Reason for a plant-related career: "𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙."

Favourite plant memory: "𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 - 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙄 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙚𝙖𝙩."

Why botany? "𝙈𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖 𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣. 𝘼𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙄 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚."

Motivation for choosing a botany-related education pathway: 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣.

Favourite plant memory: "𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩'𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙮𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙚𝙨."

Favourite plant related memory: 𝙎𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣.

Our paper is out now in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social! Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... We will start sharing plant memories from our survey! Watch this space. #plantsci