A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach May 31, 2021 Jon Drori on Around the World in 80 Plants
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Environmentalist and best-selling author, Jonathan Drori, says that for him, plant science is fascinating, but it\'s truly enlivened when it\'s entwined with human history and culture. In his new book, \\u201cAround the World in 80 Plants,\\u201d the followup to his hit \\u201cAround the World in 80 Trees,\\u201d he does just that. He enlivens plants both obscure and as familiar as the common potato.
\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThere are many plants we may not know at all, so everything about them is a surprise, of course, when we first come across them, but even commonplace plants like the dandelion have untold stories to share. Dandelions and 79 others are profiled in Jonathan Drori\'s new book, \\u201cAround the World in 80 Plants.\\u201d Jonathan, a former BBC documentarian who for nine years was a trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is on the board of Cambridge University Botanic Garden, a trustee of the World Wildlife Fund, a fellow of the Linnaean Society and more.
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