The Wild Things Guide to the Changing Plants of the British Isles - Hardcover

Wild Things is a brand new Channel 4 show that will bring botany to a whole new audience. This groundbreaking and informative programme will uncover the mysteries behind the dramatic changes in the distribution of wild plants in Britain over the last fifty years and will show how these changes affect biodiversity on a local and national scale. Did you know, for example, that our national tipple, the gin and tonic, could be under threat? Juniper bushes are disappearing in much of England and Wales - but in Scotland, it's a different story. The Wild Things will tell you the reasons for this development.

This attractive, illustrated book will examine the stories behind the redistribution of our plants in a variety of habitats including woodland, mountains and wetlands. It will include stunning colour photographs of the plants in their native environments and will use maps from the Botanical Society of the British Isles to illustrate the striking contrast of our landscape between the present day and fifty years ago.

This fascinating guide, written by the botanists who present the Wild Things programme, will inspire everyone to look at the world around them in a completely new way.

The Wild Things are here – and their mission is to unlock the mysteries behind the ever-changing distribution of wild plants in Britain. This ground-breaking and informative book will transform the way we look at the natural world around us and provide a crucial picture of the shifting landscape in Britain over the last fifty years.

Your guides through the fascinating world of Britain’s flora are award-winning landscape gardener Chris Myers, top botanist Dr Trevor Dines and lichenologist Sally Eaton. Using unique plant distribution maps as their starting point, they share their discoveries about how the change to our plant life is impacting on biodiversity on both a local and national scale.

Along the way, they will find out how what is happening in the natural world affects our everyday lives. For example, could Britain be running out of juniper berries with which to make gin? Could our national tipple, the gin and tonic, be under threat? Juniper bushes are disappearing in much of England and Wales and even the healthy Scottish plants are fighting a constant battle. The Wild Things Guide to the Changing Plants of the British Isles will help uncover the reasons for these developments.

This beautifully illustrated book explores how the spread of plant life has evolved in habitats ranging from mountains to woodland to roadsides. It will inspire you to look at the world around you in a completely new way.