When Trees Testify: Reclaiming America’s Black Botanical Legacy with Beronda Montgomery
Tue, Aug 25
|Virtual/On-Demand
Meet the Author is a virtual program and is available on-demand following the event. It is sponsored by Friends of Fauquier Library and made possible through the Library Speaker's Consortium.
Time & Location
Aug 25, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Virtual/On-Demand
About the event
Join us for a riveting conversation with award-winning biologist Beronda Montgomery as we discuss her book, When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy. Combining the wisdom of science and history with stories from her own path to botany, Montgomery talks to majestic trees, and in this unique and compelling narrative, they answer. Beronda L. Montgomery, PhD, is a writer, researcher, and scholar who pursues a common theme of understanding how individuals perceive, respond to, and are impacted by the environments in which they exist.
Registration is required; all programs will also be available for on-demand viewing following the event. Learn more at https://bit.ly/fplauthor.