Episode 15: Kathleen Garness, Plant Conservation

Kathleen Garness is a freelance scientific illustrator and a scientific affiliate at The Field Museum whose area of focus is plant conservation.

When I interviewed Kathleen many years ago, she was busy monitoring populations of rare species. She was also in the early stages of creating a guide to common plant families of the Chicago region.

How are things going for her seven years later?

What else is she working on?

Let’s find out.

Show Notes

• Kathleen’s website

• Download Kathleen’s plant guide to common plant families in the Chicago Region

• Kathleen’s web gallery sponsored by the Smithsonian’s North American Native Orchid Conservation Center

• Conservation Research Institute - Essays and Links

• Natural Start Alliance - Early childhood environmental education