Specimens Leif Bersweden - Botanist, Author + Nature Communicator
In episode 043 Elle chats with Leif Bersweden, botanist, author and nature communicator. Leif Bersweden is a writer and botanist with a lifelong interest in nature, focusing on wild plants from the age of seven. He grew up in rural Wiltshire where he taught himself how to identify the local flora, eventually becoming a botanical tutor for The Species Recovery Trust. In 2016, Leif graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Biology and has completed a PhD at Kew Gardens. In a world where an interest in botany is becoming increasingly rare, he wants to help put plants back on the map and is endeavouring to do this through his teaching, research and publications. Leif’s first book, The Orchid Hunter was published in 2017 and his second, Where the Wildflowers Grow in 2022.
Social media links
Twitter: www.twitter.com/LeifBersweden
TikTok: @leifbersweden
Instagram: www.instagram.com/leifbersweden
Website: www.leifbersweden.com
Purchase Where the Wildflowers Grow
https://www.wherethewildflowersgrow.co.uk/
Independent sellers:
https://www.waterstones.com/book/where-the-wildflowers-grow/leif-bersweden/9781529349573
https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/leif-bersweden/where-the-wildflowers-grow/9781529349535/
Audible Version
Elle Kaye socials
www.instagram.com/ellekayetaxidermy
www.twitter.com/ellektaxidermy
Podcast socials
www.instagram.com/specimenspod
www.twitter.com/ellektaxidermy
www.ellekayetaxidermy.co.uk/product-page/specimenspodmerch
Artwork © 2021 Madison Erin Mayfield
www.instagram.com/madisonerinmayfield
https://twitter.com/MEMIllustration
Music
Giraffes - Harrison Amer via premiumbeat.com
Researched, edited and produced by Elle Kaye
Concept/Title © 2020 Elle Kaye