Botanical Conspiracy: Why Plants Are So Important to Us and How to Care for Them

After months of lockdown spent within four walls, many of us started looking for any available hobby and a way to brighten up the gray routine. And then everyone remembered about plants. Someone got their first ficus in their life, others bought phytolamps and arranged an apothecary garden on the balcony. But what to do if you really want to green your home, but you don’t have enough knowledge — and the pots turn into cemeteries? Journalist and professional landscape designer Victoria Bazoeva wrote this book for those who love flowers — and it doesn’t matter if you understand them or not. Here you will find fascinating stories of plants that have conquered millions of windowsills, and practical advice that will help you grow even the most capricious flower. How did orchids help Charles Darwin and do they need transparent pots? Where did lemons come from on the Oka River and how to grow a tangerine in an apartment? Why will there soon be no palm trees left in California and can they survive on black soil? Who invented guerrilla gardening and why plant a lawn of honey-producing flowers near the entrance? "Botanical Conspiracy" will prove to you that plants are simple and very interesting, the main thing is not to be afraid to get your hands dirty.