New York Times Bestselling Author Comes to the City Different
Santa Fe, NM: Santa Fe Botanical Garden’s Speaker Series presents
New York Times best selling author, Zoë Schlanger. She takes to the stage at the New Mexico Museum of Art’s St. Francis Auditorium on Tuesday, June 16.
Schlanger’s The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth blends cutting-edge science with compelling storytelling to explore plant intelligence.
The author examines how plants sense, communicate, and interact with the living world around them. The relationship between plants, pollinators and ecosystems is shaping the future of conservation.
Following her presentation, Schlanger will be joined for a moderated conversation and Q&A by Katie Mast, a Santa Fe–based science writer and communications manager at the Santa Fe Institute.
More about the event:
- 5:00 – 6:00pm Additional courtyard reception with the author, featuring wine and light hors d’oeuvres
- 6:00 – 7:00pm Schlanger’s presentation and Q&A
- 7:00pm Book signing arranged by Collected Works
For information and to purchase tickets go to VisitSFBG/calendar.
About the Santa Fe Botanical Garden: Located on nearly 20 acres on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Garden celebrates, cultivates, and conserves the rich botanical heritage and biodiversity of our region. The Garden is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is open to the public.
Voted 1st Place Winner, The Reporter, Best of Santa Fe Nonprofit for the Environment in 2026.
