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Curious Stories of Familiar Garden Plants (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780986169465)
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xJust like gardeners, garden plants have interesting stories, from their sometimes peculiar origins to their travels far across the world, to their role in politics. Knowing these stories makes the garden a richer place. Did you know:
- In Victorian England they thought tomatoes were an aphrodisiac because they were called "love apples", and therefore avoided at all costs
- In Greek mythology they believed wherever the Goddess Iris walked on earth a rainbow color of iris flowers sprang up.
- The Dakota Sioux thought every flower species had its own song. Because the Pasqueflower was the first native wildflower to bloom, it's song called all the other plants from the ground.
- In about 1600 plant breeders in Holland bred an edible carrot, prior to that they were used as medicine or only for food flavoring. Curious Stories of Familiar Garden Plants is full of interesting stories that look at the folklore, myths, legends, symbolism and curiosities of everyday garden plants. Kathy Keeler, A Wandering Botanist, has wandered the world collecting stories to not only teach us about our favorite plants, but to also delight and entertain us.
Author: Kathy Keeler
ISBN-10: 0986169463
ISBN-13: 9780986169465
Publisher: Wandering Botanist
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2016
Pages: 102
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.26d
- In Victorian England they thought tomatoes were an aphrodisiac because they were called "love apples", and therefore avoided at all costs
- In Greek mythology they believed wherever the Goddess Iris walked on earth a rainbow color of iris flowers sprang up.
- The Dakota Sioux thought every flower species had its own song. Because the Pasqueflower was the first native wildflower to bloom, it's song called all the other plants from the ground.
- In about 1600 plant breeders in Holland bred an edible carrot, prior to that they were used as medicine or only for food flavoring. Curious Stories of Familiar Garden Plants is full of interesting stories that look at the folklore, myths, legends, symbolism and curiosities of everyday garden plants. Kathy Keeler, A Wandering Botanist, has wandered the world collecting stories to not only teach us about our favorite plants, but to also delight and entertain us.
Author: Kathy Keeler
ISBN-10: 0986169463
ISBN-13: 9780986169465
Publisher: Wandering Botanist
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2016
Pages: 102
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.26d
By Kathy Keeler
xKathy Keeler has appreciated and studied plants for many years. She received in a Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of California, Berkeley and was a professor of biology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Retired to northern Colorado, she became A Wandering Botanist, writing and speaking about plants, travel and history, so she could share the plant stories she finds so entertaining.
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