When the Forest Breathes

The Indiana Jones of trees returns… Inspiring… few people can speak about trees with quite as much conviction as Simard… She is a Canadian national treasure and global environmental icon – Mythili Rao * Guardian *Practical as well as passionate… a combination of personal memoir, scientific explanation and praise for indigenous and ancient traditions – Victor Mallet * Financial Times *[Simard] is the pioneering Canadian ecologist who has changed the way we think about forests… this book will attract anyone who is fascinated by forests and their remarkable capacities – Kate Teltscher * Spectator *Suzanne Simard has helped transform our understanding of the profound intelligence and interconnectedness of trees – Liz Else * New Scientist, best new popular science books of March 2026 *

Dr. Suzanne Simard is the bestselling author of Finding the Mother Tree. She is a Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia, where she leads The Mother Tree Project. She has earned a global reputation for pioneering research on tree connectivity and communication and its impact on the health and diversity of forests. She lives with her family in the mountains around Nelson, British Columbia.

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