The Company of Trees

'The master. Puts all other modern tree-writers in the shade' John Lewis-Stempel, author of MeadowlandThomas Pakenham is an indefatigable champion of trees. In The Company of Trees he recounts his personal quest to establish a large arboretum on the family estate, Tullynally in Ireland; his forays to other tree-filled parks and plantations; his often hazardous seed-hunting expeditions; and his efforts to preserve magnificent old trees and historic woodlands.Whether writing about the terrible storms breaking the backs of hundred-year-old trees or a fire in the peat bog on Tullynally which threatens to spread to the main commercial spruce-woods, his fear of climate change and disease, or the sturdy young saplings giving him hope for the future, his book is never less than enthralling.

ISBN:	9781474606790
Publisher:	Orion
Imprint:	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published date:	19 Oct 2017
DEWEY:	582.16
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	243 , 16 unnumbered of plates
Weight:	274g
Height:	131mm
Width:	198mm
Spine width:	22mm

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