Among the Giants
A Year at Kew's Arboretum (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
$26.98
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
9 November 2026
Summary
As you wander through the gardens at Kew, stretching across two-thirds of the grounds lies the arboretum. This great collection contains trees as old as the Gardens themselves, many that cannot be found anywhere else in Britain. It is a unique spectacle, full of luscious species, towering redwoods, and hidden life within its branches.
Throughout the year, you’ll find the protectors of this mighty collection. Named the Tree Gang, this team of eight care for the trees across the whole o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781856755702 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1856755703 |
| Author: | Carolyn Fry, Christina Harrison, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Publisher: | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Gaia Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 9 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm |
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Discover how they manage this important tree collection * Garden’s illustrated magazine *
About The Author
Carolyn Fry
Carolyn Fry is a science and environment writer and editor based in West Sussex, UK. She has written/co-authored 11 books on environmental and historical themes, and appeared in the BBC 2 documentary ‘Cruikshank on Kew: The garden that changed the world’, to explain how plants were used to build the British Empire. Carolyn has also contributed news stories and articles to New Scientist, The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, BBC History, BBC Earth, BBC Wildlife and more. She is a former Editor of Geographical, the Royal Geographical Society’s magazine. She has worked on a number of titles for Kew and most recently published Trees: 10 Things You Should Know (Seven Dials).
Christina Harrison is the former editor of Kew Magazine. She trained as an ecologist and botanical horticulturalist and has an MA in Garden History, for which she specialised in the trees at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She is author or co-author of several books including Remarkable Trees (Thames & Hudson).
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