Audience: Adults

Plants are also the foundations of Earth’s ecosystems, the wonderfully complex webs which support the myriads of animals, birds, and humans. The Suir Estuaryt is a unique example of an ecosystem just half a kilometre from the library. Only very specialised plants can survive the constantly changing salinity as the tides rise and fall. What mechanisms do the plants use and can we learn from them? There is the seaweed in the lower estuary. They have their challenges too but give us health enhancing products and other valuable uses.

Dr. Eddy Fitzgerald was a crop specialist worked in several countries in Europe and North America. As Programme Leader in Agriculture at the South East Technological University in Waterford, he carried out research in estuarine and agriculture-environment projects. Since retiring Eddy has concentrated on writing and his latest book, Living Plants: Their Place in the World, explores the amazing world of plants.

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