Botanica Fantastica: The Illustrated Guide to Fictional Plants, Trees and Herbs from Fantasy and Folklore

By Kew

Botanica Fantastica brings to life the astonishing fictional plant creations of some of the world's favourite authors and creators.

Featuring over 100 illustrations, specially drawn by artist Emma Tudor-Bloch to visualise these species as if real, this book will combine expert analysis of these iconic creations and the worlds they inhabit, as well as exploration of the real-life species that inspired the authors. From Middle Earth and Hogwarts to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Zelda, and from red weed and cordyceps to piranha plants and triffids, every self-respecting fantasy or supernatural imagining has its own botanical world full of characterful and powerful plants.

Created with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and New Scientist comment and culture editor Alison Flood, Botanica Fantastica is a sumptuously illustrated journey into the bizarre botanical creations of some of science fiction and fantasy's most ingenious minds.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1035438828
• ISBN13: 9781035438822
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Welbeck
• Length: 192 Pages