The Secret Life Of Plants - Peter Tompkins And Christopher Bird

The Secret Life of Plants is a cult favourite of 1970s fringe science — a sweeping, speculative look at the idea that plants might be far more aware, responsive and interconnected than traditional science gives them credit for. Tompkins and Bird gather experiments, anecdotes and oddball research suggesting that plants can sense human emotions, respond to music, communicate chemically and even show measurable reactions to thought and intention.

The book roams through plant mysticism, bioelectric studies, ancient agricultural wisdom, polygraph experiments, and the possibility of a deeper consciousness running through the natural world. It’s part science reporting, part spiritual inquiry, part wide-eyed curiosity — a blend of fact, fringe, folklore and wonder that treats the plant kingdom as something alive not just physically, but emotionally and energetically, in constant relationship with humans.

It’s dreamy, eccentric, and hugely influential in environmental and countercultural circles — a “what if?” journey into the hidden intelligence of green things.