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Trentasette milioni di anni fa, la rosa compare sulla terra. L'hanno rivelato i fossili ritrovati in Oregon e in Colorado confermandoci che in tempi preistorici crescevano specie diverse di rose, le stesse presenti ancora oggi nell'emisfero settentrionale. La storia del fiore, dalla sua genesi a tutto il Settecento, è un'introduzione al cuore del libro di Anna Peyron, che comincia con una data precisa: il 21 aprile 1799, quando Marie Joseph Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, nata in Martinica in una famiglia creola di coloni bianchi francesi, compra una tenuta circondata da un parco.

Stretching across two-thirds of the Gardens, the arboretum at Kew surrounds the glasshouses in a leafy enclave to walk, wander and discover nature's beauty. The 12,000 trees rooted in the arboretum represent more than 2,000 species, including rare and ancient varieties. This great collection...

Baked, mashed, boiled or fried, Mr Doubler knows his potatoes. But the same can’t be said for people. Since he lost his wife, he’s been on his own at Mirth Farm - and that suits Doubler just fine. Crowds are for other people; the only company he needs are his potato plants and his housekeeper, Mrs Millwood, who visits every day. So when Mrs Millwood is taken ill, it ruins everything - and Mr Doubler begins to worry that he might have lost his way. But could the kindness of strangers be enough to bring him down from the hill?

Bonsai - das Wort klingt für unsere Ohren gleichzeitig fernöstlich-exotisch und doch vertraut. Fast jeder hat schon einmal ein solch eigentümlich geformtes Gewächs in Büro oder Wohnzimmer stehen gehabt, aber die Wenigsten wissen, dass hinter den Miniaturbäumen eine ganze philosophische Kultur steckt. Denn tatsächlich offenbart die Zucht der Bäumchen ein Universum aus hingebungsvoller Gärtnerkunst, uraltem Zen-Buddhismus, meditativer Versenkung und tiefer Naturverbundenheit.