Richard mabey looks at how we have approriated and humanised trees, turning them into arboreal pets,status symbols,and fashion statements instead of allowing them lives of their own.
Respecting trees’ independence and ancient powers of survival may be the way forward in enabling them to overcome the current crises.
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Wonderfully subversive, far-reaching and unsentimental * Observer * Richard Mabey is a man for all seasons, most regions and every kind of landscape -- Andrew Motion * Financial Times * An elegant and heartfelt essay on mankind's changing relationship with trees * Sunday Telegraph * A leaf-storm of philosophical musings, journeys of mind and body, reflections and anecdotes that imprint the tree on human culture * Sunday Times * A terrific combination of both natural and intellectual history, informed by penetrating insight * Independent *