The book that delivers:

In praise of the unruly: no bad plants, no invasive ones or competitors...

They thrive in wastelands, on vacant lots, embankments, sidewalks or eroded fields… They are prickly, smelly, unruly, imported, immigrant, disorderly… Often considered undesirable, these spontaneous plants nevertheless reveal an incredible adaptability to thrive in degraded, infertile and hostile environments. From the poppy to the nightshade, from the groundsel to the bramble, all these bio-indicator “wildlings” have an important role to play! Alain Canet tells us about plants with verve: 50 common species among the most neglected, even hated, of which Florence Gendre gives an intimate vision thanks to her sublime drawings. These ambassadors participate in the regeneration, even the decontamination, of disturbed soils and ecosystems, inviting us to ignore our preconceived ideas about the great plant kingdom. The good herbarium is often under our feet, brought by the wind or the birds, within reach and to be carried for tomorrow.

Finally a different and relevant look at those that we tirelessly exterminate; so-called invasive plants that nevertheless always have positive effects.

This book on weeds is a compendium of permaculture, agronomy, agroforestry and agroecology to regenerate soils and produce living things by translating the ills of the earth into words to do it, prevent it and act instead of curing it!