TREES OF NEW ZEALAND STORIES OF BEAUTY AND CHARACTER

TREES OF NEW ZEALAND by Peter Janssen with photos by Mike Hollman is a big 208-page hardback. It is a new kind of tree book in similar vein to Thomas Pakenhams 'Meeting with Remarkable Trees'. It is not a guide to species or simply a photographic study, it is a collection of portraits of the most notable trees in NZ. Mysterious and awe inspiring, these mighty and often sacred trees have fascinating lives and histories. Many have been around for hundreds of years, some for thousands. From the 800 year old pohutukawa that stands at the place where the spirits leap off at Cape Reinga to the very windswept macrocarpa shelter belt at Slope Point - the southernmost point in NZ in the Catlins. The book covers not only our oldest and largest trees but also trees that have histories such as the Gallipoli Pine PINUS HALEPENSIS at Taradale Cemetery, grown as a memorial from the seed of Gallipoli's Lone Pine Tree.

ISBN: 9781869712198
Title: TREES OF NEW ZEALAND STORIES OF BEAUTY AND CHARACTER
Author: JANSSEN PETER
Year: 2011
Format: HARD BACK
Publication date: 10/10/2011
Price: $70.00
Pages: 208
Dimension: 297mm X 245mm