![]() The film was made up of multiple plants shot throughout their growth cycle using time lapse photography, with plants quickly growing and, with some extreme 70s vibes, reach out to one another before bursting into flowers and mushrooms. ![]() The best selling book would later go on to be made into a documentary film, The Secret Life of Plants, directed by Walon Green. In the book, Tompkins and Bird write about a number of experiments with plants with claims that they revealed unusual and mystical powers associated with plants, such plant sentience and the ability of plants to communicate with other creatures, including humans. ![]() ![]() ![]() They clean the air, help with humidity, and bring calm to any space - but did you know that in the 70s it was also thought that plants could catch you in a lie, communicate with distant galaxies and even react to our emotions?Īt least that's what writers and Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird propose in their 1973 book The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man. It's a pretty well known fact by now that plants are more than just nice things to look at. ![]()
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