Margot Berwin: Hothouse Flower & the Nine Plants of Desire June 22, 2009

In the heart of New York City, hidden in the back room of an old laundromat, are nine rare and valuable plants. Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire tells the story of this legendary garden, and the distance one woman must travel - from the cold, harsh streets of Manhattan to the lush jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula - to claim what is hers.