{"product_id":"bloomsense-andi-saunders-9798171530884","title":"Bloomsense: The Hidden Biology, Stories and Meaning of Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe treat flowers as decoration. They are nothing of the kind.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor the person who slows down at every garden, every windowsill, every roadside weed. The one who's never quite stopped looking.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eA flower is a living instrument - engineered over a hundred million years to summon, signal, deceive and reward, all without moving from the spot. And around that quiet biology we have wound something just as intricate: the meanings we give flowers, the messages we send with them, the myths and folklore we have grown around every petal and thorn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloomsense\u003c\/i\u003e is a journey into both: the hidden science of how flowers actually work, and the secret language we have always spoken through them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the covert chemistry a bloom uses to talk to a passing bee, to the Victorian language of flowers that let lovers speak in bouquets; from the mythology and folklore rooted in the garden, to the sheer ingenuity of a flower's design - this is the story of the most familiar, and most quietly misunderstood, life around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for anyone who has ever paused to look a moment longer, Bloomsense turns a walk past the border into an act of wonder. Lyrical, surprising and beautifully illustrated, it is a book to keep close and return to - and to give to someone who still stops to look.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andi Saunders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798171530884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Andi Saunders","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50847683051775,"sku":"9798171530884","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d76c2afe-385b-4019-9204-9bf2e2c76a54.jpg?v=1793283413","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bloomsense-andi-saunders-9798171530884","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}