Description
| Product ID: | 9780241979297 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Plant Messiah |
| Subtitle: | Adventures in Search of the World’s Rarest Species |
| Authors: | Author: Carlos Magdalena |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: general, Autobiography: general, Popular science, Botany and plant sciences, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Popular science, Botany & plant sciences, Trees, wildflowers & plants |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens is not your average botanical horticulturist. He's a man on a mission to save the world's most endangered plants from destruction and thieves hunting for wealthy collectors. He is a plant messiah. From the planet's tiniest waterlily - the Nymphaea thermarum - to Huarango trees with roots over 50 metres long, Carlos has a miraculous ability to bring breathtakingly beautiful plants back from the brink of extinction. He has travelled to the most remote and dangerous parts of the world - from the mountains of Peru to isolated Indian Ocean islands to the deepest Australian outback - in search of the rarest exotic species. Then, back in the Tropical Nursery at Kew, he uses pioneering, left-field techniques to help them grow. Now he's here to spread the gospel. The Plant Messiah is the inspirational story of a man who has devoted - and risked - his life to save incredible species, all in the name of making this Earth a greener and happier place. Amen to that. Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens is not your average botanical horticulturist. He''s a man on a mission to save the world''s most endangered plants from destruction and thieves hunting for wealthy collectors. He is a plant messiah. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-04-05 |
