Botanical Fervor

After the success of A Cat’s Tale, Laura Agustí returns with a delicately beautiful book: a tribute to nature and the language of plants.

Tired of the stressful city life, Laura and her partner move to a house in Nevà, a small village in the Pyrenees. The plan is to try it for three months before deciding whether to make the move permanent. The plan is to try it for three months before deciding whether to make the move permanent.

Soon, she reconnects with a familiar ecosystem she had nearly forgotten: the landscape of her childhood in the cold lands of Teruel, full of flowers, trees, and plants, and a lineage of women devoted to the love and knowledge of nature who instilled in her a “botanical fervor. Through memories interwoven with stunning illustrations, woodland walks for mushroom picking, projects for her new home, and advice on bringing greenery into our lives, Laura reveals the lush kindness of the plant world.