Remarkable Trees
Shortlisted at the Garden Media Guild Awards 2020 - Garden Book of the Year. The breathtaking story of trees, complete with exquisite images from their archive and explanations from two Kew experts.
Authors: Christina Harrison and Tony Kirkham. 256pp. Over 180 illustrations. 240 x 186 mm. Hardback, ISBN 9780500021927. Thames and Hudson in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2019.
Trees have long been special to us, not only for their innate beauty and character, but also through the ages they have been central to human existence in numerous ways. They provide us with vital ingredients for life – food, medicine, building materials, resins and spices, even the oxygen we breathe.
Ecologically they are crucial in controlling pollution and moderating climate, and culturally they have great significance in religion, folklore and art. Increasingly, it has also been shown that as well as greening our lives they can improve our health and mental well-being.
More than 60,000 species of trees are found in an amazing variety of forms, sizes and habitats. Every tree has its own story and here are over 60, selected for their particular resonance and connection with humankind – revealing their ecological, historical and cultural significance and representing most of the world’s major zones and climates.
In portraits that combine vivid cultural and historical narrative with a firm scientific grounding, the authors reveal the details of trees from around the world, both familiar and strange – from the timber of mahogany to the delights of chocolate and pomegranate, from the medicinal tea tree to the deadly manchineel, and from fragrant frankincense to the highly prized dragon’s blood tree.
Artists and botanists alike have been inspired by trees for centuries, and a varied and beautiful range of images from the unrivalled archive at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew illustrate the stories, to create this enlightening and enchanting book.
...exquisite book...intricate and expressive illustrations...crowned with intriguing, little-known facts. 5/5. Juanita Coulson, The Lady
Shortlisted at the Garden Media Guild Awards 2020 - Garden Book of the Year
Tony Kirkham is Kew’s former Head of Arboretum, Gardens and Horticultural Services where he and his team managed 14,000 trees and shared their passion for trees with the visitors to Kew. He is the author of several books on horticulture including, as co-author, Wilson's China: A Century On.
Christina Harrison is the former editor of Kew Magazine. She trained as a biologist and botanist, and her books include Bizarre Botany.
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