This book is one person's remarkable tour of the intimate details of plantlife and an insight into the world of plants and their surprising properties.Plantworlds will enlighten and entertain, helping the reader appreciate the complex links between ourselves and the natural world.

Plantworlds is an inspirational collection of images by Andrea Jones, one of the world's leading plant photographers. Her close-up photographs of seeds,flowers, trees, leaves, grasses, berries and stems show in intimate detail the extraordinary patterns,symmetry and geometry of living plants. Through her lens the abstract and graphic shapes of plants are brought to life, from the humblest seed to the most complex-looking cactus.

Travelling around the world in pursuit of her many projects she has amassed a vast collection of photographs from countries as varied as South Korea,Vietnam, Barbados, Dominica, Finland, Italy, Brazil,India, Madeira and Sierra Leone and, of course,the United Kingdom and the United States. In her own words, "I simply intend within the pages of this book to look at the beauty of plants from a different viewpoint, with the hope that this may encourage others to take a second look at the wonders that exist under our noses-if only I could inspire us all to take better care of them in the future, that would be my dream."

Each chapter of Plantworlds is devoted to a particular continent and starts with an essay by a well known plant enthusiast from that region, including 23m Smit, Dr. Jane Goodall and Daniel J. Hinkley.Following on are over 250 extraordinary colour images from the various world regions. At the back of the book are a series of enlightening captions that reveal some fascinating information about each of the plants featured.

Introduction

AFRICA

ASIA

EUROPE

NORTH AMERICA

OCEANIA

SOUTH AMERICA

Captions

Acknowledgements