Talking Plants

The Sceptical Botanist: Separating Fact from Fiction (CSIRO Publishing) .  Publication date 1 August 2025. Available now to preorder: CSIRO Publishing , Angus Robertson , Booktopia , Amazon This is what I've being doing instead of posting to my blog! As I said on social media recently, book blurbs are getting a bit of a bad rap of late, but I can't help but reproduce the kind words penned by Professor Jonathan Drori, CBE, author and former Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. A humane and humorous foray into the world of plants, their relationships with people, and revealingly, into the mind of a sceptical botanist.  These short essays contain so many important and enjoyable insights. From vexed questions about GM foods and whether trees are intelligent, to his delightful personal experiences across the botanical world, Entwisle is a confident explorer and guide. Whether he’s exploring our relationships with  plants, the way that scientists think, or the reasons fo...