Description

Many books have been written about the intertwined history ofhumanity and the landscape, but probably none quite like this one.Mark Walker combines his knowledge of the natural world with his owntheories, all served up with a hefty dose of rural Somerset charm.He tells the story of his native landscape through the eyes of three treecharacters, the oak, the ash and the hazel, who describe their experienceswith humans and other animal and plant species from the time they firstarrived on these shores to the present day. Woven into this is the storyof his own life, and how his fate was shaped by his relationship with thetrees.Mark’s laid-back attitude to life shines through in the gentle, humorousbut often lyrical style of his writing. This is an enjoyable, light-heartedand thought-provoking ramble through time, and you may never seethe countryside in quite the same light again.Mark Walker is a horticulturist, garden designer, and proper down toearth gardener and nature lover. He lives in Somerset.All book profits going to YACWAG, Yatton And Congresbury Wildlife Action Group.