"The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession" Book Allen Laing About the Author

About the Author

as well as lesser known species like the blue quandong and dragon's blood

" done in collaboration between The Center for Art in Wood (previously known as The Wood Turning Center) and the Craft Alliance of St

When Amy Stewart discovered a community of tree collectors

and this passion for discovery is integral to who I am

"The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession" Book Allen Laing About the AuthorFifty vignettes of remarkable people whose lives have been transformed by their obsessive passion for treeswritten and charmingly illustrated by the New York Times bestselling author of The Drunken Botanist. When Amy Stewart discovered a community of tree collectors, she expected to meet horticultural fanatics driven to plant every species of oak or maple. But she also discovered that the urge to collect trees springs from something deeper and more