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  • Taming the Potted Beast

  • The Strange and Sensational History of the Not-So-Humble Houseplant
  • By: Molly Williams
  • Narrated by: Molly Williams
  • Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins

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Taming the Potted Beast

By: Molly Williams
Narrated by: Molly Williams
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Publisher's Summary

From the hanging gardens of Babylon to that fiddle-leaf fig in your living room, houseplants have been humanity’s companions for a millennia. Taming the Potted Beast explores the history of our air-purifying friends with an entertaining narrative of the peculiar, often dramatic story of the cultivation and domestication of the not-so-humble houseplant.

Including entertaining historical vignettes, DIY plant projects, and accessible tips and tricks for caring for your own historical houseplant collection, this book has any plant-curious listener covered. Listeners will come away with practical projects, expert advice, and an understanding of the historical significance of houseplants as well as an appreciation of the cultures from which they emerged.

Both fascinating and fun, Taming the Potted Beast will take listeners on an exhilarating botanical adventure through the ages.

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©2022 Molly Williams (P)2022 Andrews McMeel Publishing

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