Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1246993 in Books
• Published on: 1997-07-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 120 pages

From the Publisher
Did you know that there is sex in your garden?
This book takes a clear and concise peek at the reproductive processes of garden plants and their relationship to their various propagators. Written with a flair for the humorous and a touch of the absurd, Sex in Your Garden is the perfect addition to any gardener's or botanist's bookshelf. Angela Overy teaches her readers all the basics of garden botany, and the book's appealing design allows curious readers an opportunity to explore the ins and outs of sex in their own gardens.

Customer Reviews

Entertaining, Informative, Readable, and Quite Useful
I just got a copy of this book, Sex in Your Garden, and I have been pleasantly surprised. There is a huge amount of interesting factual material in it. It is a bit bold for some folks, no doubt, but it is all actually in good taste. I think that this book could be excellent as a way to introduce younger students to the whole idea of sex and plants, or plant sexuality if you will. This subject is one that needs to be understood much better than it is now. Unlike most botany texts on the subject, this one is in plain English and it is fun to read. Hard core plant scientists may object to its tone and some of the wording, but I don't think it was intened for them in the first place. I expect that this book would be a good tool for getting students from grade 7-12 interested in some basic botany. Actually though, it would be informative for all of us "grown ups" too. I'm the author of Allergy-Free Gardening and am especially interested in plant sexuality. I'd have to say this book is much better than I expected and I that learned quite a bit from it myself. The drawings and photos are first rate too. All in all, Sex in Your Garden is a very useful, informative, fun book. I recommend it! Thomas Leo Ogren

very amusing - a great gift
This is an amusingly written book with a catchy title. I much enjoyed the way the author writes tonge-in-cheek about plant reproduction and relating it, indirectly, to human. The illustrations and photographs are of high quality and add much to the effectiveness of the book. The content seems to me to be well researched and scientifically accurate but the treatment is light hearted. This would make an excellent gift for anyone interested in gardens and gardening.