A review by jenmcmaynes
The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination by Richard Mabey

3.0

Enjoyable look at plant life, in a popular science/interesting factoid way. There was a lot of overlap with other books I have read in this area (by Pollan, Diamond, etc) but enough new-to-me material to keep me engaged. I particularly enjoyed the tales of the Victorians’ obsession with ferns, the discovery of the Venus flytrap, and details of some of the longest lived trees in the world.