It is our great pleasure to welcome Dr Ian Street to our editorial team. Ian will be taking on the role of our first ever Resources Editor. What is a Resources Editor, I hear you ask – let me explain. At AoBBlog...
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Anne Osterrieder
Review: Collins Wild Flower Guide
Sarah Cody and a team of volunteers see if the latest edition of the Collins Wild Flower Guide is a worthy successor.
Sarah Cody
The Martian by Andy Weir
A while back I asked for recommendations for science fiction reading involving botany. On our Facebook page Claire Soulsby suggested The Martian by Andy Weir. I’ve had a stroke of luck* and have been stuck in bed...
Alun Salt
Something to Chew On by Mike Gibney
Do blogs sell books? They’ve sold at least one. I picked up Something to Chew On by Mike Gibney after reading his weblog Gibney on Food. It’s not a plant science book. It’s a book about food supply and...
Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke: Its Ethnobotany as Hallucinogen, Perfume, Incense, and Medicine by Pennachio, Jefferson and Havens
Uses and Abuses of Plant-Derived Smoke is a book I stumbled upon while looking for something else. It's tempting to say it's a very niche subject; the authors say this is the first book on the topic. After reading the...
Banking on future food security
Carolyn Fry, Sue Seddon and Gail Vines’ The last great plant hunt (2011, published by Kew Publishing at £25.00 in hardback) is difficult to categorise. Certainly, The Last Great Plant Hunt [hereafter referred to as...
Nigel Chaffey