitter.com/plantdisease
Research, Sci-Comm and related press...
Published 03/22/24