Botany of Disire

[MongyMan]

Noticed they include cannabis in the adds for the show.

 

from the abc web site...

About The Program

Flowers. Trees. Plants. We’ve always thought that we controlled them. But what if, in fact, they have been shaping us? Based on Michael Pollan’s best-selling book, The Botany of Desire takes viewers on an eye-opening exploration of the human relationship with the plant world - seen from the plants’ point of view.

 

Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: to make their honey, the bees collect nectar and in the process spread pollen, which contains the flowers’ genes. The Botany of Desire proposes that people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship.

 

The program examines this unique relationship through the stories of four familiar species, relating how they evolved to satisfy humankind’s most basic yearnings. It links fundamental human desires for sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control with the plants that satisfy them — the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato. We learn that we humans are intricately woven into the web of nature, not standing outside it.

 

Peace MM

[Humble_Thinker]

Gotta love Foxtel IQ. Will record and watch this when I can!

[Fibrofeend]

This looks very interesting! Cheers for the heads up MM

[mistyville]

I'm watching the program at the moment. They are talking about tulips. Will have a bong and come back and watch the segment on MJ

[Rose Gardener]

I had someone on Facebook mention this to me yonks ago so I went looking and managed to download it. I still haven't watched it yet though.

[mistyville]

Bugger. The program ended with the tulips. Will watch it next week to see what is said about our beautiful herb

[cone head]

yeah watched this the part bout apples was heaps interesting think the next episode will be about cannabis and potatoes

[The Green Dragon]

haha you beat em to ti! I was just coming on the site to write about this show. I think its worth a watch.

[iamnotacop]

We are it's bitch.... I second that motion

[itchybromusic]

Great 2010 post MM , good book & doco 

for anyone that might have missed the doco or doco rewatchers 

http://www.pbs.org/video/1283872815/ 2hrs