Kathleen Garness is a freelance scientific illustrator and a scientific affiliate at The Field Museum whose area of focus is plant conservation.\n\nWhen I interviewed Kathleen many years ago, she was busy monitoring populations of rare species. She was also in the early stages of creating a guide to common plant families of the Chicago region.\n\nHow are things going for her seven years later?\n\nWhat else is she working on?\n\nLet\u2019s find out.