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In Defense of Plants Podcast

Ep. 364 - The Versatility of Living Plant Collections

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Botany, Natural Sciences, Ecology, Nature, Plants, Science

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Living plant collections at botanical gardens can serve many functions. They can be aesthetic, they can be educational, they can be conservation focused... the list goes on and none of these functions are mutually exclusive. In this episode, we sit down with Sean Lahmeyer, Collections and Conservation Manager for The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens to talk about these ideas and more at one of North Americas most beautiful and diverse botanical gardens. This episode was produced in part by Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants Podcast, the official podcast of

0:04.6

IndefensivePlants.com.

0:05.6

What's up?

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This is your host Matt.

0:07.6

Welcome to the show.

0:08.6

How's everyone doing this week?

0:10.4

Today I've got something super interesting for you because it's about botanical gardens,

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living collections, and plant conservation and how all of these things meet to both

0:18.8

inform the public, get people excited about plants, but also do something for the conservation

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of plants.

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Joining us to talk about this is Sean Lemire.

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He's the collections and conservation manager at the Huntington Library Art Museum and botanical

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gardens.

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Let me tell you, if you've never been, make an effort to go.

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It is one of the most beautiful gardens I've ever been to and there's species growing

0:39.4

there that little little me from the northeast could never imagine seeing in person, at

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least not without spending tons of money to get there.

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But I don't want to spoil any of the fun.

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Sean is really thoughtful, really dedicated, and has an amazing job to tell you about.

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So let's just jump right into it without further ado.

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Here's my conversation with Sean Lemire.

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I hope you enjoy.

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