The Wild Things: Guide to the Changing Plant Life of the British Isles

Plant Detectives is a Channel 4 show that brings botany to a whole new audience, uncovering the mysteries behind the dramatic changes in the distribution of wild plants in Britain over the last fifty years and shows how these changes affect biodiversity on a local and national scale. Did you know, for example, that Britain’s national tipple, the gin and tonic, could be under threat? Juniper bushes are disappearing in much of England and Wales – but in Scotland, it’s a differenct story.

The Wild Things: Guide to the Changing Plant Life of the British Isles tells you the reasons for this development. This attractive, illustrated book examines the stories behind the redistribution of our plants in a variety of habitats including woodland, mountains and wetlands. It includes colour photographs of the plants in their native environments and uses maps from the Botanical Society of the British Isles to illustrate the striking contrast of our landscape between the present day and fifty years ago. Written and fronted by the botanist who presents the programme, this book will hopefuuly inspire everyone to look at the world around them in a completely new way.