Arboretum America is, at the very least, the Bible of Trees. But
its ambitions are grander than that.
Author Diana Beresford-Kroeger, a self-described "renegade
scientist," aims for no less than the salvation of the planet --
through the miracle of trees.
There are many books on both subjects. Some warm, some inform,
while others meditate on the disappearance of the forests or the
meaning of trees. Few books, though, touch on all of these subjects
as Arboretum America does.
Bereford's remedy, what she calls the Bioplan, commences with a
simple directive: know thy trees. Most important, this revolution
must start, not with governments and sweeping legislation, but with
"ordinary people with an acorn and a shovel."
As E.O. Wilson writes in his foreword to Arboretum America,
Beresford-Kroeger is a poet and naturalist by calling, "both
druidical and scientific in literary expression." So, too, is her
Bioplan, which in spirit and letter covers all aspects of trees,
from their history and use by Native Americans, to their organic
care, their medicinal and therapeutic properties, design and
horticultural considerations, and the magic spell they cast over
us. Arboretum America is, essentially, a holistic approach to
trees, and it suggests that trees, if properly understood and
planted, will someday restore the forest primeval.
Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a botanist, medical and agricultural
researcher, lecturer, and self-defined "renegade scientist" in the
fields of classical botany, medical biochemistry, organic
chemistry, and nuclear chemistry. She lives in Ontario,
Canada.
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