Lunch & Learn: Let’s Botanize!
Meet the co-founders of Let's Botanize as we discuss their new book and how you can start your own botanizing journey!
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Can spending 10 minutes with a tree change your perspective?
Plants are all around us: how often do we notice them? Join us for an inspiring introduction to the accessible and under-appreciated hobby of botanizing! Let’s Botanize is a non-profit that aims to promote passion and curiosity for plants. In their new book, Let’s Botanize: 101 Ways to Connect to Plants, co-founders Jacob S. Suissa and Ben Goulet-Scott provide an entry point into botanizing through a collection of prompts that implore careful observation and connection to plants. During the lunch & learn, we’ll explore the compelling philosophies behind their book while practicing greater mindfulness and awareness of the plants that make this planet so wonderful.
Age: Adult
Time: noon – 1 p.m.
Location: Zoom | a link will be sent to registrants prior to the class
Lunch & Learn: Let’s Botanize!
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Price: Free for members, $10 per nonmember
Ben Goulet-Scott, Ph.D. & Jacob S. Suissa, Ph.D.
Co-Founders
Ben Goulet-Scott, Ph.D. and Jacob S. Suissa, Ph.D., are the co-founders and directors of Let’s Botanize, an educational non-profit that promotes the hobby of botanizing by sharing plant stories. Their motto is: a care for plants is a care for the planet. Goulet-Scott and Suissa earned their doctorate degrees in evolutionary biology at Harvard University. Goulet-Scott currently designs and manages higher education programming at Harvard Forest, the ecology-focused research station of Harvard University in Massachusetts. Suissa is currently an Assistant Professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Find them teaching at in-person events, presenting hands-on seminars and lectures, and on social media @letsbotanize.
