Taming the Potted Beast
The Strange and Sensational History of the Not-So-Humble Houseplant
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
4 January 2023
Summary
The colorful, peculiar history of the houseplant—from ancient Rome to Victorian England to Instagram—a botanical adventure full of histrionic highs, devastating lows, and sensational turning points along the way.
From the hanging gardens of Babylon to that fiddle-leaf fig in your living room, houseplants have been humanity’s companions for millennia. Taming the Potted Beast explores the history of our air-purifying friends wi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781524869007 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1524869007 |
| Author: | Molly Williams |
| Publisher: | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| Imprint: | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 4 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 447g |
| Dimensions: | 231mm x 155mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
Molly Williams
Molly Williams is the author of Killer Plants: Growing and Caring for Flytraps, Pitcher Plants and Other Deadly Flora. She writes regularly for Apartment Therapy’s gardening and horticulture section. Williams grew up on a flower farm and is now a professor of writing in New England.
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