“Deep down I suspect that many gardeners regard themselves as minor-league alchemists, transforming the dross of compost (and water and sunlight) into substances of rare value and beauty and power.”― Michael Pollan, This Is Your Mind on Plants

A brilliant read that is very enjoyable if you love flowers, plants, and natural history!

Michael Pollan does a deep dive on three plants that are well known to us: opium, caffeine, and mescaline. In This Is Your Mind on Plants, he uncovers the history of these plants and explores how cultures have grown with them. I loved his first-person accounts of growing these plants and consuming them to record his experience for us.