The Orchid Hunter: A Young Botanist's Search For Happiness
by Leif Bersweden /
2017 / English / EPUB
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In the summer after leaving school, a young botanist sets out to
fulfil a childhood dream - to find every species of orchid native
to the British Isles.He has just a few months to complete his quest
- no one has ever done it before within one growing season- and it
will require ingenuity, stamina and a large dose of luck. Like Two
Owls at Eton and My Family and Other Animals, The Orchid Hunter I
is a charming account of a precocious adolescent's obsession with
the natural world. As he battles the vagaries of the British
climate in his clapped-out car, feverishly chasing each emerging
bloom, Leif Bersweden takes the reader on a remarkable botanical
journey. This study of the 52 native species is a fantastic gateway
into the compendious world of orchids - one that will open your
eyes to the rare hidden delights to be found on the doorstep.
Leif's enthusiasm for his quest is infectious, as is the quiet
conviction with which he keeps at it, showing how plant hunting can
be the ultimate mindful activity.
In the summer after leaving school, a young botanist sets out to
fulfil a childhood dream - to find every species of orchid native
to the British Isles.He has just a few months to complete his quest
- no one has ever done it before within one growing season- and it
will require ingenuity, stamina and a large dose of luck. Like Two
Owls at Eton and My Family and Other Animals, The Orchid Hunter I
is a charming account of a precocious adolescent's obsession with
the natural world. As he battles the vagaries of the British
climate in his clapped-out car, feverishly chasing each emerging
bloom, Leif Bersweden takes the reader on a remarkable botanical
journey. This study of the 52 native species is a fantastic gateway
into the compendious world of orchids - one that will open your
eyes to the rare hidden delights to be found on the doorstep.
Leif's enthusiasm for his quest is infectious, as is the quiet
conviction with which he keeps at it, showing how plant hunting can
be the ultimate mindful activity.