Greetings, growers, it's your host Jane Perrone here, and today we're stepping into the plant kingdom, accompanied by an expert guide, botanist Dr. Scott Zona.

He's here to reveal some of the secrets of his new book, A Gardner's Guide to Botany.

And I've got a response about fluval stratum for the Q&A section.

I've always been a great advocate of learning as much as you can about your plants, hence the botany strand of this here podcast. So I was delighted to get a

copy of the new book by Dr Scott Zona called A Gardner's Guide to Botany. And I liked it so much. I did

a blurb on the back of the book for him. And he's joining me this week to tell me all about the book,

how we all need to venture deeper into the plant kingdom to understand our plants, but also

because it's really super fascinating and helps us look after our plants better, which is also

really vital. My name is Scott Zona, and I'm coming to you from

Hillsborough, North Carolina. Good morning, Scott. Well, it's very morning for you right now. Thank you

for agreeing to talk to me about your new book, which I'm very excited about. It's called

a gardener's Guide to Botany. And this is much needed. I mean,

actually, I should, I should say from the outset, I'm actually quoted on the back cover. So I'm excited.

And I do say, this is the book I've been waiting for. This is a must read for all gardeners who want

to expand their knowledge of understanding the plants they grow. And I stand by that. I think,

you know, as anyone who's listened to the show for a while I will know, this is one of the things

I'm passionate about is educating people about botany. And I learnt loads from reading this book,

I have to say. So I'm sure listeners will too. Why do you think, though, that it's important for

us like, you know, me and other, in inverted you think, though, that it's important for us, like me and other, in inverted

commerce, amateur, which I'm not sure about that word, but hobby growers. Why do we need to know

about this stuff in the first place? And what kind of things can people expect to learn from your book?

Well, I think, as with anything in life, knowledge is power.

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