Tag: plants

Do plants ask for help?

On my travels again over the past couple of weeks, I have been struck once more by the astonishing variety of vegetation in our world. Last week in humid Hong Kong, dodging astonishing thunderstorms and black rain, I paused to admire the massive fig trees which cling to walls and slopes, their aerial roots cascading …

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What have plants ever done for us …?

This week I am taking a break from the full-on coaching, speaking and advising of the past few months, which (since April) has seen me working with leaders and Boards in Shanghai, Jersey, Riyadh, Hong Kong and Hangzhou, with stops off at COBIS and IPSEF conferences in London in between; this week, by contrast, I …

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