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Member Speaker Series: Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes

October 29, 2024
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Missouri Botanical Garden > Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center > Bayer Event Center
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Doors open at 10:30 a.m. | Presentation at 11 a.m.


Leaves, seeds, and pollen in the mud on the sole of a boot, fruit fallen from a tree into a truck as it swept past—all can connect a suspect to a crime scene. Join David Gibson, Emeritus Professor of Plant Biology, botanist, and author to learn about the ways plants are used as forensic evidence to help solve crimes. 

Gibson will share details from a range of local and international cases involving plants. A book sale and signing of Gibson’s Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes will follow the presentation.

Free for members | Registration required
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The Member Speaker Series is proudly presented by Siteman Cancer Center based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.

View recordings of past Member Speaker Series programs here.


The Missouri Botanical Garden is committed to providing an inclusive environment by ensuring that the Garden and our events are accessible to everyone. For accessibility accommodations such as American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation, assisted listening devices, braille or large print handouts, and audio description when applicable, please contact (314) 577-5100 or contact@mobot.org at least two weeks prior to the event (if possible). Manual wheelchairs, motorized scooters, and strollers are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center during normal Garden hours. Wheelchair rental is free. Learn more about accessibility at the Garden.