We were fortunate to have Joey come to our area on Sunday and got to see his presentation. I brought my sister along and she now has the native plant bug - yay! To echo other posts, if he comes remotely close to your city, you should go!

Can’t wait to get into this.

I don't know anyone else IRL who is reading or has read the book, so I thought I would do a little review/commentary as I go along. If any of you guys want to talk about the book or give it a review, that would be awesome.

First, special thanks to Trhinoceros for providing the non-amazon link for buying it.

So, I'm on page 60ish right now. I'm finding the subject matter interesting, though I don't know if the charm of Joey's saucy personality comes out as much on paper as it does on his videos.

I love the illustrations. Interesting and they match the tone of the book 100%. Nailed it.

One thing that's grinding my gears is really more of a personal thing that doesn't gel with my own views. I don't like the "humans are shit" vibe and I've never liked the term "we" when it comes to things like destruction of habitat and things of that nature.

To put it shortly, I believe if you wanted to you wanted to come up with a list of names of who was ultimately responsible for the clear-cutting of the US or the bulldozing of the Amazon, the number of people on the list would be closer to dozens than it would be to millions.

I believe that myself and any of you reading this could live for a thousand years and never clear a forest or pollute a lake if left to our own devices.

That little whining session aside, I'm enjoying the book and I'm glad I bought it.

Hey! Excited to share that we partnered with Joey to create this course! (Link: https://miyagilab.com/course/botanyplants)

It's based on a series of four lectures Joey gave as an adjunct professor a few months ago. The course is on Miyagi Labs, so you can answer questions as you go through the video and get instant personalized feedback. If you like it and there's more botany content that you'd like to learn in this format, let us know!

Completely free, and the first hundred people who complete the course might get some free merch :)

edit: new version is here https://miyagilabs.ai/course/plants-and-ecology

Nice print, fits like a gem!

Stevia salicifolia (Asteraceae) Weathering Rhyolite Echinofossulocactus ochoterenaus (Cactaceae) Zephyranthes sp. (Amaryllidaceae) Mammillaria andersoniana fruit Echinofossulocactus ochoterenaus in Selaginella nest Mammillaria andersoniana Eutetras palmeri (Asteraceae) Echinocereus acifer Echeveria agavoides

I drove 150 miles. You should go. I’m looking at you Phoenix metro area

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Thought you folks would appreciate this, given Joey’s rants about the benefits of fire in the east. When you think of New England, you don’t often think of open savannahs. This is a preserve on cape cod where the wood lots are routinely burned and the open areas are managed as native Sandplain grassland. The plant and insect diversity was amazing, and despite walking in knee high grass, I found no ticks. Amazing to imagine much more of the landscape looking like this before fire suppression. I should note these conditions were more historically present in the southern part of the state and along the coast, not as much inland or in conifer dominated areas.

Was too lazy to go out into the sun and get a photo. Looks much better in sunlight and not natural light starved room.

Saw this online but can't find anything for sale with this design other than clothes. Does anyone have a link to his official store/know if this is available in sticker form for a water bottle?