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Weeds - The Story of Outlaw Plants (Paperback, Main)
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Weeds - The Story of Outlaw Plants (Paperback, Main)
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List price R280
Loot Price R263
Discovery Miles 2 630
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Ever since the first human settlements 10,000 years ago, weeds have
dogged our footsteps. They are there as the punishment of 'thorns
and thistles' in Genesis and , two millennia later, as a symbol of
Flanders Field. They are civilisations' familiars, invading
farmland and building-sites, war-zones and flower-beds across the
globe. Yet living so intimately with us, they have been a blessing
too. Weeds were the first crops, the first medicines. Burdock was
the inspiration for Velcro. Cow parsley has become the fashionable
adornment of Spring weddings. Weaving together the insights of
botanists, gardeners, artists and poets with his own life-long
fascination, Richard Mabey examines how we have tried to define
them, explain their persistence, and draw moral lessons from them.
One persons weed is another's wild beauty.
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