Best Botany Books for Kids & Adults

The Best Botany Books are there to help you learn more about the plant kingdom

When choosing botany books, decide what you’d like to learn. Botany covers the whole plant kingdom and many topics such as

• Algae
• Lichens
• Moss
• Ferns
• Trees
• Fruiting plants
• Gardening
• Herbalism
• Wild Plants
• Flowers

I’m currently acquiring many books on botany and resources for my upcoming botany unit studies.

They will be Charlotte Mason inspired and secular science and language arts units.

My Nature Unit Studies –

• Forest Biomes and Trees (Now Available)
• Farm & Food
• Family Gardening
• Kids Herbs & Foraging

Best Botany Books for Kids and Adults

For now though, I wanted to share some of my favorites for both kids and adults. One of my favorite things to do with homeschooling is to learn alongside the kids. Be sure to check out some of my favorite Nature books and Waldorf books.

This book list are the botany books that I’ve enjoyed the most. There are likely countless more, and please share your favorites in the comments.

Kids Botany Books (adults can enjoy them too!)

• Botanicum: Welcome to the Museum
• Welcome To The Museum Botanicum Activity Book
• A Botanicum Coloring Book: Special Edition
• Trees: A Rooted History
• Trees, Leaves, Flowers and Seeds: A Visual Encyclopedia of the Plant Kingdom (Smithsonian)
• Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of the Natural World
• Botanicum Postcards (Welcome To The Museum)
• Botany (Waldorf Education Resources)  – for teaching
• National Geographic Readers: Seed to Plant
• The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown-Ups
• A Kid’s Herb Book: For Children of All Ages

Botany Books for Adults

• Practical Botany for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Botanical Terms Explained and Explored
• Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology
• Flora: Inside the Secret World of Plants
• The Botanical Bible: Plants, Flowers, Art, Recipes & Other Home Uses
• Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers
• The Drunken Botanist

Do you have any favorite books on plants?

I have a lot more that are gardening and herbalist specific, but the ones above are a general plant kingdom introduction.