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The Hidden Histories of Houseplants
- Narrator
- Maddie Bailey
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 11 February 2025
- Run Time
- 4 hours 21 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
This book isn't just a dry exploration of historical cultivation; the narrative explores the plants' places in social history, science and culture, showcasing the most fascinating elements of each plant's story, be it the exploration as to why Monstera deliciosa have holes in their leaves, whether houseplants have the ability to count, or why Calathea leaves open during the day and close up at night.
Each chapter takes the listener on a journey through time, history, and culture, told by the most universally binding objects in our homes from London to Beijing—houseplants.
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Details
- Author
- Alice Bailey, Maddie Bailey
- Narrator
- Maddie Bailey
- Duration
- 4 hours 21 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 February 2025
- ISBN
- 9798765044902
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Reference works
Synopsis
The Hidden Histories of Houseplants explores twenty of the world's most common houseplants.This book isn't just a dry exploration of historical cultivation; the narrative explores the plants' places in social history, science and culture, showcasing the most fascinating elements of each plant's story, be it the exploration as to why Monstera deliciosa have holes in their leaves, whether houseplants have the ability to count, or why Calathea leaves open during the day and close up at night.Each chapter takes the listener on a journey through time, history, and culture, told by the most universally binding objects in our homes from London to Beijing—houseplants.
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