Jim Folsom, Botany In Context

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. LINKS Botany In Context (website) @BotanyInContext (TikTok) A Botanical Reader (Apple Books) Orthosiphon aristarus Obedient Plant Nesocodon (Gecko-pollinated flower) Edward Lum Tale of the Bean (TikTok) Tale of the Bean (PDF download) Glass Flowers at Harvard University Why Plants and Gardens Matter ____________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: On September 2, 2026, the TALATERRA website merged with Transferable Solutions. Conversations can be accessed through the interactive map. You can also explore the podcast's catalog of episodes on Simplecast, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts. CREDITS: Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Subscribe to Transferable Solutions, a newsletter about reimagining environmental skills Contact Us Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Learn More © 2019 - 2026 Talaterra Inc ABOUT: TALATERRA combines "tala" (Icelandic for "to speak" and "to talk") with "terra" (Earth)—because speaking for our planet and telling its stories is what environmental educators do. TALATERRA: to speak Earth.