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Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens is not your average botanical horticulturist. He's a man on a mission to save the world's most endangered plants from destruction and thieves hunting for wealthy collectors. He is a plant messiah. From the planet's tiniest waterlily - the Nymphaea thermarum - to Huarango trees with roots over 50 metres long, Carlos has a miraculous ability to bring breathtakingly beautiful plants back from the brink of extinction. He has travelled to the most remote and dangerous parts of the world - from the mountains of Peru to isolated Indian Ocean islands to the deepest Australian outback - in search of the rarest exotic species. Then, back in the Tropical Nursery at Kew, he uses pioneering, left-field techniques to help them grow. Now he's here to spread the gospel. The Plant Messiah is the inspirational story of a man who has devoted - and risked - his life to save incredible species, all in the name of making this Earth a greener and happier place. Amen to that.
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The plant Messiah : adventures in search of the world's rarest species, Carlos Magdalena
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2017
- Rilegatura
- (In brossura)
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- Titolo
- The plant Messiah : adventures in search of the world's rarest species
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Carlos Magdalena
- Editore
- Penguin Books
- Pubblicato
- 2017
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0241979293
- ISBN13
- 9780241979297
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Storie vere, Biografie, Scienza e Matematica, Natura, Scienza, Autobiografie e memorie, Piante, Tematica ecologica, Ecologia
- Valutazione
- 3,8 su 5
- Descrizione
- Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens is not your average botanical horticulturist. He's a man on a mission to save the world's most endangered plants from destruction and thieves hunting for wealthy collectors. He is a plant messiah. From the planet's tiniest waterlily - the Nymphaea thermarum - to Huarango trees with roots over 50 metres long, Carlos has a miraculous ability to bring breathtakingly beautiful plants back from the brink of extinction. He has travelled to the most remote and dangerous parts of the world - from the mountains of Peru to isolated Indian Ocean islands to the deepest Australian outback - in search of the rarest exotic species. Then, back in the Tropical Nursery at Kew, he uses pioneering, left-field techniques to help them grow. Now he's here to spread the gospel. The Plant Messiah is the inspirational story of a man who has devoted - and risked - his life to save incredible species, all in the name of making this Earth a greener and happier place. Amen to that.