In her wise and elegant new book, Jane Goodall blends her experience in nature w
ith her enthusiasm for botany to give readers a deeper understanding of the worl
d around us. Long before her work with chimpanzees, Goodall's passion for the na
tural world sprouted in the backyard of her childhood home in England, where she
climbed her beech tree and made elderberry wine with her grandmother. The garde
n her family began then, she continues to enjoy today.
SEEDS OF HOPE takes us
from England to Goodall's home-away-from-home in Africa, deep inside the Gombe
forest, where she and the chimpanzees are enchanted by the fig and plum trees th
ey encounter. She introduces us to botanists around the world, as well as places
where hope for plants can be found, such as The Millennium Seed Bank, where one
billion seeds are preserved. She shows us the secret world of plants with all t
heir mysteries and potential for healing our bodies as well as Planet Earth.
