JOY OF WEEDS: A CELEBRATION OF WILD PLANTS (PAVILION)

To call a plant a weed is doing it a real injustice. It’s simply a wild plant that is not deliberately cultivated, growing where it is not wanted. By this definition, virtually any plant outside a carefully tended garden is a weed. This enlightening illustrated survey uncovers the wild beauty in weeds such as dandelions, thistles and feverfew, and explains the benefits of rewilding ourselves a little. Each of the 50 weeds featured is accompanied by a quirky history and its uses in medicine, cooking, the arts and even industry.