His youtube channel is great! I love his Bay Area hikes and plant explanations.
There's a nice article about him, he is a full-time train engineer who drives train shipments all around the west coast and while he was traveling he got curious about all the plants he would see from the train so he started going to the libraries on his breaks from work to learn about plants.
I second the Youtube channel suggestion. Very entertaining and informative. Lots of trash talking and banter to keep things interesting.
The SF tours are especially great. Explanations of why things should/should not be planted in areas really opened my eyes to how bad the urban designs can be.
Sidenote: I like that he tattooed his finger with measurement lines so he can use his fingers in the pictures as reference for size.
Sidenote: I like that he tattooed his finger with measurement lines so he can use his fingers in the pictures as reference for size.