Ep. 559 - Looking Back on a Year of Botany
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The wonderful Sara Johnson returns to the podcast to look back at a year of botanizing in 2025. Join us as we celebrate our favorite botanical encounters of last year. This episode was produced in part by Matthew, April, Dana, Lilith, Sanza, Eva, Yellowroot, Wisewren, Nadia, Heidi, Blake, Josh, Laure, R.J., Carly, Lucia, Dana, Sarah, Lauren, Strych Mind, Linda, Sylvan, Austin, Sarah, Ethan, Elle, Steve, Cassie, Chuck, Aaron, Gillian, Abi, Rich, Shad, Maddie, Owen, Linda, Alana, Sigma, Max, Richard, Maia, Rens, David, Robert, Thomas, Valerie, Joan, Mohsin Kazmi Photography, Cathy, Simon, Nick, Paul, Charis, EJ, Laura, Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, 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, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone. |
| 0:02.7 | Hello. |
| 0:03.6 | Sarah Johnson's here. |
| 0:05.0 | Hi. |
| 0:05.4 | If you are on our Patreon and you're listening to our gardening series, this voice will be |
| 0:09.6 | very familiar to you. |
| 0:11.1 | Also, if you've listened to the podcast, the backlog, it'll also be familiar because |
| 0:17.7 | you've been on the podcast. |
| 0:18.5 | But the wonderful Sarah Johnson is here. |
| 0:20.5 | And we are celebrating the closeout of 2025 by going through our massive photo library on our phones. |
| 0:28.7 | And we figured we would talk about this year in botany where we would kind of go through and look at each month in our folders and figure out what botanically was on our |
| 0:39.0 | minds during that month. A little relaxed episode, because I got to be honest, every once in a while, |
| 0:44.0 | you got to take a break from doing the heavy lifting of a true episode. But first off, |
| 0:48.5 | thank you for all your support in 2025. It's awesome. It means the world. And especially for those of you that have kicked in a little extra |
| 0:55.6 | I bought some merch or signed up to become patrons I can't do it without those folks so we're outside |
| 1:02.3 | you're going to hear a lot of background noise you might have heard a little brown-headed nut hatch |
| 1:06.5 | some sparrows hanging out in the yard right now. You're probably also going to hear some traffic. |
| 1:11.8 | Hopefully not too much, but... |
| 1:13.0 | Hopefully not too much, but here we are. |
| 1:15.4 | So, January 2025. |
| 1:17.7 | It's kind of cold here. |
| 1:19.7 | Very cold. |
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