The Botany of Desire

A Plants-Eye View of the World

Hardcover, 355 pages

English language

Published Dec. 30, 2001 by Thorndike Press.

ISBN:
978-0-7838-9641-0
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4 stars (1 review)

A Random House Trade Paperback

9 editions

The dance of plant and human desires

4 stars

The conceit - are plants using us more effectively than we use them? - still works over 20 years later. The stories still feel relevant even if they have since taken some unexpected turns. An interesting contrast to Camille Dungy's "Soil", but as a non-gardener they both have my admiration.

Subjects

  • Science/Mathematics
  • Plants - General
  • Human-plant relationships
  • Science
  • Gardening / Horticulture
  • Nature
  • Ecology
  • History
  • Life Sciences - Botany
  • Large type books