The Company of Trees - A Year in a Lifetime's Quest

'The master. Puts all other modern tree-writers in the shade' John Lewis-Stempel, author of Meadowland Thomas 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.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Pakenham, Pakenham Thomas
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781474606790
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-0679-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; GARDENING / Trees, Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists, GARDENING / Essays & Narratives, Gardening: plants and cultivation guides, Gardening: shrubs & trees