Around the World in 50 Plants

1000-PIECE JIGSAW FOR PLANT LOVERS: piece together a living, breathing world of plants and fill the gaps in your knowledge with the comprehensive poster guide

BESTSELLING AUTHOR: text by expert Jonathan Drori CBE, the author of the bestselling books Around the World in 80 Trees and Around the World in 80 Plants

HOURS OF COSY FUN: learn about 50 plants from around the world - all from the comfort of home!

STUNNINGLY DETAILED ARTWORK: Lucille Clerc's intricately drawn world is bursting with minute detail.

LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING has been capturing imaginations and inspiring creativity in new and unexpected ways for over 30 years, with playful and eye-catching games, gifts and books.

Take a trip across the globe with this 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring 50 of the most stunning plants known to humans. Lucille Clerc's sumptuous illustrations provide the perfect puzzle challenge, while Jonathan Drori reveals how their worlds are intricately entwined with our own history, culture and folklore on the accompanying poster. From the seemingly familiar tomato and dandelion to the eerie mandrake and Spanish 'moss' of Louisiana, each of these stories is full of surprises. Some have a troubling past, while others have ignited human creativity or enabled whole civilizations to flourish. This is a botanical journey of beauty and brilliance. Finished puzzle 48.5 x 68 cm (19 x 27 in.)

"You'll learn so much--some of it surprising!--about plants as disparate as tomatoes, dandelions and Spanish moss." - Green Profit

Jonathan Drori (Author)

Jonathan Drori CBE is a Trustee of The Eden Project and Cambridge Science Centre, an Ambassador for the WWF, and was for nine years a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and The Woodland Trust. He is on the board of Cambridge University Botanic Garden, and is a Fellow of the Linnean Society, the Zoological Society of London and the Royal Geographical Society. In a previous life at the BBC, he was Executive Producer of more than fifty prime-time science documentaries and popular series.

Lucille Clerc (Illustrator)

Lucille Clerc is a French illustrator who studied at ENSAAMA in Paris and Central Saint Martins in London. She has worked with international fashion houses, museums and Historic Royal Palaces and The Palace of Versailles. Her work is produced through drawing and screen-printing, much of it inspired by London and the relationship between cities and nature.

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