Plants (Non-Fiction)

Updated March 17, 2025
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Simard, Suzanne
Paper Book
Raised in the hardy forest communities of British Columbia, scientist Suzanne Simard overturned conventional beliefs in proving that trees and plants are connected underground by an immense web of fungal mycelia, at the centre of which lie the Mother Trees- the mysterious, powerful entities that...
Eating to extinction : the world's rarest foods and why we need to save them
Saladino, Dan
Paper Book
* Winner of the James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2022 * * Winner of the Fortnum & Mason Food Book Award 2022 * * Winner of the Guild of Food Writers Food Book of the Year 2022 * * Winner of the Guild of Food Writers First Book of the Year 2022 * *...
The heartbeat of trees : embracing our ancient bond with forests and nature
Wohlleben, Peter
Paper Book
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES A powerful return to the forest, where trees have heartbeats and roots are like brains that extend underground. Where the color green calms us, and the forest sharpens our senses. In The Heartbeat of Trees,...
Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging
Lee, Jessica J.
Paper Book
A seed slips beyond a garden wall. A seaweed drifts through an ocean. A tree is planted on a shifting border. A shrub is uprooted from its culture and its land. What happens when these plants leave their original homes and put down roots elsewhere? Born in Canada to a Taiwanese mother...
Entangled life : how fungi make our worlds, change our minds & shape our futures
Sheldrake, Merlin
Paper Book
The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller that will transform your understanding of our planet and life itself. 'Astonishing ... it seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down' Observer 'Completely mind-blowing ... reads like an adventure story'<...
Fen, bog & swamp : a short history of peatland destruction and its role in the climate crisis
Proulx, Annie
Paper Book
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week 'A subject that could not be more important. A compact classic!' Bill McKibben 'I learned something new - and found something amazing - on every page' Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See From Pulitzer Prize...
Tree Book : The Stories, Science, and History of Trees
DK.
Paper Book
The secret world of trees is revealed in this beautiful and absorbing guide to the giants of the plant world Trees have been a part of human history from the very beginning. Used for shelter, tools, fuel, and food, they also help supply the atmosphere with oxygen and...

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