{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Virtual Flora &amp; \u201cTree Lady\u201d Margret Hofmann","description":"On this episode, we discuss virtual foliage, time travel, and big trees. Colleen looks into how video games might play a role in curing plant blindness, and Leah shines a light on the remarkable life and legacy of  Margret Hofmann (1925-2012), whose 1970s \u201cThink Trees\u201d campaign introduced Austinites to a majestic urban forest hidden in plain sight.&amp;nbsp; Leave us a voicemail at 347-WAP-HORT or drop us a line at horticulturati.com!&amp;nbsp; Mentioned in this episode:&amp;nbsp;  The Greenberg Turkey plant explosion; \u201cA Video Game Garden: The Delights of Virtual Botany\u201d (The Guardian); Everybody\u2019s Gone to the Rapture; Video Game Foliage (Tumblr); the iNaturalist app;  Myst; Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut;  A Key To Survival by Margaret Hoffmann;&amp;nbsp;The 1976 Tree Registry; Hofmann\u2019s  archive at the Austin History Center; The Secret Life of Plants documentary; Photo by Alan Pogue of  Hofmann in 1975 with a historical marker at the site of a 700-year-old live oak at I-35 and Braker Lane (see the tree on Google Street View). ","author_name":"The Horticulturati","author_url":"http:\/\/horticulturati.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17314088\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/91930049"}