Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants, (Hardcover)

from ralphz

“Weeds” should be a history of weeds around the world and how they've impacted man, been the source of medicine, worked their way into art, and more. But it's not quiet that. It's mostly how weeds infiltrate British gardens. OK, so it's more than that, but that's what it felt like to me in the lo...

from LibraryCin

This is mostly a history of plants that may be considered weeds - basically, plants that are somewhere where a human doesn't want it to be. It looks at how they travel, plants that were used medicinally, how they (re)populate decimated areas. He looks at how they've been viewed in history, includ...

from Ma_Washigeri

Didn't quite make 4 stars, but nearly. But awarded 4 stars in the end because I shall keep this book around and dip into it again. Lots of interesting information but a lot of it has to be taken on trust... or with a small pinch of salt. I love the way it has made me actually look up the actual w...

from colibri62

The book is written by an Englishman and I wanted more information about weeds in America. However, the focus on how a weed is defined within time and culture is fascinating.

from lauriebrown54

'Weeds' is not a gardening book, not a book to tell you how to eradicate the wretched things from your lawn nor one to tell you how to identify them. 'Weeds' is a history of weeds, of how plants come to be thought of as weeds, of how society reacts to them, of how they move, spread and adapt. It'...