About this book
A detailed and sumptuous celebration of trees and forests, by Gabriel Hemery and Sarah Simblet. First published by Bloomsbury in 2014, the 400 pages of The New Sylva feature more than 100 tree species, accompanied by 200 specially commissioned pen and ink drawings. Co-authored with Sarah Simblet.
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What people say
“Elegant … with glorious drawings.Sunday Telegraph
“An excellent successor to Sylva … The illustrations are magnificent.Oliver Rackham, Spectator
“Sumptuous … exquisite drawings grace almost every spread. The reader will be beguiled into consuming large sections in a single sitting. It's also a book for dipping into.Jack Watkins, The Countryman
“Gabriel Hemery's text is a precise, fascinating, fluent, wide-ranging and hard-headed synthesis: an excellent popular introduction to tree biology and forestry. But the book is more than that … Hemery is out to celebrate and inspire passion and love …Caspar Henderson, Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine