Botanist Beronda Montgomery explores African American history through plant science in new memoir

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with botanist and author Beronda Montgomery. When plant biologist Beronda Montgomery sat down to write what became a personal memoir mixed with a botanical history of…

First covered Jun 13, 2026 · 1:50 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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58d Inside Climate News ‘Their Breath Was Captured in the Tree’ — From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with botanist and author…

Appeared in: 2026-06-13 (#11) · 2026-06-14 (#9)

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