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Beschreibung

Marking the 800th anniversary of the Forest Charter, award-winning botanical artist Christina Hart-Davies celebrates our long relationship with trees. Since pre-historic times they have provided us with shelter, fuel, medicine, food and even the air we breathe. They have tanned leather, dyed cloth and made everything from cathedrals to clothes-pegs. We have told stories about them, admired their magnificent beauty and woven them into our spiritual lives. Following A Wild Plant Year, which recorded the folklore and cultural history of our native wildflowers, in The Greenwood Trees Christina looks at the history, folklore and virtues of our native trees - and a few well-known introductions too - all illustrated with her exquisitely detailed watercolour paintings.

We have relied on trees throughout our history. We still do, and we always will. Touch wood.

· Which tree provides a talisman supposed to protect against lightning?

· Which firewood burns best, even when green?

· Which tree should you plant by the dairy and the privy to deter flies?

Marking the 800th anniversary of the Forest Charter, award-winning botanical artist Christina Hart-Davies celebrates our long relationship with trees. Since pre-historic times they have provided us with shelter, fuel, medicine, food and even the air we breathe. They have tanned leather, dyed cloth and made everything from cathedrals to clothes-pegs. We have told stories about them, admired their magnificent beauty and woven them into our spiritual lives. Following A Wild Plant Year, which recorded the folklore and cultural history of our native wildflowers, in The Greenwood Trees Christina looks at the history, folklore and virtues of our native trees - and a few well-known introductions too - all illustrated with her exquisitely detailed watercolour paintings.

We have relied on trees throughout our history. We still do, and we always will. Touch wood.

· Which tree provides a talisman supposed to protect against lightning?

· Which firewood burns best, even when green?

· Which tree should you plant by the dairy and the privy to deter flies?

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Garten & Natur
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781909747401
ISBN-10: 1909747408
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hart-Davies, Christina
Hersteller: Two Rivers Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 202 x 200 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Christina Hart-Davies
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.09.2018
Gewicht: 0,272 kg
Artikel-ID: 114325856