Ep. 414 - Tales from an Accidental Botanist

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

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

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to habitat rehabilitation, making native plant diversity a high priority will greatly increase your chances of success. Healthy, diverse plant communities set the foundation for biodiversity. Such a realization was what set my guest Jeff Talbert on his current career path. This college football coach turned wetland restoration specialist considers himself an accidental botanist but wouldn't change anything about how he got to where he is today. Join us as we talk about what it takes to rehabilitate one of the world's rarest ecosystems and learn how there really is no recipe for success in life. This episode was produced in part by Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, 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.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefense of Plants Podcast, the official podcast of
0:04.1	IndefenseofPlants.com.
0:05.7	What's up?
0:06.7	This is your host Matt, welcome to the show.
0:07.7	How is everyone doing this week?
0:09.3	Today, we're learning about a unique trajectory into the world of habitat restoration and what
0:14.8	it means to become an accidental botanist.
0:17.6	Joining us to talk about this is Jeff Talbert, who is running the restoration program at
0:22.1	Dear Lake in the Panhandle of Florida through the Atlanta Botanic Garden.
0:26.0	Jeff is an amazing human being, he's a dedicated restorationist and he's doing incredibly important
0:31.6	work in one of the most biodiverse regions of North America.
0:35.1	I don't want to steal any of his thunder, but it is a fantastic conversation that just goes
0:39.6	to show you how little you can predict in life.
0:42.6	Before I get to that, I just want to say, if you are enjoying the show and you want to
0:45.9	support it, consider becoming a patron over at patreon.com slash IndefenseofPlants.
0:50.4	We got a lot of great kickbacks over there, just go check it out and realize that I couldn't
0:54.9	be doing the show without the support of my patrons each and every month, so thank
0:58.3	you to them and thank you for considering it.
1:01.1	But that's entirely enough out of me on with the show, without further ado, here's my
1:04.5	conversation with Jeff Talbert, I hope you enjoy.
1:21.8	Jeff Talbert, welcome to the podcast buddy, it has been a long time in the making, but
1:25.9	if anyone doesn't know who you are, let's start off with an introduction, tell everyone
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