Nature / Plants & Trees

This comprehensive and engaging overview of the history of Irish forestry relates historical events to present-day concerns and controversies, drawing out general themes that echo throughout the centuries. It will appeal to anyone who cares about the Irish landscape and environment.

New and updated edition of Ireland’s best-selling wildflower guide.

Ecologist Richard Nairn buys a small woodland and allows it to go back to nature. A fascinating account of a typical year in a native Irish forest, its moods and seasons and wildlife secrets. This book is an important and timely reminder to pay attention to what nature can teach us.

Scottish Wild Flowers' is an ideal pocket-size guide to over 350 plant species found throughout Scotland. Packed full of information, and fully illustrated, it is a convenient guide for both visitors and residents of Scotland who wish to learn about the fascinating wealth of wild flowers that can be found there.

Packed full of information, Scottish Wild Flowers is an ideal guide for both visitors and residents of Scotland who wish to learn about the fascinating wealth of wild flowers that can be found there. Each species is illustrated in full colour with a comprehensive description, plus the plant's English, Latin and Gaelic names.

Since its original publication in 1794, Hayes' book has become a rare and valuable collector's item. Now, for the first time in two hundred years, his Practical Treatise has been re-published. Not only a practical guide, it is also a celebration of the trees of the Irish countryside and its great demesnes.