Orchid Outlaw - On a Mission to Save Our Rarest Flowers (Jacob Ben)(Paperback / softback) - diskuze

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE & SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD''One man''s fascinating mission to save the great British orchid'' Mail on Sunday''Noble work in a time of great change'' New StatesmanBen Jacob is the Orchid Outlaw. In the dead of night, armed with a torch and a trowel, he risks everything, climbing into building sites to rescue Britain''s rarest flowers from extinction. At once a memoir, a natural history and an inspiring manifesto for a better future, The Orchid Outlaw shows how we can all save our disappearing natural world, one plant at a time. ''A vivid love letter to Britain''s orchids . . . Ben Jacob breaks all the rules with enormous success'' FRANCIS PRYOR''Unorthodox and precious'' Financial Times''Enchanting'' Country Life''A fearless battle and a lifelong passion . . . find out why Ben Jacob has risked heavy fines and even prison to save our endangered orchids'' Observer
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