Plants Go to War: A Botanical History of World War II with Judith Sumner

In a blend of botanical and military history, botanist Judith Sumner will talk about the surprising and crucial role of plants in World War II.  From victory gardens to drugs, timber, rubber, and fibers, plants supplied materials with key roles in victory.

Judith Sumner is a botanist, author and lecturer.  Judith has been the lecturer-in-residence at the Star Island Natural History Conference, and she has been a guest on the Martha Stewart Living television show, the PBS program “Cultivating Life” with Sean Conway, and various other PBS and educational programs. Her book, Plants Go to War, was published in 2019.