A rich and insightful collection of personal essays about life, death and our connection to the environment from bestselling Australian author Sophie Cunningham
Washington, D.C., boasts more than three hundred species of trees from America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and City of Trees has been the authoritative guide for locating, identifying, and learning about them for more than twenty-five years.
If you love New York and you love trees, then you must read Benjamin Swett s beautiful book, New York City of Trees.
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Trees in the City provides an introduction to the process of humanizing the cityscape and guide to planting trees in city conditions. This book focuses on four basic concepts. First, trees play an essential role in human's urban life.
“than the cost”: Gregory McPherson, interview with the author, September 15, 2014. 288 kilowatts of energy: E. Gregory McPherson, “Accounting for Benefits and Costs of Urban Greenspace." Landscape and Urban Planning 22 (1992):41–51.
Complemented by more than seven hundred full-color photographs, drawings, and maps, this intriguing field guide takes a close-up look at the trees of New York City and the metropolitan area, discussing the natural history of each tree, ...
However, as landscape historian Sonja Dümpelmann explains, this is not a new phenomenon.
WINNER OF THE 2018 JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING NATURAL HISTORY WRITING “Both a love song to trees, an exploration of their biology, and a wonderfully philosophical analysis of their role they play in human history and in modern ...
Thomas and Niko in the City of Trees
Moore. NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT In 1995, Bette Midler noticed a great decline in the northern Manhattan parks. The areas that people should have been enjoying were full of trash and unfit for use. Bette decided to do something about ...