The Meaning Of Trees

The bestselling guide to New Zealand's native plants

Author: Robert Vennell

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Description

The history and use of New Zealand's native plants A guide and gift book in equal measure, this treasure of a book pays homage to New Zealand's native plant species.

The Meaning of Trees tells the story of plants and people in Aotearoa New Zealand. Beautifully illustrated with botanical drawings, paintings and photographs, it shows us how a globally unique flora has been used for food, medicine, shelter, spirituality and science. From Jurassic giants to botanical oddballs - these are our wonderful native and endemic plants, in an exquisite hardback edition.

About the Author

Robert Vennell lives, breathes and eats the New Zealand forest.

He is the author of The Meaning of Trees, a history of New Zealand's plants and people. He works as a Collection Manager in the Natural Science department at Auckland Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira, collecting and preparing specimens for the natural science galleries. His background is in ecology and he has spent many hours wandering through the bush studying wild pigs and their impact on native flora and fauna.

Product Details

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) | HarperCollins Publishers

Published

15th April 2019

Pages

256

ISBN

9781775541301

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CUSTOMER REVIEWS

09 Feb, 2022

A very useful book for those seeking knowledge about rongoa and culinary applications of New Zealand native plants.
By Dr

03 Nov, 2021

Informative
By Liane

21 Sep, 2021

Amazing book
By Josh

30 Jul, 2021

Love this book…. Well laid out , informative… my favourite go to book for NZ natives
By Murray

19 Jul, 2021

One of the most interesting and well written books I have ever had the pleasure to read.
By olivia

17 Jun, 2021

Very interesting, extremely easy to read and very hard to put down.
By Susan

27 Jan, 2021

Excellent
By Louise

07 Jan, 2021

This is a beautifully produced and wonderfully compiled source of detailed information from a knowledgeable staff member of NZ’s own wonderful Auckland War Memorial Museum. It is not a complete compendium of every native tree, nor does it claim to be but its coverage of the many trees that it does describe is fuller and more interesting than the coverage offered in many of the larger reference books currently available. It should be on the shelves of all who have an interest in our interesting native trees.
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26 Aug, 2021

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