How to Plant a Tree: A Simple Celebration of Trees & Tree-Planting Ceremonies - Hardcover

Butler, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585427969 ISBN 13: 9781585427963

Publisher: Tarcherperigree, 2010

Synopsis

Explores the symbolism and traditional uses of trees and offers suggestions for various commemorative tree-planting acts including a new-baby ceremony, a marriage ceremony, a memorial for a loved one and a new-home ceremony, in a book that also has practical information on how to plant and care for a tree.

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About the Authors

Daniel Butler is a 42 year-old novelist and freelance journalist, specialising in rural and environmental issues. His books include The Red Tail: Sharing the Seasons with a Hawk (Jonathan Cape, 1994) and Urban Dreams, Rural Realities (Simon & Schuster, 1998). He is currently working on a book charting the history of man's changing attitudes to the environment and contemplating his first novel. His main income, however, comes from articles for titles such as The Telegraph, The Express and Country Living, supplemented by book reviews for The Guardian. As well as frequent interviews on rural issues for radio and television, he is a regular lecturer and interviewer at the Hay Festival. He has taught literary skills to both undergraduates and at adult evening classes and currently provides writing seminars for the Tourism Training Forum for Wales. Daniel lives on a 13-acre smallholding in Mid-Wales where he cultivates weeds and despises sheep when not indulging his passions for falconry and wild mushrooms. He has two children, four hawks, two dogs and a ferret.

Daniel Butler is a 42 year-old novelist and freelance journalist, specialising in rural and environmental issues. His books includeThe Red Tail: Sharing the Seasons with a Hawk (Jonathan Cape, 1994) and Urban Dreams, Rural Realities (Simon & Schuster, 1998). He is currently working on a book charting the history of man's changing attitudes to the environment and contemplating his first novel. His main income, however, comes from articles for titles such as The Telegraph, The Express and Country Living, supplemented by book reviews forThe Guardian. As well as frequent interviews on rural issues for radio and television, he is a regular lecturer and interviewer at the Hay Festival. He has taught literary skills to both undergraduates and at adult evening classes and currently provides writing seminars for the Tourism Training Forum for Wales. Daniel lives on a 13-acre smallholding in Mid-Wales where he cultivates weeds and despises sheep when not indulging his passions for falconry and wild mushrooms. He has two children, four hawks, two dogs and a ferret.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tarcherperigree
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585427969
• ISBN 13: 9781585427963
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128