The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World’s Rarest Species - Couverture rigide

Magdalena, Carlos

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0241292328 ISBN 13 : 9780241292327

Editeur : Viking, 2017

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Carlos Magdalena is Botanical Horticulturist in the Tropical Nursery at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, an international lecturer, and Chairman of the International Waterlily & Water Gardens Society. He is renowned for his unique skills as a plant propagator who is saving the world's rarest plants.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Viking
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0241292328
• ISBN 13: 9780241292327
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
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