#plant science
4 entries
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How Plants Work — a review
The modern science-for-gardeners book Capon's older primer makes you wish existed. Chalker-Scott explains plant physiology in plain English and uses it to gently demolish a century of garden mythology. The most useful evidence-based plant book on our shelf.
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Botany for Gardeners — a review
Brian Capon's slim Timber Press primer remains the cleanest single-volume introduction to plant biology for non-specialists — diagram-led, principle-first, and quietly indispensable. The science is dated in places, but as a foundation it is still the book to beat.
- Article
How Many Plants Do You Actually Need? The Research Might Surprise You
NASA published a clean air study in 1989 and it's been misquoted ever since. Here's what the research actually says about plant density, air quality, and the point at which more stops helping.
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The Science of Why Plants Make You Feel Better
The evidence behind what you already suspected: plants measurably reduce stress, restore attention, and improve cognitive performance — and we now know exactly why.