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“This is a magnificent book which will appeal not only to anybody interested in trees, but also those who appreciate beautiful books. Highly recommended.” Kevin Hutchinson, Irish Forestry (Society of Irish Foresters) December 2014Continue Reading

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“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 . . .”   “The drawings really are astonishing:Continue Reading

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“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 . . .”   “The drawings really are astonishing:Continue Reading

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“There can perhaps be no greater tribute to Dr Gabriel Hemery’s The New Sylva than that it manages to inhabit the soul of Evelyn’s original, whilst reinvigorating it, and reshaping his message for our times.”   “Its pages contain not merely descriptions of the appearance of individual species . .Continue Reading

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“There can perhaps be no greater tribute to Dr Gabriel Hemery’s The New Sylva than that it manages to inhabit the soul of Evelyn’s original, whilst reinvigorating it, and reshaping his message for our times.”   “Its pages contain not merely descriptions of the appearance of individual species . .Continue Reading

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Author Gabriel Hemery will be talking about The New Sylva at the Surrey History Centre in Woking at 1430 on 4th October. The centre is just 14 miles from the John Evelyn’s birthplace at Wotton House. Gabriel’s talk will be illustrated with the exquisite drawings of artist Sarah Simblet. AnContinue Reading

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“. . . an authoritative, up-to-date survey of modern forestry practice, set picturesquely . . .  among quotations and decorations from the first such book to be written in England.”   “There is a brief accountant of tree biology, then a long series of chapters on all the main BritishContinue Reading

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“This amazing work is a celebration of John Evelyn and is not just a pretty book, but a reference work captured and packed with useful information by Gabriel Hemery that will be used by many horticulturists and arboriculturists.” “The text is very easy to read and makes compulsive reading, butContinue Reading

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During 2014 we will be celebrating the 350th anniversary of Evelyn’s Sylva, and the publication of The New Sylva, by holding a number of events across Britain and Ireland. We’ve created a new Events page on our website to feature these, and help guide readers who may be interested inContinue Reading