How to Read a Tree
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Description
> Do two trees ever appear identical? No, but why? Every small difference is a clue.
Each tree we meet is filled with signs that reveal secrets about the life of that tree and the landscape we stand in. The clues are easy to spot when you know what to look for, but remain invisible to most people.
In How to Read a Tree, you'll discover the simple principles that explain the shapes and patterns you can see in trees and what they mean. And you'll learn rare skills that can be applied every time you pass a tree, whether you are in a town or a wilder spot.
As the author of the international bestsellers The Walker's Guide and How to Read Water, Tristan Gooley knows how to uncover the phenomena worth looking for. He has been instructing people in the art of reading trees for two decades and this book includes signs that will not be found in any other book in the world.
Once you have learned to see these things it is impossible to unsee them. We will never look at a tree the same way again.
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'You will never look at a tree in the same way again after reading this mesmerising book. Gooley drops learning as lightly as blossom falls in spring.' - John Lewis-Stempel
'Tristan Gooley has done trees the greatest service.' - Isabella Tree
'Will undoubtedly leave you with a deeper appreciation of trees...your country walks will never be quite the same again' - Daily Mail
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Lovely! Looking forward to a walk in the forest now!
I wanted something completely different and that is exactly what I got. Truth to be told, I will use my new knowledge of trees probably not to navigate the forest behind my house but I enjoyed learning. How does a tree influence its surrounding patch of earth and fellow trees? How is a tree influenced by weather, by time, by humans and how does it show in its branches, its roots, its leaves? I loved this part. Every page is such a testament of the author's passion for nature too and there were some very sweet rhymes to remember facts. I really look forward to my next walk in the forest and I will tuck this book under my arm and look, really look, at trees. My only ongoing problem were the names of the trees. I struggled to find the German name and had to over-use Google Translate to find out which tree was talked about right now... In my opinion, this book is underrated. I can differentiate firs and spruces now and I know that a larch is a conifer. (I thought it was similar to a oak? Embarrassing.. )
Description
> Do two trees ever appear identical? No, but why? Every small difference is a clue.
Each tree we meet is filled with signs that reveal secrets about the life of that tree and the landscape we stand in. The clues are easy to spot when you know what to look for, but remain invisible to most people.
In How to Read a Tree, you'll discover the simple principles that explain the shapes and patterns you can see in trees and what they mean. And you'll learn rare skills that can be applied every time you pass a tree, whether you are in a town or a wilder spot.
As the author of the international bestsellers The Walker's Guide and How to Read Water, Tristan Gooley knows how to uncover the phenomena worth looking for. He has been instructing people in the art of reading trees for two decades and this book includes signs that will not be found in any other book in the world.
Once you have learned to see these things it is impossible to unsee them. We will never look at a tree the same way again.
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'You will never look at a tree in the same way again after reading this mesmerising book. Gooley drops learning as lightly as blossom falls in spring.' - John Lewis-Stempel
'Tristan Gooley has done trees the greatest service.' - Isabella Tree
'Will undoubtedly leave you with a deeper appreciation of trees...your country walks will never be quite the same again' - Daily Mail
Book Information
Posts
Lovely! Looking forward to a walk in the forest now!
I wanted something completely different and that is exactly what I got. Truth to be told, I will use my new knowledge of trees probably not to navigate the forest behind my house but I enjoyed learning. How does a tree influence its surrounding patch of earth and fellow trees? How is a tree influenced by weather, by time, by humans and how does it show in its branches, its roots, its leaves? I loved this part. Every page is such a testament of the author's passion for nature too and there were some very sweet rhymes to remember facts. I really look forward to my next walk in the forest and I will tuck this book under my arm and look, really look, at trees. My only ongoing problem were the names of the trees. I struggled to find the German name and had to over-use Google Translate to find out which tree was talked about right now... In my opinion, this book is underrated. I can differentiate firs and spruces now and I know that a larch is a conifer. (I thought it was similar to a oak? Embarrassing.. )