BOOKS OF THE YEAR
HERBARIUM by Barbara M Thiers, Timber Press, £24, ISBN 978-1604699302
Data collection informs and steers the course of humanity, but few of us have considered the origins of plant- and fungi-based data. This book shines a light on global herbaria… framed within the expansion of colonial trade. Thiers has scoured academic libraries and museums for a cornucopia of photographs, maps, artists’ renderings and specimen sheets that enrich and enliven the meaty text. A gem of a book for plant geeks, conservationists or anyone interested in natural history.
Reviewer Hannah Gardner is a horticulturist and garden writer.
GREAT DIXTER: THEN & NOW by Fergus Garrett, photographs by Christopher Lloyd and Carol Casselden, Pimpernel Press, £12.99, ISBN 978-1910258897
The book combines early black-and-white pictures – Nathaniel Lloyd standing in the bare bones
