Botanical Briefing: People and Plants of the Rainforest with Dr. Mark Plotkin

Join Dr. Plotkin, an ethnobotanist and plant explorer specializing in medical plants of the tropical rainforest for a talk about the incomparable value of rainforest ecosystems and the plants and people who call them home.  This program surrounds Selby Gardens’ 19th annual Rainforest Masks of Costa Rica exhibition featuring handmade masks of the Indigenous peoples of Boruca, Costa Rica.  The exhibition is on display in the Museum of Botany & the Arts January 9 – 31.