Jim Folsom is the creator and host of @BotanyInContext, a fun and fascinating channel on TikTok about the plants we engage with and see in our daily lives. Jim is a teacher, a gardener, a botanist, and a cook who enjoys talking about plants. He is also Director Emeritus of the botanical gardens at The Huntington, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in Southern California. In this episode, Jim tells us about his TikTok channel, the 1,000-page botanical book he wrote, and what he would like the public to understand about plants.
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Botany In Context (website)
@BotanyInContext (TikTok)
A Botanical Reader (Apple Books)
Nesocodon (Gecko-pollinated flower)
Tale of the Bean (TikTok)
Tale of the Bean (PDF download)
Glass Flowers at Harvard University
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