A Wood of Our Own: 1 - Softcover

Julian Evans

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856230228 ISBN 13: 9781856230223

Publisher: Permanent Publications, 2003

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Author Julian Evans has worked with woodlands for twenty-five years and was the UK Forestry Commission's Chief Research Officer for much of this time. In 1985 he decided to buy his own small wood in North Hampshire, fulfilling every forester's dream. Caring for the wood and its natural inhabitants using both ancient and modern skills, Evans experiences the evolving cycle of woodland life and encourages us to appreciate our environment firsthand in all seasons, all climates. Finely illustrated and including a foreword by Alan Titchmarsh, A Wood of Our Own is engaging, informative, and entertaining--aimed at everybody who enjoys the countryside.

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Review:

How anyone, after reading this book, could not have a hankering to own and work a woodland is beyond me. Compulsory reading for anyone interested in trees and the countryside and a wonderful present. --Geoff Godschalk, Trees are News

Not a dry reference book ... it is more a diary of woodland events, entertainingly described and forming almost a microcosm of the wider forestry world ... laced with humour and anecdote. Here then is a highly readable book packed with useful fact, humour and reminiscence. It would appeal to foresters, farmers, woodland owners, in fact anyone with an interest in forestry who is weary of textbooks and enjoys a good fireside read. --Chris Hughes, Association of Professional Foresters Newsletter

...attractively produced and written with infectious enthusiasm... --Duff Hart-Davis, The Independent

About the Author:

Julian Evans was formerly the Forestry Commission's Chief Research Officer. For more than 25 years he has owned a 30-acre wood in Hampshire. He is a member of the Small Woods Association, Royal Forestry Society, the Woodland Trust, is a vice president of the Commonwealth Forestry Association and the International Tree Foundation, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters. Julian's own wood has featured on BBC Radio 4's Ramblings and in Country Life. He lectures frequently to the National Trust, natural history societies, local conservation bodies, regional branches of Council for Protection of Rural England, International Tree Foundation, Royal Forestry Society, and Young Farmers clubs.

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