Images of war rarely include green and growing things. It may surprise you to learn that botany and horticulture played an important role in both World War I and World War II. From victory gardens to milkweed drives, with stories from the battlefield and our own backyards, this presentation will examine how plants have helped us mobilize for victory, heal the sick, and spread a message of peace. Join us to learn more on Thursday, March 19 at 6:30 pm, at the Willoughby Library
Botany in a Day APG: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification: An Herbal Field Guide to Plant Families of North America by Thomas J. Elpel
This field guide dives into a method of plant identification for recognizing various species of plants and their uses.
Edible Plants: A Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of North America by Jimmy W. Fike
This photographic guide is your entry into the world of the edible plants of North America! In his photographs, Fike focuses on our relationship to the natural world around us and encourages us to be stewards of our environment. Not only does this book give methods of identification of plants but also offers insight in other uses for plants including medicinal uses.
Sowing the Seeds of Victory: American Gardening Programs of World War I
This book is a look into the gardening programs of World War I. These programs were vital to success in the war as they provided food during a time when food was scarce and was another way to support the war effort.
A Botanists Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari
This is the first in the Saffron Everleigh series. Saffron is a botanist at the University College of London in 1923. She is the only woman in her department and is always trying to prove that she deserves her spot in the department. When someone is killed at a dinner party, with Saffron’s mentor as the primary suspect, she uses her knowledge of plants to solve the murder.
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Many apothecaries use plants for tinctures to cure, but there is an apothecary hidden in the depths on eighteenth- century London who only sells her tinctures to a certain kind of woman in certain kinds of situations. In modern day London, a woman fleeing her broken marriage finds the evidence of this secret apothecary. Centuries apart, their stories intertwine.
