BotaniCal

Once thought to seed the soil with gold, the California Poppy has a rich cultural and visual history with the Golden Sta... Read more

Before orange and almond orchards, before tomato and garlic farms, there were large agricultural swaths of deer grass in... Read more

Ancient warriors, gruit ales and an investigation into the latent meanings of "native" abound in the thousand-faceted Ac... Read more

Tune in to hear what this SoCal native has to do with quarantined breakfasts, Irish intellectuals and the American poet ... Read more

So what does a coyote have to do with a native mint? Turns out it may be more than you might think. Tune in to hear abou... Read more

If you've ever wondered about the distinctive Joshua Tree endemic to the Mojave Desert, well, I think you've found what ... Read more

You have likely heard stories of how finnicky and moody the maidenhair fern is as a houseplant. Did you know we have a n... Read more

Toyon, also known as the Christmas berry or the California holly, is a native plant adorned with so many colorful histor... Read more

The Sonoma Spineflower is one of the rarest natives in all of California. Listen to see what it shares with the Dodo, Bu... Read more

On our very first episode, tune in to hear what da Vinci, Ovid, and natural dying have in common with this California na... Read more