1 00:00:01,633 --> 00:00:06,433 (MUSIC) 2 00:00:07,266 --> 00:00:08,333 JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: HI I'M 3 00:00:08,333 --> 00:00:09,367 JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN AND WELCOME 4 00:00:09,367 --> 00:00:10,633 TO SCIENCE TREK AND WELCOME TO 5 00:00:10,633 --> 00:00:11,900 THE IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN. 6 00:00:11,900 --> 00:00:12,900 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BOTANY 7 00:00:12,900 --> 00:00:14,066 THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN 8 00:00:14,066 --> 00:00:15,166 ABOUT PLANTS. 9 00:00:15,166 --> 00:00:16,633 SO JOINING ME ON TODAY'S TOUR IS 10 00:00:16,633 --> 00:00:17,900 HANNA AND CALEB. 11 00:00:17,900 --> 00:00:19,333 I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING! 12 00:00:19,333 --> 00:00:20,433 AND ELIZABETH DICKEY WHO IS THE 13 00:00:20,433 --> 00:00:21,533 EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR HERE AT THE 14 00:00:21,533 --> 00:00:22,800 IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDENS. 15 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,066 SO LET'S GO TAKE A TOUR! 16 00:00:25,066 --> 00:00:26,233 THE IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN IS 17 00:00:26,233 --> 00:00:27,433 ONE OF THE OLDEST BOTANICAL 18 00:00:27,433 --> 00:00:29,066 GARDENS IN THE STATE. 19 00:00:29,066 --> 00:00:30,800 IT COVERS 15 ACRES AND HAS 14 20 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,333 DIFFERENT GARDEN TYPES. 21 00:00:33,333 --> 00:00:34,900 WE PICKED OUT THREE TO EXPLORE. 22 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:37,233 ELIZABETH DICKEY: WE ARE COMING 23 00:00:37,233 --> 00:00:38,333 UP INTO OUR CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH 24 00:00:38,333 --> 00:00:39,633 GARDEN. 25 00:00:39,633 --> 00:00:41,000 AND THIS IS A EUROPEAN HAZELNUT 26 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,166 TREE. 27 00:00:42,166 --> 00:00:43,166 IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED HOW 28 00:00:43,166 --> 00:00:45,333 HAZELNUTS GROW YOU CAN SEE RIGHT 29 00:00:45,333 --> 00:00:47,600 HERE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR LITTLE 30 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,066 FRUITS WITH THE HAZELNUTS ON THE 31 00:00:49,066 --> 00:00:50,166 INSIDE. 32 00:00:50,166 --> 00:00:55,700 (MUSIC) 33 00:00:55,700 --> 00:00:56,900 DICKEY: SO NOW WE ARE COMING 34 00:00:56,900 --> 00:00:58,266 INTO THE HERB GARDEN. 35 00:00:58,266 --> 00:00:59,367 AND HERBS ARE USEFUL PLANTS. 36 00:00:59,367 --> 00:01:00,533 THEY ARE USED FOR FOOD, FOR 37 00:01:00,533 --> 00:01:02,600 MEDICINES, TO MAKE DYES. 38 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:04,333 AND THEY ARE VERY USEFUL PLANTS. 39 00:01:04,333 --> 00:01:05,700 ABOUT HALF OUR WORLD'S MEDICINES 40 00:01:05,700 --> 00:01:07,266 COME FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF 41 00:01:07,266 --> 00:01:08,600 PLANTS. 42 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:09,900 HANNA: SO WHAT DO YOU NEED TO 43 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:12,433 GROW THE HERBS AROUND HERE. 44 00:01:12,433 --> 00:01:14,000 DICKEY: YOU'RE LUCKY THAT HERBS 45 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,700 ARE EXCEEDINGLY EASY TO GROW. 46 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:17,000 THEY LIKE TO HAVE A FULL DAY OF 47 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:17,900 SUN. 48 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:19,266 SO IF YOU HAVE A SPOT THAT HAS 49 00:01:19,266 --> 00:01:20,633 SIX HOURS OR MORE OF SUNLIGHT 50 00:01:20,633 --> 00:01:21,967 THEY DO REALLY WELL. 51 00:01:21,967 --> 00:01:23,266 SO THEY LIKE OUR HOT SUNNY 52 00:01:23,266 --> 00:01:24,700 SUMMERS. 53 00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:26,600 AND THEN ALSO THEY HAVE TO HAVE 54 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:27,867 A SOIL THAT DRAINS PRETTY WELL, 55 00:01:27,867 --> 00:01:29,166 IF YOU GET TOO MUCH WATER AROUND 56 00:01:29,166 --> 00:01:30,266 THE ROOTS THEN THEY ARE GOING TO 57 00:01:30,266 --> 00:01:31,166 ROT. 58 00:01:31,166 --> 00:01:32,633 SO WHAT YOU DO IS YOU TEST YOUR 59 00:01:32,633 --> 00:01:33,967 SOIL YOU DIG A HOLE, ADD SOME 60 00:01:33,967 --> 00:01:35,166 WATER, AND IF WITHIN AN HOUR THE 61 00:01:35,166 --> 00:01:36,333 WATER DISAPPEARS YOU KNOW YOU 62 00:01:36,333 --> 00:01:37,633 HAVE THE PERFECT SPOT. 63 00:01:37,633 --> 00:01:39,433 WE HAVE LEMON BALM, LEMON BALM 64 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:42,166 HAS BEEN USED, IT HAS A 65 00:01:42,166 --> 00:01:43,700 WONDERFUL SCENT YOU CAN PUT IT 66 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:45,867 INTO LEMONADE, AND FOR POUND 67 00:01:45,867 --> 00:01:47,233 CAKE. 68 00:01:47,233 --> 00:01:49,066 BUT IT ALSO HAS CALMING 69 00:01:49,066 --> 00:01:50,166 PROPERTIES, SO PEOPLE WOULD MAKE 70 00:01:50,166 --> 00:01:51,367 TEA OUT OF IT, TO HELP THEM 71 00:01:51,367 --> 00:01:52,800 RELAX PERHAPS ON A HOT SUMMER'S 72 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:53,900 DAY. 73 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:55,233 WE HAVE SALAD BURNET, IN THE OLD 74 00:01:55,233 --> 00:01:56,700 DAYS PEOPLE USED TO GATHER THE 75 00:01:56,700 --> 00:01:57,867 LEAVES AND DRY THEM AND THEN 76 00:01:57,867 --> 00:01:59,433 GROUND THEM UP INTO A POWDER AND 77 00:01:59,433 --> 00:02:00,600 IF YOU HAD A CUT, YOU WERE 78 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:01,633 BLEEDING, YOU COULD PACK IT IN 79 00:02:01,633 --> 00:02:02,700 THERE AND IT WOULD STOP THE 80 00:02:02,700 --> 00:02:03,800 BLEEDING, SO IT'S A PLANT YOU 81 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:04,900 COULD USE FOR FOOD AS WELL FOR 82 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:06,233 MEDICINE. 83 00:02:06,233 --> 00:02:07,533 AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF 84 00:02:07,533 --> 00:02:08,533 LAVENDER. 85 00:02:08,533 --> 00:02:10,000 YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD LAVENDER 86 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:11,800 PERFUME OR LOTIONS, BUT ALSO IN 87 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,266 THE OLD DAYS THEY FOUND OUT THAT 88 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:14,533 MOSQUITOS HATE THE SMELL OF 89 00:02:14,533 --> 00:02:15,633 LAVENDER. 90 00:02:15,633 --> 00:02:16,700 SO A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE IT, 91 00:02:16,700 --> 00:02:17,700 MOSQUITOS THINK IT SMELLS REALLY 92 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:18,700 BAD. 93 00:02:18,700 --> 00:02:20,100 SO PEOPLE USED TO RUB LAVENDER 94 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:21,533 OIL ON THEIR SKIN TO KEEP THE 95 00:02:21,533 --> 00:02:24,166 MOSQUITOS STAY AWAY. 96 00:02:24,166 --> 00:02:25,533 CALEB: DO YOU STILL USE LAVENDER 97 00:02:25,533 --> 00:02:27,166 IN BUG SPRAYS? 98 00:02:27,166 --> 00:02:28,266 DICKEY: NOW I'M SURE THERE ARE 99 00:02:28,266 --> 00:02:29,433 BUG SPRAYS THAT HAS A LAVENDER 100 00:02:29,433 --> 00:02:30,700 SCENT TO THEM. 101 00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:31,900 I THINK THAT WE HAVE INVENTED 102 00:02:31,900 --> 00:02:32,900 MORE CHEMICALS THAT DO A BETTER 103 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:35,166 JOB IN KEEPING THE INSECTS AWAY 104 00:02:35,166 --> 00:02:36,600 SO IT MIGHT BE JUST ADD A NICE 105 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,066 FRAGRANCE FOR THE PEOPLE BUT WE 106 00:02:38,066 --> 00:02:40,000 DON'T USE IT SO MUCH AS 107 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,734 SOMETHING TO MAKE THE MOSQUITOS 108 00:02:41,734 --> 00:02:42,967 STAY AWAY. 109 00:02:42,967 --> 00:02:46,633 (MUSIC) 110 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:47,700 DICKEY: SO HERE WE ARE 111 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:48,967 AT SOME OF MY ALL-TIME MOST 112 00:02:48,967 --> 00:02:49,900 FAVORITE PLANTS, THESE ARE THE 113 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:51,333 CARNIVOROUS PLANTS. 114 00:02:51,333 --> 00:02:53,000 WHAT THEY ALL HAVE IN COMMON IS 115 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,266 THAT THEY LIVE IN VERY BOGGY, 116 00:02:54,266 --> 00:02:55,700 WET GROUND. 117 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:56,867 BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET WHAT THEY 118 00:02:56,867 --> 00:02:58,000 NEED WITH THE ROOTS OUT OF THE 119 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,900 SOIL THEY HAVE TO EAT INSECTS IN 120 00:02:59,900 --> 00:03:01,700 ORDER TO GET THE PROTEINS AND 121 00:03:01,700 --> 00:03:02,800 SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT 122 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:04,367 THEY NEED TO SURVIVE. 123 00:03:04,367 --> 00:03:05,266 SO HERE WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT 124 00:03:05,266 --> 00:03:06,500 TYPES OF PLANTS. 125 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:07,500 ON THAT FAR END WE HAVE THE 126 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:08,700 VENUS FLY TRAPS. 127 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:09,900 THEY HAVE THREE LITTLE HAIRS AND 128 00:03:09,900 --> 00:03:11,066 IF A FLY TOUCHES ONE OF THOSE 129 00:03:11,066 --> 00:03:13,967 HAIRS NOTHING HAPPENS BUT IF 130 00:03:13,967 --> 00:03:15,600 THEY TOUCH TWO OR THREE THAT 131 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:16,433 TELLS THE PLANT THERE REALLY IS 132 00:03:16,433 --> 00:03:17,900 AN INSECT THERE. 133 00:03:17,900 --> 00:03:19,066 AND THEN THESE TALLER ONES ARE 134 00:03:19,066 --> 00:03:20,700 CALLED PITCHER PLANTS. 135 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:22,000 AND THEY HAVE SORT OF A NECTAR 136 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,100 IN THERE THAT SMELLS GOOD AND 137 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:24,266 SOME COLORS THAT CALL IN THE 138 00:03:24,266 --> 00:03:26,000 INSECTS AND THEY GO DOWN THE 139 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,233 TUBE AND THE TUBES ARE EITHER 140 00:03:28,233 --> 00:03:29,333 SLIPPERY OR THEY HAVE LITTLE 141 00:03:29,333 --> 00:03:30,500 HAIRS POKING DOWN SO IF A BUG 142 00:03:30,500 --> 00:03:33,100 FALLS IN THEY CAN'T GET BACK UP. 143 00:03:33,100 --> 00:03:34,633 AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE SUN 144 00:03:34,633 --> 00:03:35,533 DEWS. 145 00:03:35,533 --> 00:03:36,633 AND THEY ARE CALLED SUN DEWS 146 00:03:36,633 --> 00:03:37,734 BECAUSE THEY HAVE LITTLE 147 00:03:37,734 --> 00:03:39,100 DROPLETS OF LIQUID THAT SHINE IN 148 00:03:39,100 --> 00:03:40,633 THE SUN AND THEY CATCH ITTY 149 00:03:40,633 --> 00:03:41,900 BITTY TINY LITTLE BUGS LIKE 150 00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:44,700 MOSQUITOS AND GNATS. 151 00:03:44,700 --> 00:03:45,800 CARTAN-HANSEN: THE OVERALL 152 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:47,233 GARDEN INCLUDES WITHIN IT A 153 00:03:47,233 --> 00:03:49,500 MEDITATION GARDEN, A ROSE GARDEN 154 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:51,800 AND A VEGETABLE GARDEN. 155 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:53,000 DICKEY: AND THE PURPOSE OF OUR 156 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,333 GARDEN IS TO SHOW PEOPLE 157 00:03:54,333 --> 00:03:55,333 DIFFERENT WAYS OF GROWING 158 00:03:55,333 --> 00:03:56,800 VEGETABLES AND THEN ALSO TO HELP 159 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,000 PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEIR FOOD 160 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,166 COMES FROM. 161 00:03:59,166 --> 00:04:01,000 BECAUSE YOU KNOW LIKE IDAHO'S 162 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,500 STATE VEGETABLE IS A POTATO BUT 163 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:03,700 A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA 164 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:04,900 WHAT A POTATO LOOKS LIKE WHILE 165 00:04:04,900 --> 00:04:06,000 IT'S GROWING. 166 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,100 SO LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 167 00:04:08,100 --> 00:04:09,800 SO THIS IS OUR POTATO PLANT. 168 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:10,800 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY 169 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,000 THINK ABOUT POTATOES THEY CALL 170 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,633 THEM A ROOT VEGETABLE BUT IT 171 00:04:13,633 --> 00:04:14,700 TURNS OUT THE POTATO IS NOT A 172 00:04:14,700 --> 00:04:15,900 ROOT AT ALL. 173 00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:19,100 IT'S REALLY AN UNDERGROUND STEM. 174 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:20,166 SO THE LEAVES AND THE ROOTS COME 175 00:04:20,166 --> 00:04:21,533 OUT OF THE POTATO. 176 00:04:21,533 --> 00:04:23,233 SO IT'S A SPECIAL STORAGE DEVICE 177 00:04:23,233 --> 00:04:24,367 FOR THE POTATO. 178 00:04:24,367 --> 00:04:25,633 SO IF YOU HAVE AN UNDERGROUND 179 00:04:25,633 --> 00:04:26,867 STEM THAT HOLDS FOOD FOR THE 180 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:28,266 PLANT IT'S A TUBER. 181 00:04:28,266 --> 00:04:29,333 SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE 182 00:04:29,333 --> 00:04:30,233 MASHED POTATOES FOR DINNER 183 00:04:30,233 --> 00:04:32,900 YOU'RE HAVING MASHED TUBERS. 184 00:04:32,900 --> 00:04:35,433 SO HERE WE HAVE CABBAGE. 185 00:04:35,433 --> 00:04:37,000 YOU CAN SEE HOW IT GROWS BEFORE 186 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,433 IT GETS INTO THE SUPERMARKET, 187 00:04:38,433 --> 00:04:39,633 THEY TAKE ALL THE EXTRA LEAVES 188 00:04:39,633 --> 00:04:40,900 OUT AND YOU'RE JUST LEFT WITH 189 00:04:40,900 --> 00:04:42,433 THE HEAD. 190 00:04:42,433 --> 00:04:43,433 THE CABBAGE FAMILY IS KIND OF 191 00:04:43,433 --> 00:04:44,533 COOL. 192 00:04:44,533 --> 00:04:45,967 BECAUSE WHAT FARMERS HAVE DONE 193 00:04:45,967 --> 00:04:47,633 IS TAKE ONE SPECIES OF PLANT AND 194 00:04:47,633 --> 00:04:48,734 MADE IT INTO MANY DIFFERENT 195 00:04:48,734 --> 00:04:50,166 TYPES, SORT OF LIKE HOW DOGS 196 00:04:50,166 --> 00:04:51,433 HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED INTO THESE 197 00:04:51,433 --> 00:04:52,367 DIFFERENT TYPES OF BREEDS THAT 198 00:04:52,367 --> 00:04:53,633 LOOK VERY DIFFERENT, CABBAGES 199 00:04:53,633 --> 00:04:55,000 HAVE BEEN BREED INTO ALL THESE 200 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,266 DIFFERENT PLANTS THAT DON'T LOOK 201 00:04:56,266 --> 00:04:57,333 SIMILAR AT ALL BUT THEY'RE 202 00:04:57,333 --> 00:04:59,967 ACTUALLY THE EXACT SAME THING. 203 00:04:59,967 --> 00:05:00,967 CARTAN-HANSEN: YOU KNOW I'M 204 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:02,233 SORRY WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME 205 00:05:02,233 --> 00:05:03,266 AND WE'VE BARELY SEEN EVERYTHING 206 00:05:03,266 --> 00:05:04,433 THERE IS TO SEE HERE AT THE 207 00:05:04,433 --> 00:05:05,800 IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN SO WE 208 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:06,900 REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME AND 209 00:05:06,900 --> 00:05:08,100 VISIT FOR YOURSELF. 210 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:09,233 AND BE SURE TO CHECK THE SCIENCE 211 00:05:09,233 --> 00:05:10,600 TREK WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT 212 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:11,633 BOTANY AND ALL THE OTHER 213 00:05:11,633 --> 00:05:12,867 SCIENTIFIC TOPICS WE HAVE THERE. 214 00:05:12,867 --> 00:05:13,800 YOU'LL FIND IT AT 215 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,800 IDAHOPTV.ORG/SCIENCETREK. 216 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,066 MY THANKS TO HANNAH AND CALEB 217 00:05:18,066 --> 00:05:19,333 FOR JOINING US ON THE TOUR AND 218 00:05:19,333 --> 00:05:20,900 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US! 219 00:05:20,900 --> 00:05:22,066 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON 220 00:05:22,066 --> 00:05:24,533 SCIENCE TREK. 221 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:46,266 (MUSIC) 222 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,266 NARRATOR: PRESENTATION OF 223 00:05:48,266 --> 00:05:49,633 SCIENCE TREK ON IDAHO PUBLIC 224 00:05:49,633 --> 00:05:51,000 TELEVISION IS MADE POSSIBLE 225 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,500 THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF 226 00:05:52,500 --> 00:05:54,000 THE LAURA MOORE CUNNINGHAM 227 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,367 FOUNDATION, COMMITTED TO 228 00:05:55,367 --> 00:05:56,734 FULFILLING THE MOORE AND BETTIS 229 00:05:56,734 --> 00:05:58,333 FAMILY LEGACY OF BUILDING THE 230 00:05:58,333 --> 00:06:00,333 GREAT STATE OF IDAHO; BY THE 231 00:06:00,333 --> 00:06:02,533 IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY, 232 00:06:02,533 --> 00:06:04,500 MENTORING TALENT AND FINDING 233 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:06,700 SOLUTIONS FOR ENERGY AND 234 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:08,500 SECURITY CHALLENGES; BY THE 235 00:06:08,500 --> 00:06:09,967 FRIENDS OF IDAHO PUBLIC 236 00:06:09,967 --> 00:06:11,233 TELEVISION; AND BY THE 237 00:06:11,233 --> 00:06:12,433 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC 238 00:06:12,433 --> 00:06:13,734 BROADCASTING.