In Defense of Plants

An Exploration into the Wonder of Plants

De: Matt Candeias PhD

Narrado por: Matthew Boston

In his debut book, internationally recognized blogger and podcaster Matt Candeias celebrates the nature of plants and the extraordinary world of plant organisms.

A botanist's defense. Since his early days of plant restoration, this amateur plant scientist has been enchanted with flora and the greater environmental ecology of the planet. Now, he looks at the study of plants through the lens of his ever-growing houseplant collection.

The ruthless, horny, and wonderful nature of plants. Understand how plants evolve and live on Earth with a never-before-seen look into their daily drama. In this book, Candeias explores the incredible ways plants live, fight, have sex, and conquer new territory. Whether a blossoming botanist or a professional plant scientist, In Defense of Plants is for anyone who sees plant organisms as more than just static backdrops to more charismatic life forms.

In this easily accessible introduction to the incredible world of plants, you'll find fantastic botanical histories and plant symbolism, passionate stories of flora diversity and scientific names of plants, and personal tales of plantsman discovery through the study of plants.

©2021 Matt Candeias (P)2021 Tantor

Wonder, is ready to bloom.

In 23 years of being a native plant nerd, I couldn’t have said it better with another 27 years of trying.

Wonder, is ready to bloom.

Thought provoking

If this doesn’t get you worried, concerned, and fired about about plant conservation, nothing will.

Listen to his podcast of the same name!!

Enjoyable, accessible read for plant nerds

I heard about this book from the author’s podcast of the same name. Like the podcast, it opens up the world of botany and the role it plays in ecological preservation to lay people like myself, who has a keen but untrained interest in climate change and habitat loss. Most importantly, it’s entertaining and inspiring.

overall easy to follow and enjoyable.

a little lacking in technical detail and the science aspects I was thinking it would have more of. otherwise an excellent listen

Great book

I loved Matt's story, and it is very informative.


I rarely complain about narration, I can hear his inhale paragraph. It does get alittle annoying. I wish Matt had narrated this book. I love his podcast and voice.

For nature lovers and everyone 🌿🍃🌵🌳🎍

A great read from an author I had not known I had listened to before. A necessary read on plants. Has really helped me in helping me advance in my career goals of being an environmental scientist.

Fantastic book

The book itself was fantastic, my only wish was that Matt had narrated it himself. The narrator wasn't bad per say but Matt brings an enthusiasm when he talks that just can't be replicated.

I really loved this book

I listen to the ‘in defense of plants’ podcast and was eagerly waiting for this book. It did not disappoint me a bit. He covered so many interesting things about plants. It was so full of information that I plan to read it again in the near future. If you have any interest in plants, please do yourself a favor and read this book. If you aren’t interested in plants, read it anyway the book may change your mind.

In defense of my opinion

I love plants, but I felt like I didn’t know enough about them. This book seemed like a good time to get down and understand them a bit better. I was not disappointed, the narrator speaks clearly the entire time and the vocabulary didn’t require a master’s degree to understand. I will be thinking about this book for a long time and will likely come back to it.

A brilliant book for plant lovers

The author collects great examples and explores them, hoping you'll get hooked on plants. And he succeeds, although I was already a plant lover. The examples are brilliant. I even discovered why the common blackberry I often fight in the landscape is so successful. Who knew that fish disperse seeds?
If you like botany and plants, get this book. You'll learn a great deal. I listened to the main plant chapters twice.
The narration is solid. I hope I'm this happy with all of my book purchases in 2021.