Deni Bown

Deni Bown (born 1944) is a British author of more than a dozen books, photographer, botanist, horticulturist, and environmentalist. Her best known book is The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses (1995; 2nd edition 2000). In 2002 she received the Gertrude B. Foster Award for Excellence in Herbal Literature from the Herb Society of America. Quotes Undoubtedly the major edible Araceae aroids—taro, Xanthosoma sagittifolium tannia (cocoyam), Alocasia macrorrhizos giant taro, Cyrtosperma merkusii swamp taro, elephant yam, and Amorphophallus konjac konjac—could play a more important part in the food production and economies of Tropics tropical countries if they received more attention from Plant breeding plant breeder plant breeders and agronomists. Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family 2nd Timber Press 2000 9780881924855 https://books.google.com/books?id=vIbwAAAAMAAJ&q=cocoyam 272 (392 pages; 1st edition 1988; 3rd edition 2025) The Hebrew name for Myrtus communis myrtle is Hadass hadas, meaning 'sweetness', from which we get the Esther girl's name Esther.Myrtle also symbolizes love. Its use in Flower bouquet#Wedding Bouquets wedding bouquets may have come from ancient Greece and Rome or from the Ancient Near East Middle-East. There is a tradition that the sprigs of myrtle in the bouquet should be planted in the newly weds' garden and if they root then the marriage will be a success. Alba: The Book of White Flowers Unwin Hyman 1989 9780044403753 https://books.google.com/books/about/Alba.html?id=oOtEAAAAYAAJ&q=lady+diana 46 (160 pages) When chosen for their color and texture, herbs need not look out of place among other Ornamental plant garden plants. Popular garden plants, such as Centaurea cyanus cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), Monarda bergamots, Calendula officinalis marigolds, and Tropaeolum majus nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus) are easily accommodated in a Herbaceous border mixed border. Garden Herbs Eyewitness garden handbooks New York DK (publisher) DK Publishing 1998 9780789423979 https://books.google.com/books/about/Garden_Herbs.html?id=28RZAAAAYAAJ&q=cornflowers 13 (176 pages) 4 Gardens in One (1992) There are only three Botanical garden botanic gardens in Great Britain which date back to the 17th century: University of Oxford Botanic Garden Oxford (1621), Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Edinburgh (1670) and the Chelsea Physic Garden (1673). (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Kew, the country's only other Royal Botanic Garden, began in 1759.) 4 Gardens in One: The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh H.M. Stationery Office 1992 9780114942106 https://books.google.com/books?id=mPQfAQAAIAAJ&q=Chelsea 2 (211 pages) An excellent teacher and a brilliant botanist with a wide range of interest, John Hope (botanist) John Hope encouraged students to explore and record the Flora of Scotland Scottish flora, and awarded a gold medal annually for the best herbarium (collection of pressed plants). p. 8 External links Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:Botanists from England Category:Environmentalists from England Category:Non-fiction authors from England Category:Photographers from England Category:Women authors from England Category:Women born in the 1940s