Kew Pocketbooks: Festive Flora
This stunning Kew pocketbook is a celebration of the plants integral to religious, cultural and national festivities around the world.
Author: RBG Kew, with an introduction by Mark Nesbitt. 96pp. 40 colour paintings. 140 x 185 mm. Hardback, ISBN 978 1 84246 725 1, Kew Publishing 2021.
Kew Pocketbooks: Festive Flora is a celebration of the plants integral to religious, cultural and national festivities around the world, used as decoration in wreaths, garlands and shrines, for their scent, and in festive recipes.
40 botanical paintings of this merry group are gorgeously reproduced from Kew’s Library and Archives, one of the most extensive botanical libraries in the world. An introduction by Kew ethnobotanist Mark Nesbitt provides an overview of these plants, and detailed captions accompany each painting, making this a charming keepsake.
The luxury finish on these books make them a must-have gift item, printed on uncoated paper and with a cloth and foil finish.
Each book will feature an introductory chapter written by a Kew expert.
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