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Books for the Dark Botanist
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items For those who prefer their plants a little strange, a little sinister, and a lot more interesting. A curated collection of books about poisonous plants, deadly flowers, carnivorous plants, fungi, witchy herbs, botanical folklore, dark plant history, ...
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Poisonous & Deadly
Dark Gardens
Carnivorous Plants
Witchy Plants, Herbals & Plant Folklore
Poisonous & Deadly
A collection of books about the plants you definitely don’t want to casually snack on. Explore toxic flowers, deadly botanicals, plant poisons, and the fascinating science behind what makes them dangerous.
A fascinating field guide to 60 of the world’s most dangerous plants. Learn how to identify poisonous plants, understand their toxicity, discover their history, and recognize the risks they pose to people and animals. Beautifully illustrated and prac...
The Book of Killer Plants: Field Guide
A fascinating look at 60 toxic plants and humanity’s long history with them.** Explore the roles these deadly plants have played in medicine, magic, warfare, art, folklore, and even true crime. With detailed profiles covering history, uses, and legen...
Poisonous Plants and Fatal Fungi: Deadly Botanicals
Dark Gardens
Black, burgundy, deep purple, chocolate, and nearly-black blooms for anyone who prefers their garden on the darker side. A collection of books featuring moody flowers, unusual cultivars, gothic gardens, and beautifully dark botanical photography.
The Goth Garden explores 50 unique plants perfect for creating a dark, moody garden. Discover the myths, history, and folklore behind everything from black tulips and tomatoes to unusual herbs and flowers. A beautiful and inspiring guide for gardener...
The Goth Garden: Mystery & Lore of Dark Gardening
A gorgeous guide for anyone who wants their garden to feel a little darker and more dramatic. It explores gothic gardening through moody plants, unusual blooms, Victorian influences, folklore, and a healthy dose of spooky inspiration. Basically, gard...
Darkness in Bloom: Gothic Guide to Plants
Carnivorous Plants
Plants that eat bugs, insects, and sometimes surprisingly large prey. These books dive into the fascinating world of Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, sundews, and other botanical predators.
A beginner-friendly guide to growing and caring for fascinating carnivorous plants, including Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, and more. A great pick if you’ve ever wanted to try growing plants that actually eat bugs but have no idea where to start.
Complete Starter Guide to Carnivorous plants
Basically the ultimate guide to growing plants that eat things. This revised edition covers everything from Venus flytraps and sundews to pitcher plants and bladderworts, with practical advice on lighting, watering, soil, feeding, propagation, and mo...
The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants
A beautifully illustrated look at the science, history, and cultural fascination surrounding plants that eat animals. Torre covers everything from how Venus flytraps and pitcher plants actually work to their appearances in art, literature, movies, an...
Carnivorous Plants (Botanical)
Witchy Plants, Herbals & Plant Folklore
The plants behind the folklore, rituals, remedies, superstitions, and magic. A collection of real botanical books exploring the traditional and cultural relationships between people and plants.
Enchanted Plants is a beautifully illustrated guide to the folklore, magic, and history surrounding plants and flowers. Explore everything from edible garden plants to toxic blooms, woodland herbs, and tropical plants, with stories, legends, magical ...
Enchanted Plants: Botanical Folklore & Magic
Witch’s Garden explores 50+ powerful magical plants and the myths, folklore, and traditional uses surrounding them. From mandrake and St. John’s Wort to yarrow and henbane, discover the fascinating—and sometimes dark—history of herbalism, witches, an...
Witch's Garden: Plants in Folklore & Magic
For anyone who thinks houseplants can be a little more… magical. This beautifully illustrated guide combines practical houseplant care with plant folklore, spiritual practices, and the occult correspondences of everything from pothos and ivy to begon...
Houseplant HortOCCULTure: Green Magic