Talk and Book Signing — “Palmiers — Au cœur de l'écorce,” the new book by Cédric Pollet

Featuring 350 species and more than 800 photos taken in the world’s largest botanical collections, this book offers a fabulous journey into the heart of an iconic family. A botanical reference and an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Few trees possess such a diversity of shapes, textures, and colors. Nicknamed the “princes of the plant kingdom,” palm trees have displayed extraordinary ingenuity for millions of years. Often reduced to their exotic image, they nevertheless reveal, through the lens of photographer Cédric Pollet, an unsuspected diversity of bark, of rare beauty. The result of more than three years of travel and research among the world’s largest palm collections, this book brings together nearly 340 species and varieties through 800 photographs of remarkable visual impact, where science and art interact in perfect harmony. At once a photographic work, a botanical reference, and an inexhaustible source of inspiration, *Palmiers* reveals the full splendor of this iconic plant family.