Trees, wildflowers and plants Books

Frolic in a fungal forest, repose upon a toadstool, honour the amanita, whisper to the chanterelle, power up your foraging game, and bask in buttery morel righteousness. Tease your tastebuds and expand your consciousness as you colour these lush...

An illustrated mini-encyclopedia about the weird and wonderful world of lichensLichenpedia is a delightfully entertaining and beautifully illustrated AZ treasury about the strange, obscure, and remarkable world of lichens, from their unique and essential...

A richly illustrated guide to lichens and their biology.Existing at the margins of life, lichens are the result of symbiotic relationships between fungi and photosynthesising partners in the form of algae or cyanobacteria. Comprising more than twenty...

A gardener's pandemic journal that combines memoir with an exploration of the natural world both inside and outside the garden.In March 2020, Margot Anne Kelley was watching seeds germinate in her greenhouse. At high risk from illness, the planning,...

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world's trees.Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly written and beautifully illustrated throughout with colour...

The hidden role of fungi inside and all around us.From beneficial yeasts that aid digestion to toxic molds that cause disease, we are constantly navigating a world filled with fungi. Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines explores the amazing ways fungi...

Identify Arizona succulents with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by shape and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information.Learn about a variety of cactus species in Arizona. With this famous field guide by Nora Bowers, Rick Bowers,...

** Longlisted, 2023 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award **The Plant Thieves reveals remarkable stories from the National Herbarium of New South Wales - its people, its archives and its most guarded specimens.Who gets to collect plants, name them,...

The Lives of Seaweeds presents an inside look at the remarkable world of seaweeds and other algae. Coming in all colours, shapes, and sizes, from unicellular and bioluminescent algae to giant kelps, seaweeds and algae are omnipresent, forming the basis...

An exploration of the history, folklore and medicinal uses of thirty Native European trees.In this beautifully illustrated book, which uses the author's own photographs, Christina Stapley provides a thorough and deep appreciation of trees as she...

The masterpiece we have all been waiting for in this classic text from the 60s, Ergot Alkaloids comes to life in the English translation of Albert Hofmann's historic encyclopedia of Ergot Alkaloids and their derivatives.This title is a detailed account...

An invaluable reference for beginners and experienced enthusiasts alike!Beginners will love this book for its pictorial and concise approach to growing, grouping and caring for succulents and cacti to make them thrive. Experienced succulents enthusiasts...

'In the gloom of the forest floor, fallen branches are sheathed with fungal stripes of yellow and purple. But beneath the colourful surface, the fallen litter is alive with the clandestine workings of fungi.'What can we learn from the lives of fungi?...

Flower farmer Beth Syphers is rooted in the garden and her sister Sarah Kuenzi is a baker and chef. In their blog Furrow & Flour they, along with several of their siblings, post about their common passion for blooms, baking, and all things cosy and...

Zadok Ben-David is an award-winning artist who lives and works in London and is widely acclaimed for his sculptures, installations and public artworks. He explores themes linked to human nature and evolution.His work is often referred to as poetic and...

A Foundational Conservation Story RevivedAncient writers observed that forests always recede as civilizations develop and grow. The great Roman poet Ovid wrote that before civilization began, "even the pine tree stood on its own very hills" but when...

When did the British Government become the world's largest drugs pusher? What tree is frequently used to treat cancer? Which everyday condiment is the most widely traded spice on the planet?Plants are an indispensable part of our everyday life. From the...

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook brings together the combined knowledge of Kew experts in a guide to the commonly encountered plants of temperate regions.The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a centre of expertise for cultivating a...

There is more to St Helena than an exiled emperor; the tiny island in the middle of the wild South Atlantic Ocean has a rich garden heritage and an extraordinarily diverse flora, both exotic and endemic. This was the consequence of St Helena being the...

Meadow explores the intimate and complex relationship between people, place and plants which, over many centuries, has shaped the colour and character of the classic hay meadows of the British Isles.The surviving hay meadows of the British Isles are an...

Jan Hendrix is a Dutch-born, Mexico-based contemporary artist. His work is all about observation and analysis; nature and its diff erent ways of representing and telling extended stories, often in a non- linear narrative. Based on an exhibition...

The story of how England's iconic tree the oak - has shaped the landscape over the past 1000 years Combining history with science, this is the first detailed study into why England has more ancient native oak trees than the rest of Europe combined New...

Southern Spain, and in particular Andalucia, is hope to many common garden plants, including daffodils, lavenders, and shrubs. At the same time, it is one of the most florally diverse regions in the world. This book covers that spectrum, from the...

As humans adapt to a changing climate and planet, there is a pressing need for wild plant seed banks, and an urgent effort to conserve all plant diversity. Kew's Millennium Seed Bank is a unique, global asset. The largest seed bank of its kind in the...

Forage all across the country with this informative guide to 274 edible plants, presented by expert Green Deane.Eating wild edibles is in our genes, and it can be healthy fun! It's seasonal, sufficient, varied, and provides plenty of nutrients. It yields...

Trees have been deliberately connected with houses since they were introduced as a prominent part of architectural design. The relationships of contiguity between houses and trees have existed since ancient times. However, at the end of the 19th century...

Trees of New Guinea is the essential companion to anyone studying or working in the region, including botanists, conservation workers, ecologists and zoologists.The island of New Guinea is the most oristically diverse island in the world with an...

For the first time, this extraordinary compilation showcases weird, mysterious and bizarre plants from around the world.Plants trick, kill, steal and kidnap, and this unique book explores a fascinating world in which plants have turned the tables on...

Sunflowers are the most recognizable members of the world's largest family of plants, Asteraceae, which includes lettuce, chrysanthemums, asters, dahlias and weeds. The sunflower family is found in almost all habitats, from the driest deserts through...

The extraordinary palm: diverse, prolific, essential, symbolic and often sacred, exotic - and at times erotic - exploited and controversial. The signature plant of the tropics and subtropics, these record-breaking botanicals produce the world's biggest...

Has a group of plants ever inspired such love in some, and such hatred in others, as rhododendrons? Their propensity towards sexual infidelity makes them popular with horticultural breeders, and early plant collectors faced mortal peril to bring stunning...

In Poppy  Andrew Lack explores all aspects of one of our most familiar but declining flowers, combining history and biology with symbolic associations and connections with the arts. He describes why the poppy is so intimately associated with war...

Carnations permeate our culture from the wedding bed to the funeral wreath. Derided in Shakespeare as 'nature's bastards', they challenged the tulip as the florist's favourite flower, and went on to give their blessing to both a military coup and a Soho...

For readers of Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire and Mark Kurlansky's Salt.The story of orchards is a human story. It is also a story of how humans have bent and shaped nature to our tastes and desires for millennia.In Taming Fruit, award-winning...

In House + Flower, Cynthia Zamaria immerses the readerin her creative process sharing how she infuses gardens, flowers and other elements of nature into sensitive home design.Through engaging photography and a welcoming narrative, this book inspires us...

Tree With Golden Apples is a collection of twelve evocative stories drawn from world myths that reveal both the beauty and truth offered to humans by the plant kingdom. Susan Strauss, a renowned professional storyteller, and educator, begins each section...

Identify Texas wildflowers with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information.With this famous field guide by Nora Bowers, Rick Bowers, and Stan Tekiela, you can make wildflower...

Learn to identify Indiana trees with this handy field guide, organized by leaf type and attachment.With this famous field guide by award-winning author and naturalist Stan Tekiela, you can make tree identification simple, informative, and productive...

Practice radical mycology and learn mushroom loreDiscover the glorious world of mushrooms, lichens, and micro fungi, as described by Peter McCoy, one of today's foremost experts in the field. Covering the essential information and skills for...

Fairy gardens are enjoying an astonishing surge in popularity and now you can begin making your own enchanting miniature landscapes, complete with pint-sized accessories, diminutive plants, and quaint fairy figures. Gardeners Julie Bawden-Davis and...

Comps in this space have been trending up, The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible (2016) had its best year ever in 2018 and averages 200 copies per week on NPD Mushrooms are becoming less stigmatized. In spring 2019, Denver residents will be able to vote on...

A quirky and reverent romp through nature with an irreverently funny guide."Among nature writers now working, Charles Hood may be my favorite. He never stops telling stories, and his perspective is fundamentally comic, even when he's recounting a tragedy...

How afforestation reveals the often-concealed politics between humans and plantsIn Plant Life, Rosetta S. Elkin explores the procedures of afforestation, the large-scale planting of trees in otherwise treeless environments, including grasslands,...

A radical proposal for how a tiny organism can transform our understanding of human relationsServing as both a guide and companion publication to the conceptual art project of the same name, The Lichen Museum explores how the physiological...

This book is for everyone from novices to advanced herbalists and contains everything you need to know to source elderberries and make the most potent and delicious natural remedies and treats. Used for centuries to fight illness, elderberries'...

Learn how to create and maintain your own underwater ecosystem. Aquascaping is the art of arranging underwater plant life in aesthetically pleasing displays. From the brilliance of Takashi Amano and numerous other innovators, planted tanks have become...

Learn how to find tasty and ecofriendly food in the wild.As consumerism and a meat-heavy, processed diet become the norm and the world's population continues to grow at an exponential rate, more and more people are looking toward a more sustainable path...

The cool temperate waters around Britain and Ireland contain a huge variety of marine life and the sea anemones and corals, the Anthozoa, are some of the brightest and most attractive of all the groups of animals that live in them. Anemones and corals...