The earth in her hands : 75 extraordinary women working in the world of plants / Jennifer Jewell.
Material type: TextPublisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2020Description: 323 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1604699027
- 9781604699029
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 630.92 J59 | Available | 33111009606696 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"An empowering and expertly curated look at the horticultural world." -- Gardens Illustrated
In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell introduces 75 inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these influencers are creating change from the ground up.
Profiled women include flower farmer Erin Benzakein; codirector of Soul Fire Farm Leah Penniman; plantswoman Flora Grubb; edible and cultural landscape designer Leslie Bennett; Caribbean-American writer and gardener Jamaica Kincaid; soil scientist Elaine Ingham; landscape designer Ariella Chezar; floral designer Amy Merrick, and many more. Rich with personal stories and insights, Jewell's portraits reveal a devotion that transcends age, locale, and background, reminding us of the profound role of green growing things in our world--and our lives.
Includes index.
Leslie Bennett -- Erin Benzakein -- Eliza Blank -- Jinny Blom -- Carol Bornstein -- Marion Brenner -- Cynthia (Cindy) Ann Brown -- Yolanda Burrell -- Ava Bynum -- Ariella Chezar -- Marina Christopher -- Peggy Cornett -- Philippa Craddock -- Karen Daubmann -- Andrea DeLong-Amaya -- Sasha Duerr -- Fionnuala Fallon -- Severine von Tscharner Fleming -- Lorene Edwards Forkner -- Alys Fowler -- Tiffany Freeman -- Kate Frey -- Christin Geall -- Flora Grubb -- Annie Hayes -- Elizabeth Hoover -- Elaine Ingham -- Robin Wall Kimmerer -- Jamaica Kincaid -- Lauri Kranz -- Barbara Kreski -- Mia Lehrer -- Lady Arabella Lennox-Boyd -- Cara Loriz -- Clare Cooper Marcus -- Mary Pat Matheson -- Marta McDowell -- Jekka McVicar -- Amy Merrick -- Julie Moir Messervy -- Julie Kierstead Nelson -- Ngoc Minh Ngo -- Frances Palmer -- Anna Pavord -- Susan Pell -- Leah Penniman -- Hemlata Pradhan -- Sarah Price -- Milla Veera Tuulia Prince -- Debra Prinzing -- Sarah Raven -- Georgina Reid -- Margaret Roach -- Martha Schwartz -- Jane Scotter -- Renee Shepherd -- Midori Shintani -- Vandana Shiva -- Michelle Slatalla -- Janet Sluis -- Lauren Springer -- Gwen Stauffer -- Amy Stewart -- Claire Takacs -- Tessa Traeger -- Beth Tuttle -- Mégan Twilegar -- Edwina von Gal -- Ira Wallace -- Françoise Weeks -- Claudia West -- Rowen White -- Kristen Wickert -- Sue Wynn-Jones -- Ayana Young.
The Earth in Her Hands celebrates the important contributions women make to the wide world of plants--in the fields of horticulture, environmental science, botany, floral design, farming, landscape architecture, herbalism, food justice, and more.