The Lost Elms: A Love Letter to Our Vanished Trees – and the Fight to Save Them : The stunning new nature book from the 'unofficial poet laureate of our woodlands' From watching lambs take their

From watching lambs take their first shaky steps in the barn to catching glimpses of sharp-eyed sparrowhawks

And all hope is downwards-flowing -

petals and leaves through to loo rolls

urgent concept

the oak as medicine

The Lost Elms: A Love Letter to Our Vanished Trees – and the Fight to Save Them : The stunning new nature book from the 'unofficial poet laureate of our woodlands' From watching lambs take theirFor millennia, elm trees shaped our landscapes, our imaginations and our folklore, and then, they started dying. For more than a century, a devastating pandemic has swept across continents, overwhelming scientific efforts to contain it. Dutch elm disease has wiped out hundreds of millions of trees worldwide, including over 25 million in the UK alone, reshaping entire landscapes. Today, few young people have ever stood beneath a mature elm, though