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Johnston said: "This is the first book to tell the story of Britain’s professional tree experts, from the Romans to the present day. It also highlights the influences from continental Europe and North America that have helped to shape British arboriculture over the centuries. It’s a hardback of some 550 pages and is based on a substantial amount of original and meticulous research. It has around 100 colour and BW illustrations, including many rare and unique images. I’m very grateful to some 70 individuals from the world of arboriculture, landscape, garden history and other disciplines who contributed to the research and production of the book.
"The final section in the last chapter of my book is likely to generate quite a bit of debate on the furture of arboriculture. There have been some difficult times in recent years and I’ve gently tried to point out where the industry needs to be headed."
The book is published on 15 June by Oxbow Books.
https://www.oxbowbooks.com/
Top 10 new gardening books:
Claire Austin: Peonies https://www.hortweek.com/hw-podcast-claire-austin-reveals-grow-best-peonies/ornamentals/article/1713920
Eat What You Grow: Alys Fowler
Anne Marie Powell: My Real Garden
Boglione Family: Petersham Nurseries
https://petershamnurseries.com/petersham-nurseries-book/
Gardens in My Life: Arabella Lennox-Boyd
The Naturally Beautiful Garden: Kathryn Bradley-Hole
Tom Stuart-Smith: Drawn From The Land: Tim Richardson
Pollinators and Pollination: Nature and Society, by Jeff Ollerton (Pelagic Publishing, 2021)
How to Garden the Low Carbon way, by Sally Nex (RHS/ Dorling Kindersley, 2021)
