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Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea

Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea

Judith Lundberg-Felten

The podcast for curious plant-lovers who want to learn more about their favourite green friends over a cup of tea. Your hostess Judith, plant-scientist by training, meets with other plant-lovers around the globe to explore the origins, history, biology, science, use and meaning of plants for us in the past, present and future.
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Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea - A journey into the woods - Fascinating lichens. Guest: Janolof Hermansson (Swedish language)
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10/27/21 • 62 min

What they are and why they are important.

For non Swedish-speaking listeners I recommend the English recent lichen episode on the FloraFunga podcast in which hostess Kaitlyn interviews Steven Leavitt and Lili from the Lichenology Lab at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA about their research on lichens.

Resources in Swedish recommended by Janolof:

Further reading in English

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Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea - The mystery of the flickering nasturtium

The mystery of the flickering nasturtium

Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea

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02/24/21 • 24 min

Nasturtium Episode 1

Find out more about your Flora&Friends hostess Judith via the Flora-L website.

The original publication by Elisabeth Christina Linné in the Transactions of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Annika Windahl Ponténs PhD thesis about the Identity and materiality in the household of Linné

Other resources about the Linné family: Biography: Gunnar Brobergs "Mannen som ordnade naturen. En biografi över Carl von Linné", Natur&Kultur, 2019.

Fiction: Christina Wahldéns "Den som jag trodde skulle göra mig lycklig"

And for visiting Linné Hammarby and the Linnean garden in Uppsala there are resources here and here
Even the Swedish Linné Society and the Linnean Society in London have useful information available.

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Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea - A journey into the woods - The wood wide web - an ancient relationship
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10/13/21 • 33 min

How fungi interact with tree roots and why it matters.

Judith refers to a number of research findings in this podcast episode that you can find on the linked blogpost to this episode.

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Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea - A journey into the woods - Phoenix from the Ashes. Guest: Julia Carlsson
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09/29/21 • 38 min

Controlled forest burning in practice.

To learn more about controlled forest burning and visually experience the operation, watch this video about the Life Taiga project.

In our blogpost you will find links to sites with nature trails through areas where controlled burning has been used.

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Fritillaria series - Episode 2

Resources shared in the podcast

Fritillaria Icones Website for botanical photographic material of fritillaries

University of Warsaw botanic garden

Katarzyna Roguz contact

Visit the blogpost belonging to this episodes with photographs of F. meleagris and microscopy images.

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Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea - Tea Trade - The history of an everyday intoxicant. Guests: Hanna Hodacs & Annika Windahl Pontén
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03/16/22 • 60 min

Tea series

Find all Flora and Friends episodes on our blog.

Learn more about my guests Hanna Hodacs and Annika Windahl Pontén at the Uppsala university website.

Find Hanna's book Silk and Tea in the North

Discover the Intoxicating Spaces project.

Visit the Linné museum or Linné Hammarby in Uppsala

Take a dive into the old trade catalogues that Hanna recommended.

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Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea - Mountains of Fritillaria - Guest: Bob Wallis, The Fritillaria Group

Mountains of Fritillaria - Guest: Bob Wallis, The Fritillaria Group

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05/26/21 • 42 min

Fritillaria series - Episode 3

Visit the associated blogpost and the videos that Bob shared with us on the subgenera of Fritillaria and his travel to Anatolia.

The Fritillaria Group webpage

The Fritillaria Group facebook page

Book Growing bulbs by Brian Mathew

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Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea - The Flora and Friends Christmassy Mystery Plant Revelation

The Flora and Friends Christmassy Mystery Plant Revelation

Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea

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12/22/21 • 23 min

An ode to the mistle toe!

Do you want to know more about Flora-L Design and how this friendship let us to create textiles with patterns from plants under the microscope? Read more about us here

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Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea - BioArt - Fine Art Meets Biology - Guest: Amanda Selinder

BioArt - Fine Art Meets Biology - Guest: Amanda Selinder

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02/02/22 • 40 min

Making biological processes visible in artistic ways

Visit the associated blogpost to this episode for a written summary of the interview and some pictures.

Follow Amanda on Instagram @Amanda.Selinder

Amanda's website

The project page showing how Amanda works with biological pigments

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Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea - About the Flora and Friends podcast

About the Flora and Friends podcast

Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea

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02/21/21 • 8 min

Introductory episode

For reminders about new episodes, sign up for our newsletter at www.flora-l.com

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How many episodes does Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea have?

Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea currently has 30 episodes available.

What topics does Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea cover?

The podcast is about Botany, Nature, Podcasts, Education and Science.

What is the most popular episode on Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea?

The episode title 'BioArt - Fine Art Meets Biology - Guest: Amanda Selinder' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea?

The average episode length on Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea is 33 minutes.

How often are episodes of Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea released?

Episodes of Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea?

The first episode of Flora and Friends - Your botanical cup of tea was released on Feb 21, 2021.

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