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Location: Montreal
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About the Book Illustrated with beautiful period botanical watercolours and vibrant photographs, The Secrets of Great Botanists delves into the lives of 35 revolutionary botanists driven by an insatiable desire to learn and discover, so that we might benefit from improved crops, medicines or gardens, showing what ordinary gardeners can learn from their legacies. Book Synopsis Botanists have been the trailblazers in discovering how plants work to benefit our species, collecting many of the plant-species we find in our gardens today from all around the world. This informative and beautiful guide presents the stories and reveals the secrets of 35 of these botanists, plant collectors and gardening pioneers of the past and present.This includes Joseph Banks, Asa Gray and Marianne North, highlighting the qualities that brought them success. Every botanist included in The Secrets of Great Botanists was, or is, passionate about their particular specialty. Whether they were searching for plants in wild places, prescribing herbal medicines or forming new structures of plant classification, they were driven by an insatiable desire to learn and discover, so that we, as humans, might benefit from improved crops, medicines or gardens.Through the vibrancy of botanical photographs and beautifully illustrated period botanical watercolours, this book aims to teach readers about the observations, ideas, secrets and discoveries of these ground-breaking botanists. Their influence on gardening and the wider world will provide inspiration and practical guidance for budding gardeners of all levels and inspire readers to try these plants and tips at home. Review Quotes "Every time I open the book, Isee a page that just invites me in."- Bob Tanem In The Garden with EdieTanem, KSFO, Cumulus Radio Station Group Highlights: Botanists have been the trailblazers in discovering how plants work to benefit our species, collecting many of the plant-species we find in our gardens today from all around the world. Author(s): Matthew Biggs 224 Pages Gardening, Techniques Specifications: Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.6 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D) Weight: 1.25 Pounds Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up Sub-Genre: Techniques Genre: Gardening Number of Pages: 224 Publisher: Exisle Pub Format: Paperback Author: Matthew Biggs Language: English.
Functional: Yes
Assembly Required?: No
Damaged?: No
Missing Parts?: No
About the Book Illustrated with beautiful period botanical watercolours and vibrant photographs, The Secrets of Great Botanists delves into the lives of 35 revolutionary botanists driven by an insatiable desire to learn and discover, so that we might benefit from improved crops, medicines or gardens, showing what ordinary gardeners can learn from their legacies. Book Synopsis Botanists have been the trailblazers in discovering how plants work to benefit our species, collecting many of the plant-species we find in our gardens today from all around the world. This informative and beautiful guide presents the stories and reveals the secrets of 35 of these botanists, plant collectors and gardening pioneers of the past and present.This includes Joseph Banks, Asa Gray and Marianne North, highlighting the qualities that brought them success. Every botanist included in The Secrets of Great Botanists was, or is, passionate about their particular specialty. Whether they were searching for plants in wild places, prescribing herbal medicines or forming new structures of plant classification, they were driven by an insatiable desire to learn and discover, so that we, as humans, might benefit from improved crops, medicines or gardens.Through the vibrancy of botanical photographs and beautifully illustrated period botanical watercolours, this book aims to teach readers about the observations, ideas, secrets and discoveries of these ground-breaking botanists. Their influence on gardening and the wider world will provide inspiration and practical guidance for budding gardeners of all levels and inspire readers to try these plants and tips at home. Review Quotes "Every time I open the book, Isee a page that just invites me in."- Bob Tanem In The Garden with EdieTanem, KSFO, Cumulus Radio Station Group Highlights: Botanists have been the trailblazers in discovering how plants work to benefit our species, collecting many of the plant-species we find in our gardens today from all around the world. Author(s): Matthew Biggs 224 Pages Gardening, Techniques Specifications: Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.6 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D) Weight: 1.25 Pounds Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up Sub-Genre: Techniques Genre: Gardening Number of Pages: 224 Publisher: Exisle Pub Format: Paperback Author: Matthew Biggs Language: English.