Published to mark the centenary of the Forestry Commission in 2019, British Forests examines not only the organisation's unique history but its role in research and the promotion of tree planting in both urban and rural areas.
The book features a selection of the nation's forests and beautiful botanical illustrations of trees from Bedgebury Pinetum's Florilegium Society. The foreword is written by Jon Snow of Channel 4 News who is patron of Trees for Cities and Chair of the Heart of England Forest.
The book is currently unavailable to buy.
‘For me, the Forestry Commission ranks with the NHS and the Houses of Parliament as key to our British way of life. This wonderful book describes the Commission’s evolution over its first 100 years, but amid the vastly increased need for more trees in Britain, for timber, to help combat climate change and tree diseases the Forestry Commission continues to play an absolutely indispensable role.’
~ Jon Snow
