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A Plant's-Eye View of the World
**The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of Cooked and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, one of the most trusted food experts in AmericaIn 1637, one Dutchman paid as much for a single tulip bulb as the going price of a town house in Amsterdam. Three and a half centuries later, Amsterdam is once again the mecca for people who care passionately about one particular$13.99 USD
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by Silvia Burés
¿Te dan envidia esos balcones verdes y frondosos, salpicados de flores de colores? ¿Tienes un limonero raquítico que pilla todas las enfermedades y plagas y no da un solo limón? ¿A tu orquídea se le ponen las hojas amarillas? ¿Necesitas consejos sobre plantas de sol y plantas de sombra? Si te gustan las plantas pero notas que se te resisten, tienes que leerte este libro. Silvia Burés, ingeniera$9.99 USD
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The Organic Gardener’s Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition
Science for Gardeners A 2014 Garden Writers Association Media Award WinnerJust as he demystified the soil food web in his ground-breaking book Teaming with Microbes, in this new work Jeff Lowenfels explains the basics of plant nutrition from an organic gardener’s perspective. Most gardeners realize that plants need to be fed but know little or nothing about the nature of the nutrients and the mechanisms involved. In$14.79 USD
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by Amy Stewart
Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries.Of all the extraordinary and$14.39 USD
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by Wade Davis
A scientific investigation and personal adventure story about zombis and the voudoun culture of Haiti by a Harvard scientist.In April 1982, ethnobotanist Wade Davis arrived in Haiti to investigate two documented cases of zombis—people who had reappeared in Haitian society years after they had been officially declared dead and had been buried. Drawn into a netherworld of rituals and celebrations,$11.99 USD
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The Science Behind the Amazing Things Plants Do
Science for Gardeners The more you know, the better you grow!Plants are capable of interesting and unexpected things. Why do container plants wilt when they’ve been regularly watered? Why did the hydrangea that thrived last year never bloom this year? Why do slugs wipe out the vegetable garden instead of eating the weeds? Plant physiology—the study of how living things function—can solve these and most other problems$12.79 USD
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A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter
by Colin Tudge
A blend of history, science, philosophy, and environmentalism, The Tree is an engaging and elegant look at the life of the tree and what modern research tells us about their future.There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed, and pines still alive that germinated around the time humans invented writing. There are Douglas firs as tall as skyscrapers, and a$13.99 USD
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by Bruce G. Baldwin and 4 more
The second edition of The Jepson Manual thoroughly updates this acclaimed work, the single most comprehensive resource on California's amazingly diverse flora. This work integrates the latest science, the results of intensive fieldwork, institutional collaboration, and the efforts of hundreds of contributing authors into an essential reference on California's native and naturalized vascular plants$112.19 USD
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by Brian Capon
Science for Gardeners A bestseller since its debut in 1990, this indispensable and handy reference has now been expanded and updated to include an appendix on plant taxonomy and a comprehensive index. Two dozen new photos and illustrations make this new edition even richer with information. Its convenient paperback format makes it easy to carry and access, whether you are in or out of the garden. An essential overview$12.79 USD
