Sylvan Cities (eBook)

An Urban Tree Guide

Helen Babbs (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019 | Main
256 Seiten
Atlantic Books (Verlag)
978-1-78649-365-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Sylvan City is a potted-journey through our cities' woody places and a literary hunt for where their wild things are.
Reviews for Sylvan Cities:
'Clever, pretty, fun and informative - what more can a reader ask for?'
Sara Maitland, author of Gossip From the Forest
'Full of gems; a manifesto for green cities. Babbs will turn us all into urban rangers, an unquiet army of neighbourhood watchers.'
Max Adams, author of Wisdom of Trees
An intricately illustrated journey into the urban forest, Sylvan City is both a practical guide to identifying twenty of the most common trees standing sentry on our street corners, and a lyrical, anecdotal treasure trove of facts and history, culture and leafy lore.
It's certainly possible to appreciate a tree for its beauty, its shade and its shelter without knowing whether it's an alder, an elder, a lime or a beech. But look harder, and we begin to see the beauty beneath the bark - the tales of how trees are integral to medicine and art as they are furniture and firewood; the stories of why wild figs grow on the banks of Sheffield's rivers and why the ash tree is touched with magic and mischief.

Autor

Helen Babbs is a writer, editor and journalist, with a particular interest in urban wildlife. She is the writer of two books, My Garden, the City and Me, which was nominated for two garden writing awards, and Adrift Helen's articles have been published by the Guardian, Telegraph, Sunday Times and New Statesman, among others. She lives in London.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.5.2019
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Schlagworte: adrift • andrea wulf • anna pavord • arborealism • fun facts • jennifer potter • Jenny Uglow • my garden the city and me • Norwegian Wood • Practical Guide • stocking filler • strange blooms • the atlas of remote islands • the brother gardeners • the hidden life of trees • the tree climbers guide • the tulip • tree gazing • tree identification • urban forest
• ISBN-10: 1-78649-365-9 / 1786493659
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78649-365-1 / 9781786493651