Wild Edens av Chris Gardner, Toby Musgrave

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<B>A fantastic gift book about global plant exploration and our gardens</B><BR/><BR/>There are books that recognize famous garden designers and offer inspiration to would-be garden-makers. And there are thousands of manuals that will tell you how to garden. But only one tells the story of any garden’s most important ‘raw material’ – its ornamental plants. <I>Wild Edens</I> is that book: global in scope and arranged geographically, it unveils ten biodiversity hotspots that are home to many of our garden treasures, such as<I> Ixia dubia</I> in the Western Cape and the Mediterranean’s <I>Crocus biflorus</I>. <BR/><BR/>Each chapter includes a map, personal reflections from the author about exploring these often-remote locations, scene-setting descriptions on topography, geography, climate and flora, key botanical locations within the hotspot, a plant compendium and summary of how the plants impacted garden fashions/styles.<BR/><BR/>Tapping into