• The best books on Botany - The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination by Richard Mabey
  • The best books on Botany - The Brief Life of Flowers by Fiona Stafford
  • The best books on Botany - Glasshouse Greenhouse: Haarkon's world tour of amazing botanical spaces by India Hobson & Magnus Edmondson
  • The best books on Botany - The Playground of the Far East by Walter Weston
  • The best books on Botany - Life in the Forests of the Far East by Spenser St. John

The best books on Botany, recommended by Chris Thorogood

In the face of climate change and widespread extinction, there has never been a more important time to study plant science, says Chris Thorogood – author of Pathless Forest: The Quest to Save the World’s Largest Flowers. Here he recommends five of his favourite books on botany, including historical accounts of plant exploration and a beautiful photobook profiling the world’s most impressive botanical gardens.