Amy Stewart

For more than three decades, this best-selling guide to the practice of vermicomposting has taught people how to use worms to recycle food waste into…

Did you know there are zombie bugs that not only eat other bugs but also inhabit and control their bodies? There’s even a wasp that…

BEWARE! Even horticulture has a dark side. Amy Stewart and Briony Morrow-Cribbs offer up 40 menacing plants in gorgeous, vintage-style botanical illustrations to color. Drawing…

The New York Times-bestselling guide to botany and booze celebrates its 10th anniversary with an updated edition—now including a guide to planting your very own…

In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our…

A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a…

A globe-trotting, behind-the-scenes look at the dazzling world of flowers and the fascinating industry it has created. Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an…

"You know a book is good when you actually welcome one of those howling days of wind and sleet that makes going out next to…

"A treasure trove of delightful stories, filled with wit, wisdom, and know-how for all gardens—a rare horticultural treat." —Carl H. Klaus, author of My Vegetable Love…