Following the informative visit to the small but mighty Museum of African American History in Boston, we popped over for lunch & a quick perusal of Beacon Hill Books & Cafe where Nicolas spots #WhenTreesTestify on display & points in out to me. Two customers overhear & I end up signing some books 😂.

Bookstore event flyer with picture of Beronda Montgomery (center) and cover of book When Trees Testify Science Wisdom History and America's Black Botanical Legacy (right). Text to left reads: Beronda Montgomery joins us for talk about When Trees Testify Tuesday, March 24 at 5:30pm at The NewSouth Bookstore We're excited to announce a bookstore talk by Beronda L. Montgomery in connection with her new book, When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy. This stunning cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery offers up lessons from the natural world shared through the stories of long-lived trees. THE NEWSOUTH BOOKSTORE logo

Excited to engage with When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy (from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social / @macmillanusa.bsky.social with the NewSouth Bookstore audience in Montgomery AL on Tuesday March 24 @5:30 PM CDT

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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

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Flyer with pictures of book When Trees Testify (lower left) and Beronda Montgomery (lower right) with text that reads (top to bottom): Tucson Festival of Books Mar 14-15 2026 University of Arizona Campus www.tucsonfestivalofbooks.irg Beronda Montgomery

This weekend Saturday and Sunday When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy and I are at the Tucson Festival of Books. Panels and signings at 10 AM each day.

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Trailblazers in Conversation flyer with pictures of Skye Patrick (left) and Beronda Montgomery (right) with text that reads: February 19, 2026 6 PM PT Zoom Dr. Skye Patrick and Dr. Beronda Montgomery

Tonight!!

Looking forward to virtual Trailblazers in Conversation event where I will discuss When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy
with LA County Librarian & Director Dr. Skye Patrick.

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Book talk flyer with image of author Beronda Montgomery (left center) and book When Trees Testify (center right). Text above images: join us as we welcome Arkansas native and award-winning plant biologist Arkansas native Beronda L. Montgomery Book discussion and signing Moderator: Dr Felicia Hobbs, Master Gardener Text below images: Beronda L Montgomery Hardback $27.99 February 21st 2026 2:00 p.m. In-person and Pyramid will live stream via Facebook this event

Hometown book conversation next week!

Thrilled to be at the legendary Pyramid Art, Books & Custom Framing in Little Rock to discuss & celebrate When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy with hometown folks, friends and family

Can't wait!!

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A Lecture by Dr. Beronda Montgomery When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy

Tomorrow @wellesley.edu.
I'll be in conversation with Dr. K. Melchor Hall about When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy
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This event was incredible!!! So powerful to hear two Black women scientists spouting brilliance especially when times feel so dark rn. Everyone should buy the book #WhenTreesTestify

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (left) and Beronda inat table with book When Trees Testify in front and bookshelves full of books behind

What a wonderful night discussing #WhenTreesTestify with brilliant @chanda.blacksky.app!!! Chanda, thanks for your generosity tonight and always!!!

Amazing discussion of When Trees Testify

This amazing conversation between @berondam.bsky.social and @chanda.blacksky.app focused on Beronda's impactful new book #WhenTreesTestify fills my heart and soul. Thank you both!

Trees Connect Us with Our Ancestors. 'When Trees Testify' Explores the Powerful Link (Exclusive) "We don’t have to just live with the memories of our ancestors," writes author Beronda L. Montgomery in an exclusive essay for PEOPLE in advance of her new book 'When Trees Testify,' out Jan. 20. "We ...

A book that deserves all the love #whentreestestify
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Flyer with Five images of Black women with text that reads: Black Authors Matter TV Tuesdays office Facebook live FB @nationalblackbookfestival For the latest in new author releases and book industry news Tuesday, January 27, 2026 @ 7 PM CST/8 PM EST Nicole Glover Fantasy/Mystery Author 7:00 PM nicole-glover.com Suzetta Perkins Best-selling Author 7:30 PM suzettaperkins.com Edwina Dorch Novelist and Psychologist 8:00 PM edwinaldorch.com Beronda L. Montgomery Author/Researcher/Scholar 8:30 PM berondamontgomery.com Sponsored by: National Black Book Festival Host: Rhonda Lawson Author and NBBF Literary Correspondence

Happening now on Black Authors Matter TV on Facebook featuring @nicolegloverauthor.bsky.social, Suzetta Perkins, Edwina Dorch, and @berondam.bsky.social
Sponsored by National Black Book Festival & hosted by Rhonda Lawson & Gwen Richardson.
#WhenTreesTestify out now from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social.

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Join me in about an hour at 11 AM PT/ 2 PM ET (or replay later) as I discuss When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy (@henryholtbooks.bsky.social / @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social)
with Tavis Smiley:
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Really enjoyed this documentary on Black families & land directed by Jennifer MacArthur, featuring Nikki Jeffries and Tyrone & Edna Williams. I certainly have trees on my mind with the debut of #WhenTreesTestify last Tuesday, so finally took this from the "to be watched" to "enjoyed watching" list.

🎧📚When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy #BookReview #MacmillanAudio #HenryHolt #ARCReview #AmericanHistory #Science #MulticulturalInterest How the Word Is Passed meets Braiding Sweetgrass in a cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery, told through the stories of long-lived trees. Most books mentioned in my reviews can be found at the affiliate links below. (Bookshop.org) (Biblio.com) (Better World Books-US) (Better World Books-UK) (Amazon US…

When Trees Testify is a cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery, told through the stories of long-lived trees. Review--> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #WhenTreesTestify @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @henryholtbooks #MulticulturalInterest #Netgalley #ARC #ALC

Look what came in the post today! Can‘t wait to read this gorgeous new book by Beronda Montgomery. #whentreestestify

#WhenTreesTestify... "A Black-ass love note to trees and the power of reckoning with history" - @chanda.blacksky.app

Love this description with all my heart 😍😍😍

Celebrate Black History Month with these 5 reads King County Library System Executive Director Heidi Daniel recommends books that have helped her learn more about Black history, culture and lived experience.

Thanks for including #WhenTreesTestify on this list @seattletimes.com!

The book out now from @henryholtbooks.bsky.social / @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social wherever books are sold.

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Beverly Books | When Trees Testify: An Author Interview...

Thanks to Kristian Beverly for this opportunity to chat about #WhenTreesTestify (published by @henryholtbooks.bsky.social / @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social), out this week wherever books are sold.

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Stacks of book When Trees Testify by Beronda Montgomery

Grateful to @beaverdalebooks.bsky.social & Des Moines Botanical Garden for an amazing launch event for When Trees Testify: Science Wisdom History and America's Black Botanical Legacy. Amazing group of friends, colleagues, and new acquaintances celebrating this week's launch
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{2026 New Release} When Trees Testify : Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy by: Beronda L. Montgomery This stunning cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery offers up lessons from the natural world shared through the stories of long-lived trees. The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are historically associated with lynching; and willow bark has offered the gift of medicine.

Happy Pub Week to Beronda L. Montgomery! #newrelease #WhenTreesTestify #Botanical #BerondaLMontgomery

‘When Trees Testify’ They Tell the Story of Black American History | KQED We talk to Montgomery and hear from you: What’s a tree with special significance to your history?

Conversation with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social coming this morning on @kqedforum.bsky.social

Can't wait

www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

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Cover of the book "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy" by Beronda Montgomery

I had the honor of reading an ARC of "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy" by @berondam.bsky.social. It is an excellent and very moving fusion of science, history, and memoir. It comes out Tuesday. I highly recommend it. #WhenTreesTestify

Screenshot from an order for When Trees Testify, saying it has shipped

Woot! Lab copies of @berondam.bsky.social ‘s #WhenTreesTestify are on their way. Happy to buy them through my local indie seller, Mondragon Books, via Bookstore.org.

Looking forward to Beronda’s visit to Bucknell in March!

Flyer with image of When Trees Testify book cover (lower left) and Beronda Montgomery (lower right) with text that reads: Tucson Festival of Books Mar 14-15 2026 University of Arizona campus www.tucsonfestivalofbooks.org BERONDA MONTGOMERY

Next Tues 1/20 you can have When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy (@heneyholtbooks.bsky.social / @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social) in hand

Upcoming event:
March 14-15, 2026 I will be at Tucson Festival of Books
www.tucsonfestivalofbooks.org
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Two week until launch.... When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy published by @henryholtbooks.bsky.social / @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social.

Pre-order your copy now.

Support a local independent bookstore or Links @ berondamontgomery.com

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Left: logos for Beaverdale Books (upper) and Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden (middle), and photo of John T. Price (lower); middle: cover of When Trees Testify; and right, photo of author Beronda L. Montgomery Text above photos reads: Meet the Author Beronda L. Montgomery Wednesday, January 21 | 6:30 p.m. Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 900 Robert D. Ray Drive

When Trees Testify (from @henryholt.bsky.social) events are scheduling!

January 21st, I'll be in conversation with John T. Price hosted by @beaverdalebooks.bsky.social & located @ co-host Des Moines Botanical Garden

More locations being shared this week!

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"I absolutely savored every chapter and consider it one of my top favorite reads of this year.... I am a big fan of Montgomery's writing style of grounding each tree reflection to a personal experience and historical context for Black Americans, while still including the science background.... Montgomery's second book has solidified her as one of my favorite authors!" -Miranda, Educator, 5 Stars on Netgalley

❤️ gift of early reviews for When Trees Testify (@henryholt.bsky.social):
"I absolutely savored every chapter & consider it one of my top favorite reads of this year..Montgomery's second book has solidified her as one of my favorite authors!"
-Miranda, Educator, 5 Stars on Netgalley
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"I love books that teach me things that I do not know, and build on topics that I have shallow knowledge of. When the Trees Testify is one of those books! Loved it." -Ada, Reviewer, 4 Stars on Netgalley

Grateful for another early reader review:
"I love books that teach me things that I do not know, & build on topics that I have shallow knowledge of. When the Trees Testify is one of those books! Loved it."
-Ada, Reviewer, 4 Stars on Netgalley
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Pre-order now!

"This is part memoir, part history, part botanical education. When Trees Testify looks at the history of eight types of trees and their relationship to Black Americans. From Pecans to Apple trees. From stolen botanical knowledge, to strange fruit, to Black Botanists week. Fans of Michael Twitty, Tiya Miles, and Robin Wall Kimmerer take note." -Jessica, Librarian, 5 Stars on Netgalley

Early "When Trees Testify" reader reviews are coming in. Thanks Jessica!
"This is part memoir, part history, part botanical education...Fans of Michael Twitty, Tiya Miles, and Robin Wall Kimmerer take note."
-Jessica, Librarian, 5 Stars on Netgalley
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