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The Plant Messiah
- Adventures in Search of the World’s Rarest Species
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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Penguin Audio presents The Plant Messiah by Carlos Magdalena, read by Roy McMillan.
Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens is not your average botanical horticulturist. He's a man on a mission to save the world's most endangered plants from ecological destruction and thieves hunting for wealthy collectors. He is a plant messiah.
From the planet's tiniest waterlily - the Nymphaea thermarum - to Huarango trees with roots over 50 metres long, Carlos has a miraculous ability to bring breathtakingly beautiful plants back from the brink of extinction. He has travelled to the most remote and dangerous parts of the world - from the mountains of Peru to isolated Indian Ocean islands to the deepest Australian outback - in search of the rarest exotic species. Then, back in the Tropical Nursery at Kew, he uses pioneering, left-field techniques to help them propagate and prosper.
Now he's here to spread the gospel. The Plant Messiah is the inspirational story of a man who has devoted - and risked - his life to save incredible species, all in the name of making this Earth a greener and happier place.
Amen to that.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-04-21
Plant diversity and conservation stories
A must listen if you're into botany and ecology as well as adventure stories. Immersive storytelling, narrated by author with species names and morphological descriptions, dictionary in last chapter.
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- Kirsty
- 01-02-21
Fantastic
what a great listen! absolutu fantastic listen! love this audio book soooo much. will listen again!
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- natasza
- 08-06-19
Inspiring
A fascinating story about plants and people. The author is not only a passionate conservationist but also a fantastic story-teller.
A must listen for plants lovers and ecology enthusiasts but not only.
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- Bell
- 25-05-18
Great Book! Makes me want to own a physical copy!
I really like this book, I really want to visit kew garden and see the plants for myself. 100% Recommend
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- Mrs. Aster L. Sadler
- 25-10-20
Gripping listen and beautifully read
Fantastic book, fascinating topic and great stories from an amazing career. Please do write more!
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- Molly Frances
- 22-02-19
Plants have never been more exciting!
Part memoir, part practical horticulture and a whole lot of fascinating stories about plants and the animals and people that interact with them. So many interesting natural history anecdotes in here and the performance is perfect! Can't recommend enough!
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- M Field
- 01-03-20
When is part II ?
Enjoyed the stories of travel around the world "re-discovering" plants. Need to have more please.
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