I read this book in preparation for one of my homeschool programs I lead. It was a very interesting book. It was almost more about history and politics than botany.
Showing posts with label plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plants. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
10 Plants That Shook the World by Gillian Richardson
I read this book in preparation for one of my homeschool programs I lead. It was a very interesting book. It was almost more about history and politics than botany.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
The Poison Diaries - Maryrose Wood
The Poison Diaries by Maryrose Wood - 278 pages
Even the most innocent looking plants can kill, and no one knows that better than Jessamine Luxton. Jessamine has lived all her sixteen years in an isolated cottage near Alnwick Castle with her father, Thomas, a feared and respected apothecary, who has taught her much about the incredible powers of plants. Still, Thomas forbids her from entering the locked garden that is his pride and obsession - a poison garden, which contains exotic and local specimens of the most dangerous plants in the world. But Jessamine's life changes forever the day a traveler brings an orphan to their cottage, claiming that the young man has special gifts that Thomas might value, Jessamine is intrigued by the stranger, who goes by the name of Weed. His sensitivity to growing things is extraordinary, and he seems to have even more rare and specialized knowledge about plants than Thomas does. As Jessamine begins to fall in love with Weed, she learns his extraordinary secret - and is drawn into the dangerous world of the poison garden in a way she never could have imagined...
Even the most innocent looking plants can kill, and no one knows that better than Jessamine Luxton. Jessamine has lived all her sixteen years in an isolated cottage near Alnwick Castle with her father, Thomas, a feared and respected apothecary, who has taught her much about the incredible powers of plants. Still, Thomas forbids her from entering the locked garden that is his pride and obsession - a poison garden, which contains exotic and local specimens of the most dangerous plants in the world. But Jessamine's life changes forever the day a traveler brings an orphan to their cottage, claiming that the young man has special gifts that Thomas might value, Jessamine is intrigued by the stranger, who goes by the name of Weed. His sensitivity to growing things is extraordinary, and he seems to have even more rare and specialized knowledge about plants than Thomas does. As Jessamine begins to fall in love with Weed, she learns his extraordinary secret - and is drawn into the dangerous world of the poison garden in a way she never could have imagined...
Monday, March 25, 2013
Don't Throw it, Grow it, by Deborah Peterson
This was a really interesting little book- it focused on growing plants from the remnants of others. For example, you can grow a plant from the discarded top of a carrot, or a tree from an almond. I was more interested in the self-replenishing fruits and vegetables, of which there are quite a few. After reading this, I have a clove of garlic growing in a pot (and hopefully producing a head of garlic!), a head of lettuce growing in a dish of water, and I haven't bought green onions in months. Very interesting stuff, although you could find alot of this information available on the internet, too.
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