Sprout Lands
tending the endless gift of trees
$79.46
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
26 April 2019
Summary
Sprout Lands: Tending the Forests of the Future
Once, farmers knew how to make a living hedge and fed their flocks on tree-branch hay. Rural people knew how to prune hazel to foster abundance: both of edible nuts, and of straight, strong, flexible rods for bridges, walls, and baskets. Townspeople cut their beeches to make charcoal to fuel ironworks. Shipwrights shaped oaks to make hulls. No place could prosper without its inhabitants knowing how to cut their trees so they would spro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393609417 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0393609413 |
| Author: | William Bryant Logan |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 26 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 639g |
| Dimensions: | 244mm x 165mm x 30mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“William Bryant Logan’s vision of a world in which humans and trees work together to mutual benefit—a world that has existed in the past and can exist again in the future—is cause for deep joy, for celebration and hope.” – Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees”… this vividly insightful exploration of tree regeneration.” – Nature
About The Author
William Bryant Logan
William Bryant Logan is a practicing arborist and the author of four acclaimed books on nature: Sprout Lands, Dirt, Oak, and Air. He is on the faculty of the New York Botanical Garden and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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