The earth in her hands : 75 extraordinary women working in the world of plants

Jewell, Jennifer, author.

Book

Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2020.

323 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

The Earth in Her Hands celebrates the important contributions women make to the wide world of plants--in the fields of horticulture, environmental science, botany, floral design, farming, landscape architecture, herbalism, food justice, and more.

Women gardeners.

Women botanists.

Women farmers.

Women conservationists.

Women landscape architects.

Women in botany.

Women in landscape architecture.

Biographies.

Leslie Bennett -- Erin Benzakein -- Eliza Blank -- Jinny Blom -- Carol Bornstein -- Marion Brenner -- Cynthia (Cindy) Ann Brown -- Yolanda Burrell -- Ava Bynum -- Ariella Chezar -- Marina Christopher -- Peggy Cornett -- Philippa Craddock -- Karen Daubmann -- Andrea DeLong-Amaya -- Sasha Duerr -- Fionnuala Fallon -- Severine von Tscharner Fleming -- Lorene Edwards Forkner -- Alys Fowler -- Tiffany Freeman -- Kate Frey -- Christin Geall -- Flora Grubb -- Annie Hayes -- Elizabeth Hoover -- Elaine Ingham -- Robin Wall Kimmerer -- Jamaica Kincaid -- Lauri Kranz -- Barbara Kreski -- Mia Lehrer -- Lady Arabella Lennox-Boyd -- Cara Loriz -- Clare Cooper Marcus -- Mary Pat Matheson -- Marta McDowell -- Jekka McVicar -- Amy Merrick -- Julie Moir Messervy -- Julie Kierstead Nelson -- Ngoc Minh Ngo -- Frances Palmer -- Anna Pavord -- Susan Pell -- Leah Penniman -- Hemlata Pradhan -- Sarah Price -- Milla Veera Tuulia Prince -- Debra Prinzing -- Sarah Raven -- Georgina Reid -- Margaret Roach -- Martha Schwartz -- Jane Scotter -- Renee Shepherd -- Midori Shintani -- Vandana Shiva -- Michelle Slatalla -- Janet Sluis -- Lauren Springer -- Gwen Stauffer -- Amy Stewart -- Claire Takacs -- Tessa Traeger -- Beth Tuttle -- Mégan Twilegar -- Edwina von Gal -- Ira Wallace -- FranÃoise Weeks -- Claudia West -- Rowen White -- Kristen Wickert -- Sue Wynn-Jones -- Ayana Young.

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