Botanic Gardens: Modern-Day Arks

by Sara Oldfield

A lavishly illustrated look at botanic gardens and the work that goes on behind the scenes to save our botanical heritage.

All life depends on plants, but we often take them for granted in our everyday lives. It is easy to ignore the fact that we are facing a crisis: scientists estimate that one third of all flowering plant species are threatened with extinction. This lavishly illustrated volume considers the essential conservation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262015161
• ISBN13: 9780262015165
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.0" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher