Garden Natural History : 102

In a much-anticipated addition to the New Naturalist library, Stefan Buczacki takes a broad look at the relatively unexplored world of the garden, and its relevance within the context of natural history overall.

Though gardens are often viewed merely as artificial creations rather than easily accessible places to observe and encourage wildlife, this book rectifies that misconception. By viewing gardens within the wider context of the British ecological landscape, Buczacki follows the garden's development as a habitat within which vertebrates, invertebrates and native and alien plants alike have been introduced and to which they have adapted.

A fascinating insight into the diversity of organisms and ecological processes that constitute the garden, this work also highlights the role of the gardener as conservator and shows how the garden can inspire all naturalists.