Edward Bent, writer and educator, has a degree in botany from the University of Hull. He has extensive experience, from research to marketing and promotion. After his teaching experience in East Africa and as a qualified teacher in the UK, he became a founder director of the plant breeding company, Floranova Ltd, UK. After transferring to Italy, he became a self-employed professional providing consultancy work and as a writer, many feature articles were published in leading publications of the trade press, internationally. Also, by two publishers In Italy, a series of books on garden plants, the use of bioactive silicon in agriculture, and plant biodiversity. For years, he was engaged to promote the international status of the Miflor (Fiera Milano) trade exhibition. He also organized inward and outward trade and professional missions in Europe and China. After producing a series of botanical art compositions, exploring spatial relationships in plant communities, he was inspired to research and write this book, reflecting his understanding of plants and the ways of nature. He currently resides in Bergamo, Italy.