Product Description

Andy Garnett and his wife, the writer Polly Devlin, bought Cannwood Meadow in 1983. Realizing that this Somerset meadow, which has benefited from benign husbandry over many years, contains an amazing variety of wild flowers, grasses and rushes that provide feeding for moths, butterflies and other insects – some of them very rare – they asked English Nature if they would be interested in making a survey of the field. As a result of this survey Cannwood Meadow was nominated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) by the Nature Conservancy Council. This book presents an illustrated record of Cannwood Meadow through the seasons, an account of its ecology and a review of its plants, animal life and husbandry, compiled by the Garnetts with the assistance of botanist Dr Chris Smith. A special feature is that it includes reproductions of pressings of 108 plants, which can thus be examined in minute detail. It is an invaluable record of a year in the life of an English meadow.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #241299 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

Review
... a melancholy inventory of a paradise lost and regained (BBC Wildlife )

Revel in Devlin's heartfelt prose and swoon at the photographs of wild orchids and delicate grasses. (Sunday Telegraph )

Beautiful, action packed. (Guardian )

Within 24 hours of picking up this book for review, I had already convinced three owners and managers of wildflower meadows to buy a copy… All managers and owners of wildflower meadows should own this book, as should farming and countryside advisers who need to improve their knowledge about wildflower meadows and their wild plants. (British Wildlife )

Saga Magazine, July, 2007
This book is a fascinating record of the meadow... with a detailed
account of its vibrant ecology.

Country Life, June 21, 2007
A significant and engaging addition to the genre... this most
appealing book has been the subject of emotion, as well as scientific
scrutiny... it will make you laugh - and yet long to try it yourself.