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Remarkable Trees of Virginia
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Average Rating:  out of 8 Reviews
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Price: $39.95
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Sale: $28.94
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Manufacturer: University of Virginia Press
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EAN (European Article Number): 9780974270722
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Nancy Ross Hugo
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Publisher: University of Virginia Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 582.1609755
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Publication Date: 2008-08-21
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Reading Level: 216
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Description: This stunning collaboration between the noted garden writer Nancy Ross Hugo and the photographer Robert Llewellyn showcases the fruits of an effort begun in 2004 to research, locate, and photograph Virginia's most remarkable trees. Four years later, more than one thousand trees had been officially nominated to the project and many others suggested for possible inclusion. The results, presented in this elegant, four-color volume, are astounding. Hugo and Kirwan, the project coordinators, have selected a sample of trees and "tree places" that illustrate the enormous variety, startling beauty, and fascinating history of Virginia's trees. Here you will see, through Llewellyn's incomparable lens, not only some of Virginia's largest trees, including a newly discovered national champion overcup oak in Isle of Wight County, but also some of the state's oldest, including baldcypress trees over 800 years old in Southampton County and red cedars over 450 years old in Giles. You will find unique trees like a willow oak in which a tricycle is embedded, fine specimens like the massive American beech in front of Sleepy Hollow Methodist Church in Falls Church, and outrageously shaped trees, like the water tupelos in the Cypress Bridge area of Southampton County. You will find trees associated with famous people and events as well as trees associated with ordinary people in extraordinary ways. Perhaps best of all, you will learn about communities that have gone to great lengths to protect their trees and about places where the public can visit some of the best trees and "treescapes" in the state. Remarkable Trees of Virginia is a celebration of trees, but it doesn't dodge hard issues. In a section on urban forests, the authors describe the major problems facing trees in urban areas and point out strategies urban foresters are using to solve them. They describe the ecological services trees provide and issue a call for action both to protect trees in their existing habitats and to find more places where trees can "grow large and long." Hugo, Kirwan, and Llewellyn present a treasury of Virginia's trees that is, indeed, remarkable.
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Customer Reviews
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Review Summary: Remarkable trees, remarkable service. |
Date: 2009-01-06 |
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Details: This was purchased as Christmas gift for my husband. He is a lifetime resident of VA and personally knows where a lot of these trees are located. His first comment was about the number of books we already own, (don't need more) but I found him later reading the book, he was enjoying it. I'll be reading it also. I knew of this book before I ordered it, could not find it locally, but had no problem ordering from you, delivery was timely. |
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Review Summary: An Amazing Book |
Date: 2009-01-06 |
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Details: Gave this to my dad for Christmas and it's no surprise he loves it since he was a forestry major in college. What surprised me is how much my 11 and 14 year old kids have enjoyed looking through the book too. The pictures are beautiful. A really great coffee table book. |
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Review Summary: one of the best |
Date: 2008-11-11 |
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Details: A great book. Dr. Kirwan has outdone himself with this book. A great book for anyone interested in trees, history, or just great stories! |
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Review Summary: Remarkable Trees truly a remarkable book! |
Date: 2008-10-30 |
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Details: We purchased Remarkable Trees of Virginia as a gift. We previewed it before we gave it to my brother-in-law. Wow, it is truly stunning in its presentation! It covers landscapes and city-scapes and everything in between. Its photographs and settings span the humble to the truly remarkable. I highly recommend Remarkable Trees of Virginia as a truly remarkable book. |
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Review Summary: Remarkable Trees of Virginia is Remarkable! |
Date: 2008-10-14 |
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Details: Remarkable Trees of Virginia by Nancy Hugo and Jeff Kirwen-- Remarkable Trees of Virginia-- is a beautiful book! the photographs of all sorts of trees in Virginia are wonderful, and Nancy Hugo's text (along with Jeff Kirwen's research conducted over several years and many miles in Virginia)is informative while being down-to-earth (or, perhaps, more accurately for trees, up-in-the-sky)and engaging. The reader/viewer is given a very personal, though still scientific, look at Virginia's wonderful trees--from the historic to the familiar. The book is also quite timely, since some of the trees pictured are threatened. The book makes the reader want more than ever to save and savor Virginia's (and the world's) precious forest environment. |
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