This week on Spotlight, discover how plants are transforming lives, landscapes, and science. From a center helping people embrace plant-based living and improve their health, to innovative efforts restoring habitat for butterflies and other pollinators, to a trailblazing botanist documenting and naming species from around the globe, these stories reveal the powerful impact of the plant world on our future.

Center for Plant Based Living Puts Down Roots In Kirkwood
A Kirkwood center for plant-based living helped people explore healthier lifestyles and welcomed a renowned physician to discuss nutrition and wellness.

Ameren Pollinator Project
Ameren has been planting native pollinator-friendly plant for more than a decade to try to attract monarch butterflies and other endangered species.

Botanist Charlotte Taylor
Charlotte M. Taylor, Senior Curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Herbarium has named more species of plants than any other woman alive.