The Trees in My Forest

Well, Bernd Heinrich is my new dude! He is to the US what Roger Deakin is to the UK! I absolutely loved this book. It was exquisite. Nature appreciation and understanding at its finest. If you like trees in any way shape or form, read this book, that's all I can say!!......more

Heinrich's a generalist, and has a way of looking at a forest holistically that I find invaluable. He and his wife noticed patterns in growth, flowering and fruiting that changed quite dramatically from one area to the next in many different kinds of trees. Because he lived in that forest for a long......more

Kein Vergleich mit den leicht esoterisch angehauchten Büchern von Peter Wohlleben; hier lebt man wirklich mit den Bäumen und dem Wald und alles wissenschaftlich korrekt. Besonders schön sind die Zeichnungen des Autors (schwarz/weiß und farbig). Beeindruckend auch die aufwendige Übersetzung all der Pf......more

This was an easy, entertaining and informative read. Heinrich immerses you in his 300-acre forest in Maine where he has lived for over 20 years at the time of writing. He invites you to walk with him among the stately giants in his forest and simply observe, taking in the simple yet profound wonders......more

Heinrich has a marvelous and infectious curiosity about the way the natural world works. He communicates his sense of wonder with great effectiveness while recording observations and advancing hypotheses about the ways trees work in a forest setting and how they contribute to the functioning of an e......more