Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads Looking for any books that taught you about plants while maintaining a narrative. Not a field guide, but a story/stories where you were able to glean botanical facts. Thank you! by rhubarbthief
ohshannoneileen on April 29, 2026 4:05 am The Overstory by Richard Powers The Alchemy of Flowers by Laura Resau The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly The Nature of Oaks by Douglas Tallamy (this one is non fiction but set up like a novel where each chapter is a month in the tree’s life)
taperedtapirtaper on April 29, 2026 4:07 am Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice by Mark Plotkin. It’s a non-fiction account of an ethnobotanist’s adventures in the Amazon rainforest.
Heavy_Direction1547 on April 29, 2026 4:14 am Try Michael Pollan’s books: Second Nature, Botany of Desire…
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The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Alchemy of Flowers by Laura Resau
The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly
The Nature of Oaks by Douglas Tallamy (this one is non fiction but set up like a novel where each chapter is a month in the tree’s life)
Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice by Mark Plotkin. It’s a non-fiction account of an ethnobotanist’s adventures in the Amazon rainforest.
Try Michael Pollan’s books: Second Nature, Botany of Desire…