Podcast episode flyer with pictures of Philip McKenzie (upper left) and Beronda Montgomery (lower right). Text reads: The Deep Dive A culture and insights podcast Episode 252 When Trees Testify w/Dr. Beronda Montgomery

Enjoyed speaking w/host & cultural anthropologist Philip McKenzie of The Deep Dive podcast

We discussed writing, learning from nature, my latest When Trees Testify (@henryholtbooks/@macmillanusa)

Listen wherever you engage podcasts

www.thedeepdivepod.com/252

#WhenTreesTestify
#LessonsFromPlants

You don't have to be big to be first and to show how it's done. #lessonsfromplants

Flyer for book event for "Lessons from Plants" (book cover pictured) by Beronda L Montgomery that reads: Community Book Center welcomes Professor of Biology, Grinnell College, Distinguished Scientist, Mentor and Author Dr. Beronda Montgomery in collaboration with Loyola Dept of Biological Sciences Tue Mar 18 2025 6pm An exploration of how plant behavior and adaptation offer valuable insights for human thriving. "An invitation to awareness, awe, and curiosity." -David George Haskell, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen bookshop.org/shop/readcbc || readcbc@gmail.com @readcbc 2523 Bayou Road, New Orleans, LA 70119 504-948-READ [7323]

Heading to NOLA. Sitting in critical community every chance I get. The power of community--for good or for bad. It's the lesson from plants that I am drawing on most in these times. Thanks to Community Book Center for the invitation and for hosting in collab with Loyola Biology

#LessonsFromPlants

Title slide of talk that reads: Leading Innovation Leadership Lessons from Plants Beronda L Montgomery

Sign at ILOITC campus that reads: United Nations Turin Campus Global Learning for Sustainable Development

Speaker Beronda Montgomery at front of room in front projected slide with room full of people listening as she speaks.

Visual notes of "Leadership Lessons from Plants" presentation

Awesome to participate as a facilitator & trainer for @ILO_UN Executive Leadership & Strategic Management Programme at the @UN Turin Campus.
Presented "Leadership Lessons from Plants."
I left feeling greatly inspired & thrilled to have brought #LessonsFromPlants to a new stage & amazing group.

Trees don’t rush to heal from trauma and neither should we | Psyche Ideas Trees teach us that healing from trauma involves balancing short-term protection with the slower process of adaptation

A drive thru town & near-winter walk in the arboretum observing derobed trees--beautifully complex trunks & branch patterns & deserted nests that were once hidden deep in the canopy--reminded me of this #LessonsFromPlants essay I wrote on lessons that trees offer on healing
psyche.co/ideas/trees-...

The Secret World of Plants | Science Vs Plants aren’t just sitting around looking cute; they’re doing all sorts of stuff, like defending themselves, and even warning other plants about danger. Today, we’re talking all about the weird and wi...

"The Secret World of Plants", another by Science Vs,

on @berondam.bsky.social's book #LessonsFromPlants.

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All about the weird and wily world of plants.

looking up.from below at the pink blossoms, white/yellow buds and green fronds of a Christmas cactus in a brown bowl on a stand. A window is visible in the back right along with a blue wall on which hamgs a partially visible but out of focus black and white framed photograph

The Christmas Cactus is celebrating all on its own: busting out in song and dance...because it can? #HappyPlace #LessonsFromPlants #Flowers #Nature

Finding umbrella trees: cultivating inclusion and more than survival in a post-affirmative action academy Dear Editor,

Sometimes you have to revisit your own words to renew your motivation:
"It is simply not enough to support diversity through means & agencies that lack the power & seeming authority & permanence of those processes that maintain systemic inequities"
#LessonsFromPlants
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Academic Leadership: Gatekeeping or Groundskeeping? Common approaches to academic leadership include serving as assessors of the progress of individuals towards organizationally determined milestones and markers of success. Likewise, leadership develop...

Great day yesterday in convo with KU community on #LessonsFromPlants, possibility for change, growth & groundskeeping

Foundational Gatekeeping to Groundskeeping article: scholar.valpo.edu/jvbl/vol13/i...
& in #LessonsFromPlantsTheBook

Now back on writing grind. It's a new #WritingSeason
#AmWriting

"We are writing under duress & that's not new"
Prof Stephanie Y Evans in convo w/ @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social

How do we cope? Prof. Evans says write with purpose

I'm writing with/on/for a purpose!

#WhenTreesTestify
#LessonsFromPlants & more
Recognizing & removing distractions & reifying support!

Open magazine with two pages of "Botanic Lessons from the Prairie" article

New piece "Botanic Lessons from the Prairie" [$] in #LAPlusJournal!
#LessonsFromPlants

An amazing talk by @BerondaM on light acclimation in plants - and the lessons to be learned from the influence of environment on “success” and how we define it in our lives and our scientific communities #LessonsFromPlants #EnvironmentMatters #TAGC24

Plants Were My Beacon of Hope During the Pandemic Their undeterred maturation was a reminder that spring—indeed life itself—was moving on.

Looking for my thoughts on the rise of plant interest during the pandemic brought me back to this @ELLEmagazine #LessonsFromPlants reflection on my late Dad...he thought I hung the moon...I miss him so much!

www.elle.com/culture/a359...

Watercolor painting of stack of books

Seen at a local bookstore! Beautiful artistry, beautiful /inspiring book company & thankful for readers & support!
#LessonsFromPlants
#LessonsFromPlantsTheBook

Four years on the planet without my hero & co-conspirator in "good trouble" & mayhem.

I wrote a #LessonsFromPlants related piece on the grief for @ELLEmagazine:
www.elle.com/culture/a359...

Finding umbrella trees: Cultivating inclusion and more than survival in a post-affirmative action ac... Beronda L Montgomery; Finding umbrella trees: Cultivating inclusion and more than survival in a post-affirmative action academy, The Plant Cell, , koad261, http

Advanced accepted manuscript is now available for "Finding umbrella trees: Cultivating inclusion and more than survival in a post-affirmative action academy"
#LessonsFromPlants
Link: academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

Excited my students got to hear @BerondaM talk at #SICB2023 #LessonsFromPlants - my fav: Don’t be apologetic for what you do/study - it’s what you like. #applesnailsforme

2021 Still learning. #mentoring #wisdom #LessonsFromPlants @BerondaM

This will be an absolute delight -- #LessonsFromPlants. Looking forward to talking with @BerondaM about her fabulous new book. See thread for other events on her calendar. So much 🌿🌵🌴🪴🌾🌼💚 and wisdom.

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