The Secret Life of Plants
A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man

I grew up next door to a tree nursery, and spent my childhood running up and down rows of azaleas and camellias, and reading books in the branches of an old apple tree. Perhaps that is what made me so receptive to this book. I cannot remember a time in my life when I did not talk to plants. Granted,......more

This book is profound. I know you're thinking of course a vegan is going to like this book. But, it almost scares me. I mean..if I can't eat plants what can i eat? I need another copy of this book though cause I didn't finish it. I ended up giving it away...seriously not because I didn't want to fin......more

Pensavo di aver scelto un saggio che esponesse nuove e inconsuete relazioni biofisiche tra mondo vegetale e animale, mi son trovato invece tra le mani un volume in stile Giacobbo (Voyager). Strane teorie, esperimeti a dir poco estemporanei e via di questo passo. Non penso di essere refrattario alle......more

This is a great book to peruse so long as you don't get hung up on the over-evaluations of the authors. It is very important to keep an open mind throughout the entire read, as the authors use quite an open dose of Writer's License, and many of the intended hypotheses have since been proven one way......more

In The Secret Life of Plants: A fascinating account of the physical, emotional, and spiritual relations between plants and man, Peter Tompkins chronicles numerous scientists and their experiments with plants through the centuries. I found myself immediately drawn in. I already had a sense that plant......more