Herbaceous (Little Toller Monographs) - Softcover

Evans, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908213590 ISBN 13: 9781908213594

Publisher: Little Toller Books, 2018

Synopsis

Climate change is eroding the familiar pattern of the seasons, so we turn instinctively to the life cycle of herbaceous plants to guide us through the year. The growing, flowering, seeding and dying back to earth of wild flowers, weeds, herbs and garden perennials sustain and enrich our everyday lives with food, metaphor, joy, anxiety, medicine, stories, beauty and enchantment. Above all, by enabling us to read the changing seasons, plants help us navigate our way in the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Evans spent many years as a gardener working in rose nurseries, graveyards, historic gardens in Wales and a botanical garden in New York. He is a writer, broadcaster and award-winning playwright, best known for his ‘Country Diary’ in The Guardian and various natural history programmes and drama-documentaries for BBC Radio 4. Paul has also been a performance poet, a nature conservationist, holds a PhD in philosophy, and is currently a lecturer at Bath Spa University.

Review:

"The John Clare of his generation" The Guardian; "...his pieces are intensely local, full of cloud and light, breezy." John Vidal

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Toller Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1908213590
• ISBN 13: 9781908213594
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112