BOTANICA FANTASTICA (HB)

From Middle Earth and Hogwarts to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Zelda, from poverty grass and cordyceps to nirnroot and triffids, many fantasy or supernatural imaginings have their own botanical world full of characterful and powerful plants. Created with the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and written by New Scientist comment and culture editor Alison Flood, this is a sumptuously illustrated journey into the bizarre botanical creations of fantasy and science fiction, and well as the real-life species which inspired them.