Future Events

  • February 10, 2026 Florida Gulf Coast University — The Water School
  • February 5, 2026 California Native Plant Society conference opening plenary lecture.

  • Past Events

    • December 16, 2025 Virtual lecture with the Durham Garden Forum.
    • November 19, 2025 Loyola University's Modern Masters Reading Series, Baltimore, Maryland
    • November 12, 2025 Virtual lecture at the Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts
    • October 19, 2025 Speaking at the Geist Heidelberg International Science Festival at the German American Institute, Heidelberg, Germany
    • September 10, 2025 Speaking at the Highlands Biological Foundation, Highlands, North Carolina
    • September 9, 2025 Fuqua Lecture at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia
    • August 21, 2025 Book event at Barnswallow Books, Rockport, Maine
    • August 20, 2025 Book event at Print Bookstore, Portland, Maine
    • June 17, 2025 Speaking at New Canaan Library, New Canaan, Connecticut
    • May 30, 2025 Book event at Politics and Prose at The Wharf, Washington, D.C. — In conversation with Ross Andersen
    • May 24, 2025 Book event at Northshire Books, Manchester, Vermont
    • May 22, 2025 Book event at Gibson's Bookstore, Concord, New Hampshire
    • May 15–16, 2025 Speaking at the Thinking With Plants and Fungi Conference, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    • April 24, 2025 Speaking at the Guilford Free Library, Guilford, Connecticut
    • March 8, 2025 “Making Brooklyn Bloom” lecture at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York
    • March 5, 2025 Speaking at Bexley Library, Bexley, Ohio
    • March 4, 2025 Speaking at Hudson Library, Hudson, Ohio
    • February 13, 2025 Speaking at The Aldo Leopold Foundation in Barbaroo, Wisconsin - virtual

Past Events — The Light Eaters Hardcover Tour (2024)

  • September 27–29, 2024 Book event at Harbor Springs Festival, Harbor Springs, Michigan
  • September 15, 2024 Lecture at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
  • June 18, 2024 Book event at Milkweed Books, Minneapolis, Minnesota — in conversation with Ranae Hanson
  • May 21, 2024 Book event at Porter Square Books, Cambridge, Massachusetts — in conversation with Katherine Wu
  • May 17, 2024 Book event at Book Soup, Los Angeles, California — in conversation with Annaka Harris
  • May 15, 2024 Book event at Powell’s, Portland, Oregon — in conversation with Ferris Jabr
  • May 14, 2024 Book event at Town Hall + Seattle Public Library, Seattle, Washington — in conversation with Brooke Jarvis
  • May 13, 2024 Book event at Green Apple, San Francisco, California — in conversation with Rose Eveleth
  • May 11, 2024 Book event at Point Reyes Books, Point Reyes, California — in conversation with Ed Yong
  • May 9, 2024 Book event at Greenlight Books, Brooklyn, New York — in conversation with Alexander Kaufman
  • May 6, 2024 Book event at McNally Jackson (Seaport), New York, New York — in conversation with Nadja Spiegelman