The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants By : Jennifer Jewell
Book Excerpt :
?An informative and celebratory resource.? ?Booklist? In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell?host of public radio?s award-winning program and podcast Cultivating Place?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. ?
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