How to Speak Flower: A Kid's Guide to Buds, Blooms, and Blossoms
How to Speak Flower: A Kid's Guide to Buds, Blooms, and Blossoms (Available May 9, 2023)
From the hanging gardens of Babylon to that fiddle-leaf fig in your living room, houseplants have been humanity's companions for a millennia. Taming the Potted Beast explores the history of our air-purifying friends with an entertaining narrative of the peculiar, often dramatic story of the cultivation and domestication of the not-so-humble houseplant.
Including entertaining historical vignettes, DIY plant projects, and accessible tips and tricks for caring for your own historical houseplants, this book has any plant-curious reader covered. Readers will come away with practical projects, expert advice, and an understanding of the historical significance of houseplants as well as an appreciation of the cultures from which they emerged.
Illustrated by Ellie Hajdu. Published by Andrews McMeel.
Taming the Potted Beast: The Strange and Sensational History of the Not-So-Humble Houseplant
Taming the Potted Beast: The Strange and Sensational History of the Not-So-Humble Houseplant
From the hanging gardens of Babylon to that fiddle-leaf fig in your living room, houseplants have been humanity's companions for a millennia. Taming the Potted Beast explores the history of our air-purifying friends with an entertaining narrative of the peculiar, often dramatic story of the cultivation and domestication of the not-so-humble houseplant.
Including entertaining historical vignettes, DIY plant projects, and accessible tips and tricks for caring for your own historical houseplants, this book has any plant-curious reader covered. Readers will come away with practical projects, expert advice, and an understanding of the historical significance of houseplants as well as an appreciation of the cultures from which they emerged.
Illustrated by Ellie Hajdu. Published by Andrews McMeel.
Killer Plants: Growing and Caring for Flytraps, Pitcher Plants and Other Deadly Flora
Killer Plants:
Growing and Caring for Flytraps, Pitcher Plants, and Other Deadly Flora
Explore the darker side of nature with this accessible guide to choosing, growing, and caring for carnivorous and predatory plants like Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, sundews, and other spooky guys. Illustrated by Marisol Ortega. Published by Running Press.
Upcoming projects:
Jane Austen’s Garden: A Botanical Tour of Her Novels (AMP, 2024)
The Junior Plant Lover’s Handbook (RPK)
