{"product_id":"hedgelands-us-edition-a-wild-wander-around-britains-greatest-habitat-9781915294470","title":"Hedgelands [Us Edition]: A Wild Wander Around Britain's Greatest Habitat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize 2024 for Nature Writing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Delightful . . . Hedgelands is a merry exposition on the history and biology of these unique ecosystems, and a very good argument as to why we should re-engage with the hedge.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Hart's passion for the potential that resides here is intoxicating. Occasionally an environmental solution comes along that is so breathtakingly simple you can't believe that not everyone is already doing it.\"--Sunday Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[A] joyously readable book-- it riffs along like breeze in the hedgerow.\"--John Lewis-Stempel in Country Life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn this joyous journey around the wild edges of Britain, celebrated author Christopher Hart takes us through the life, ecology and history of the humble countryside hedge and how it is inextricably woven into our language, landscape and culture.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHedges - or hedgerows - have long been an integral part of the British landscape. An ancient, human-made boundary, hedgerows have become a critically important haven for wildlife and are now being recognised as one of the greatest 'edge' habitats on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritain boasts 400,000 kilometres of hedgerows, but has lost 50 per cent of them since the Second World War and their slow deterioration today is becoming a huge threat to the ecosystem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHedgelands\u003c\/em\u003e, Christopher Hart shares the history of the hedge, highlighting the hawthorn and hazel of ancient hedgerows, and reveals its abundance of wildlife, from the elusive dunnock to the iconic nightingale, the industrious hedgehog to the miniscule harvest mouse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe demonstrates how this true environmental hero and powerful climate ally can help rebuild species-rich, resilient havens for birds, mammals and insects. Hedges play a vital role in mature woodland, grassland and even wetland, all of which can offer us much-needed ecological diversity and carbon sequestration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough rewilding a patch of land in southwest England, Christopher shows us how easy, joyful and rewarding it is to restore even the smallest stretch of hedge. Whether you live in the country or the city, \u003cem\u003eHedgelands\u003c\/em\u003e shares how simple actions can make a huge difference to the future of our precious hedges - and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What's good for us is good for nature, and what's good for nature is good for us. And nowhere is this more true than in the bustling, flourishing, flowering, fruiting and altogether glorious native British hedge.\"--Christopher Hart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Hart\u003c\/strong\u003e has written ten novels published to date, both literary and historical, including \u003cem\u003eLost Children \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eRescue Me\u003c\/em\u003e, while his historical fiction, written under the pen name of William Napier, includes Julia, the best-selling Attila trilogy and the Last Crusaders trilogy. His work has been praised in both \u003cem\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eSunday Sport\u003c\/em\u003e. He has also published numerous short stories, essays and reviews, and has been a freelance journalist since the 1990s, for \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e and others. He lives in Wiltshire, where he is rewilding seven acres and a hedge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan Thomson\u003c\/strong\u003e has since 2014 co-owned and run a 25-acre rewilding project called Underhill Wood Nature Reserve in Wiltshire, where he has restored a hedge to its former glory through the practice of conservation hedge laying, a technique on which he is now advising the government for their hedgerow strategy. Jonathan is also involved with the John Muir Award for young people. He grew up on a small dairy farm in rural New Zealand, and the natural world has always played an important part in his life. Since living in the UK, his awareness of the need to protect, conserve and restore our squeezed and threatened native fauna and flora has grown more urgent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green Publishing UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614056517906,"sku":"9781915294470","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b314e75a-8947-40a3-ab79-358cb4dd37d9.jpg?v=1732425131","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hedgelands-us-edition-a-wild-wander-around-britains-greatest-habitat-9781915294470","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}