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Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland (Paperback): Lisa Schneidau Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland (Paperback)
Lisa Schneidau
R333 R302 Discovery Miles 3 020 Save R31 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of plant folklore and wisdom, from the magical yew tree to the bad-tempered dandelion. Here are traditional tales about the trees and plants that shape our landscapes and our lives through the seasons. They explore the complex relationship between people and plants, in lowlands and uplands, fields, bogs, moors, woodlands and towns. Suitable for all ages, this is an essential collection of stories for anyone interested in botany, the environment and our living heritage.

The Well-Gardened Mind - The Restorative Power of Nature (Hardcover): Sue Stuart-Smith The Well-Gardened Mind - The Restorative Power of Nature (Hardcover)
Sue Stuart-Smith
R771 R682 Discovery Miles 6 820 Save R89 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hidden Geometry of Flowers - Living Rhythms, Form and Number (Paperback): Keith Critchlow The Hidden Geometry of Flowers - Living Rhythms, Form and Number (Paperback)
Keith Critchlow; Foreword by The Prince Of Wales
R1,122 R943 Discovery Miles 9 430 Save R179 (16%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Can we imagine a world without flowers? Flowers are beautiful, offering us delight in their colour, fragrance and form, as well as their medicinal benefits. Flowers also speak to us in the language of the plant form itself, as cultural symbols in different societies, and at the highest levels of inspiration. In this beautiful and original book, renowned thinker and geometrist Keith Critchlow has chosen to focus on an aspect of flowers that has received perhaps the least attention. This is the flower as teacher of symmetry and geometry (the 'eternal verities', as Plato called them). In this sense, he says, flowers can be treated as sources of remembering -- a way of recalling our own wholeness, as well as awakening our inner power of recognition and consciousness. What is evident in the geometry of the face of a flower can remind us of the geometry that underlies all existence. Working from his own flower photographs and with every geometric pattern hand-drawn, the author reviews the role of flowers within the perspective of our relationship with the natural world. His illuminating study is an attempt to re-engage the human spirit in its intimate relation with all nature.

Guide to the non-native invasive plants of Britain and Ireland 2019 (Paperback): Rebecca Farley-Brown Guide to the non-native invasive plants of Britain and Ireland 2019 (Paperback)
Rebecca Farley-Brown; Illustrated by Lizzie Harper
R146 Discovery Miles 1 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Insect Garden - The Best Plants For Bees & Bumblebees, Butterflies, Hoverflies & Other Insects (Hardcover): Michael John... The Insect Garden - The Best Plants For Bees & Bumblebees, Butterflies, Hoverflies & Other Insects (Hardcover)
Michael John Seabrook
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hidden Life of Trees - What They Feel, How They CommunicateA Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover): Peter Wohlleben The Hidden Life of Trees - What They Feel, How They CommunicateA Discoveries from a Secret World (Hardcover)
Peter Wohlleben; Foreword by Tim Flannery 4
R691 R513 Discovery Miles 5 130 Save R178 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous entanglement that will make you acknowledge your own entanglement in the ancient and ever-new web of being."--Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast Are trees social beings? In this international bestseller, forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also shares his deep love of woods and forests, explaining the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in his woodland. After learning about the complex life of trees, a walk in the woods will never be the same again. Includes a Note From a Forest Scientist, by Dr.Suzanne Simard

Chester County Mushroom Farming (Hardcover): Bruce Edward Mowday Chester County Mushroom Farming (Hardcover)
Bruce Edward Mowday
R781 R686 Discovery Miles 6 860 Save R95 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Plants and Habitats - An Introduction to Common Plants and Their Habitats in Britain and Ireland (Paperback): Ben Averis Plants and Habitats - An Introduction to Common Plants and Their Habitats in Britain and Ireland (Paperback)
Ben Averis
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Plants and Habitats combines the species and habitat approaches to plants and vegetation. Most of it is an identification guide to 700 plant species selected as those which are common, conspicuous or useful ecological indicators; species which collectively make up most of the vegetation in Britain and Ireland. There is also a separate habitats section describing the flora, ecology and management of habitats. With this combination of approaches Plants and Habitats aims to help people understand our vegetation at all scales, from individual plants to whole landscapes. The structure and plain English writing style are designed to help with species identification by non-specialists.Plants and Habitats is illustrated throughout with colour photos and some line drawings. For those working with habitat classifications, National Vegetation Classification (NVC) codes are incorporated throughout and there are summary tables cross-referencing various classifications. The book is written for a wide readership including those working or training in subjects connected with ecology, conservation, land management, and other environmental matters.

London Tree Walks - Arboreal Ambles Around the Green Metropolis (Paperback): Paul Wood London Tree Walks - Arboreal Ambles Around the Green Metropolis (Paperback)
Paul Wood
R495 R466 Discovery Miles 4 660 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Paul Wood's brilliant and acclaimed London's Street Trees sold out three printings in its first edition, is a fixture in London's bookshops and museum and gallery gift shops, and was republished in Spring 2020 in a new, revised and expanded edition. One of its most popular features is the handful of 'tree walks' at the back, while the author is still leading his own guided 'street tree walks' every weekend somewhere in the capital. So now here is a whole book of tree walks around the capital - some for an hour or two, others for an afternoon, and several to while away a whole day. They take you to Ealing and Highgate, to see nineteenth-century London Planes lining the Embankment, newly-planted Persian Silk Trees in Brockley, and a whole Dawn Redwood forest at Canary Wharf - while pointing out the architecture and social and natural history along the way. You'll find trees taking you to the haunts of Seventies rock stars, in search of a long-buried circus elephant, and to some London's highest ground with the most stunning views over the capital.

Seasonality - A personal account of nature through the seasons (Paperback): Ian Parsons Seasonality - A personal account of nature through the seasons (Paperback)
Ian Parsons
R571 Discovery Miles 5 710 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Seasonality is an uplifting look at British wildlife through the seasons of the year, but it is also about our relationship with that wildlife. The author, a keen and passionate naturalist, takes us on a journey through spring, summer, autumn and winter, and on this journey we look at how our wildlife lives throughout the year, how it adapts and changes as necessary. The author shares how wildlife makes him feel, how he derives joy and a sense of well-being from the wildlife he sees and describes. But he also shares his frustration at how some of our actions and land management impact on our increasingly pressurised wildlife. It shares the delight of watching birds in the garden, fox cubs in the countryside and peregrines in the city. It shares the sadness of seeing stuffed examples of extinct birds, the anger at the mismanagement of potentially wildlife-rich hedgerows, and the confusion and contradiction of the management of our so-called natural spaces. It is a book of delights and frustrations, but above all hope and celebration. Whether it is the flash of bright yellow butterfly wings signalling that spring has arrived, the slicing of the air by sickle-shaped swifts telling us that summer has come, the wonderful show of colour that the leaves of trees display in the autumn, or the deep-throated chuckle of fieldfares gleaning berries in the winter, the seasons are full of life and this book describes them in vivid detail. The role of the seasons in our own lives may have diminished, but for wildlife the seasons are everything, they are the framework within which everything happens. Seasonality is your guide, through a naturalist's eyes and thoughts, to the incredible journey of the four seasons. The seasons of the year roll on regardless, an endless cycle that dictates the rhythm of life.

The Pollen Landscape (Hardcover): Joss Bartlet The Pollen Landscape (Hardcover)
Joss Bartlet
R983 Discovery Miles 9 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Pocket-Size Version of Some Violets of Eastern Japan - 2nd Edition (Hardcover): Daniel H. Wieczorek, Kazuya Numazawa A Pocket-Size Version of Some Violets of Eastern Japan - 2nd Edition (Hardcover)
Daniel H. Wieczorek, Kazuya Numazawa
R782 Discovery Miles 7 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Language of Flowers Gift Book (Hardcover): Mandy Kirkby, Vanessa Diffenbaugh The Language of Flowers Gift Book (Hardcover)
Mandy Kirkby, Vanessa Diffenbaugh 1
R463 R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Save R41 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A flower is not a flower alone; A thousand thoughts invest it' All over the world, flowers are an integral part of human culture whether it is the perfect table centre for a wedding, a beautiful bouquet for a birthday, a message of thanks, or to pay one's respect at a funeral. But, while everyone knows that red roses signify love, few may realise that an entire language of flowers exists with every bloom, folliage and plant having a particular emotion attached, be it hazel for reconcilliation, wisteria for welcome or ivy for fidelity. This unique language was created by the romantic early Victorians who carefully planned every bouquet and posy so as to deliver a desired message. Bringing the language to a new generation, this beautifully illustrated miscellany contains fifty profiled flowers, a dictionary searchable by emotion, and ideas for creating bouquets and arrangements for specific occasions. This gift book is a novel present that any flower lover will want to own.

The Cruise Of The Corwin - Legacy Edition - The Muir Journal Of The 1881 Sailing Expedition To Alaska And The Arctic... The Cruise Of The Corwin - Legacy Edition - The Muir Journal Of The 1881 Sailing Expedition To Alaska And The Arctic (Hardcover, Legacy ed.)
John Muir
R932 Discovery Miles 9 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Plant Forage Make (Paperback): Rebecca Desnos Plant Forage Make (Paperback)
Rebecca Desnos
R579 Discovery Miles 5 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Poisoned Land - Vegetation of Disturbed and Polluted Areas in Pakistan (Hardcover): Muhammad Shafiq Poisoned Land - Vegetation of Disturbed and Polluted Areas in Pakistan (Hardcover)
Muhammad Shafiq
R808 R744 Discovery Miles 7 440 Save R64 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ecology of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Forests (Hardcover, illustrated edition): F. Rodaa, J. Retana, Carlos A. Gracia, Juan... Ecology of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Forests (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
F. Rodaa, J. Retana, Carlos A. Gracia, Juan Bellot
R2,607 Discovery Miles 26 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Used by humans since ancient times, evergreen oak forests still cover extensive mountain areas of the Mediterranean Basin. These broadleaved evergreen forests occupy a transitional zone between the cool-temperate deciduous forest biome and the drier Mediterranean pine forests and shrublands. Slow growing and casting a deep shade, the sclerophyllous holm oak ("Quercus ilex") absolutely dominates the closed canopy of many Mediterranean evergreen oak forests. This is a synthesis of 20 years of research on the structure, function, and dynamics of holm oak forests in two intensively studied experimental areas in Spain. By combining observational measurements at the leaf, tree, plot, and catchment scales with field experiments and modelling, the authors explore how these forests cope with strong water limitation and repeated disturbances.

Guide to flowers of walks and waysides 2017 (Hardcover): Rebecca Farley-Brown Guide to flowers of walks and waysides 2017 (Hardcover)
Rebecca Farley-Brown; Illustrated by Lizzie Harper
R150 Discovery Miles 1 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Schoolbook of Forestry (Hardcover): Charles Lathrop Pack The Schoolbook of Forestry (Hardcover)
Charles Lathrop Pack; Edited by 1stworld Library
R617 Discovery Miles 6 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Our forests, with their billions of trees, are the backbone of agriculture, the skeleton of lumbering, and the heart of industry. Even now, in spite of their depletion, they are the cream of our natural resources. They furnish wood for the nation, pasture for thousands of cattle and sheep, and water supply for countless cities and farms. They are the dominions of wild life. Millions of birds, game animals, and fish live in the forests and the forest streams. The time is coming when our forests will be the greatest playgrounds of America. It is necessary that we preserve, protect, and expand our timberlands. By so doing we shall provide for the needs of future generations.

The Heartbeat of Trees (Paperback): Peter Wohlleben The Heartbeat of Trees (Paperback)
Peter Wohlleben
R307 R280 Discovery Miles 2 800 Save R27 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER,THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES 'A simultaneously stimulating and soothing blend of nature writing and science ... Strongly encourages tree hugging for our own, human sake' Guardian Summer Reads 2021 A powerful return to the forest, where trees have heartbeats and roots are like brains that extend underground. Where the colour green calms us, and the forest sharpens our senses. In The Heartbeat of Trees, renowned forester Peter Wohlleben draws on new scientific discoveries to show how humans are deeply connected to the natural world. In an era of climate change, many of us fear we've lost our connection to nature, but Wohlleben is convinced that age-old ties linking humans to the forest remain alive and intact. We just have to know where to look. Drawing on science and cutting-edge research, The Heartbeat of Trees reveals the profound interactions humans can have with nature, exploring: the language of the forest the consciousness of plants and the eroding boundary between flora and fauna A perfect book to take with you into the woods, The Heartbeat of Trees shares how to see, feel, smell, hear, and even taste the forest. Peter Wohlleben, renowned for his ability to write about trees in an engaging and moving way, reveals a wondrous cosmos where humans are a part of nature, and where conservation and environmental activism is not just about saving trees, it's about saving ourselves, too.

Around the World in 50 Trees - A Jigsaw Puzzle (Game): Jonathan Drori Around the World in 50 Trees - A Jigsaw Puzzle (Game)
Jonathan Drori; Illustrated by Lucille Clerc
R498 Discovery Miles 4 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A 1000-PIECE JIGSAW FOR NATURE LOVERS - Piece together a living, breathing world of trees and fill the gaps in your knowledge as you go with a comprehensive poster guide BESTSELLING AUTHOR - Text by tree expert Jonathan Drori CBE, the author of the bestselling book Around the World in 80 Trees, and upcoming Around the World in 80 Plants HOURS OF COSY FUN - Learn about 50 trees from around the world - all from the comfort of home! THE PERFECT GIFT - Illustration-led, highly finished jigsaw and illustrated poster for maximum gift appeal AMAZING ARTWORK - Lucille Clerc's intricately drawn world is bursting with minute detail Finished puzzle measures 48.5 x 68 cm (19 x 27 in.) Discover the world in 50 trees! From the beech forests of southern Sweden to the North African argan trees - goats aloft in their branches - passing by India's sacred banyan, the Hawaiian koa, and right down to Australia's jarrah.

Psilocybin Mushrooms - 3 in 1: How to Grow Psychedelic Magic Mushrooms, Safe Use, and Basic Mushroom Identification... Psilocybin Mushrooms - 3 in 1: How to Grow Psychedelic Magic Mushrooms, Safe Use, and Basic Mushroom Identification (Hardcover)
Bil Harret
R974 Discovery Miles 9 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dream Divination Plants - In Northwestern European Traditions (Paperback): Corinne Boyer Dream Divination Plants - In Northwestern European Traditions (Paperback)
Corinne Boyer
R430 R401 Discovery Miles 4 010 Save R29 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The History of Domestic Plant Medicine (Paperback): Gabrielle Hatfield The History of Domestic Plant Medicine (Paperback)
Gabrielle Hatfield
R401 R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Save R35 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The debt medicine owes to botany is not commonly appreciated. In the past, medicine relied almost entirely on plants, and even today, many western medicines are plant derived. Despite this, historians have largely neglected the study of domestic medicine, practised by the ordinary person and passed down through generations, in favour of 'official medicine'. The History of Domestic Plant Medicine brings together manuscripts, letters, diaries, personal oral interviews and other primary evidence to produce a detailed picture of the medicinal use of native plants in Britain from 1700 to the present day. Recording for posterity this neglected aspect of our heritage, it is a valuable contribution to the study of the folklore of modern Britain and a fascinating piece of social history.

Wildflowers of Interior Alaska (Hardcover): Daniel H. Wieczorek, Kazuya Numazawa Wildflowers of Interior Alaska (Hardcover)
Daniel H. Wieczorek, Kazuya Numazawa
R1,158 Discovery Miles 11 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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