Viegas Firmino, Ana Maria2018-04-262018-04-2620172538-3876PURE: 3939811PURE UUID: cd99b0aa-6530-4f5c-b2dd-335b26762720crossref: 10.18869/nrip.jsrd.1.1.81http://jsrd.ir/article_46042.htmlUID/SOC/04647/2013“My flower has only four thorns” expresses the vulnerability of plants confronted with a rate of destruction never experienced before, in spite of the valuable functions that they perform and the commercial value that they represent. In a short synthesis, the current article aimed at depicting an array of benefits and uses that flowers offer us, materially and emotionally, and introduce some movements that elect flowers as their symbol of a non-violent ideology.61467243engflowersthe vulnerability of plantspermaculture design systemsymbolnon-violent ideologyjournal article10.18869/nrip.jsrd.1.1.81http://jsrd.ir/article_46042.html