Sally Featherstone
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The glory of our meadows
'Grass'and 'Flora' can be obtained from a range of independent bookshops or direct from us.
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From the far hills of Scotland to the clifftops of Cornwall, from the flat meadows of East Anglia to the wet valleys of Wales, from the rolling South Downs to the rugged Pennines, ever since people settled to cultivate the land farmers and their stock have depended on the constantly renewing marvel of grass. Often overlooked, these plants are some of the nation’s gems, nature’s crown jewels. This lavishly illustrated coffee-table book introduces them, and invites you to enjoy and celebrate them.
It took 6,000 years to create the species-rich grassland for which the UK is globally famous, but since the 1930s over 97% of these wildflower meadows have been lost. The process of natural haymaking, where grass is grown without artificial fertilisers or weed killers and cut just once a year enables a unique range of plants to thrive. Flora celebrates this rich heritage and is intended to remind us of its beauty, its fragile nature, and the often unseen wildlife that it sustains. A lavishly illustrated coffee-table treasure.
This pocket guide comes free with the Flora coffee-table hardback, or it can be ordered separately from Amazon by clicking on the cover.
