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One Thousand Shades of Green
A Year in Search of Britain's Wild Plants
One Thousand Shades of Green
A Year in Search of Britain's Wild Plants
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'A cracking read.' IOLO WILLIAMS
'What an incredible achievement!' ALISON STEADMAN
'An inspirational odyssey.' NICK BAKER
'Immediately accessible.' BBC COUNTRYFILE
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Mike Dilger's nationwide quest to find 1,000 wild plant species in a single year.
For most of 2020, Mike Dilger's day-job of travelling to the four corners of the British Isles all but disappeared. Having been confined to one place by the Covid pandemic, and with daily dog walks his sole permitted outdoor pursuit, the simple pleasure of getting to know the flowers at his feet reignited a long-buried botanical passion.
Now Mike is on a mission: to see a thousand different wild plants in one calendar year, and assess how our fascinating flora is faring in modern Britain.
From Cornwall to Kent and Breckland to the Scottish Highlands, Mike meets the resilient reserve wardens and courageous conservationists tasked with protecting some of the nation's richest botanical sites, and experiences first-hand the many difficulties associated with saving our rarest and most charismatic plants.
Taking in city centres, mountain tops and every conceivable habitat in between, One Thousand Shades of Green is a manifesto on how to love and conserve our green and pleasant land, and celebrates the beauty and diversity of the nation's plants.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: New Year Plant Hunt
Chapter 2: Lockdown Botany
Chapter 3: The Trouble with Coltsfoot
Chapter 4: The Trouble with Covid
Chapter 5: Just Beyond My Doorstep
Chapter 6: Chilterns-bound
Chapter 7: Plate-spinning on the Lizard
Chapter 8: In Revered Company
Chapter 9: A Date with Destiny
Chapter 10: Re-forming the Band
Chapter 11: Back to Uni
Chapter 12: Home from Home
Chapter 13: A Calcareous Road Trip
Chapter 14: Help in Heaven
Chapter 15: We're Going on a Plant Hunt
Chapter 16: Wading into Wetland Plants
Chapter 17: Going for Gold
Acknowledgements
Gazetteer
Index
Product details
| Published | 02 Jul 2024 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781472993632 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Wildlife |
| Illustrations | 17 plant illustrations; 8 page colour section with plant photos; 1 map |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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