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Arboretum Borealis: A Lifeline of the Planet by Diana Beresford-Kroeger

Arboretum Borealis: A Lifeline of the Planet

Diana Beresford-Kroeger

Rights: World
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Arboretum Borealis does for the northern forests of the world what her previous book Arboretum America did for the forests of North America. Diana Beresford-Kroeger further develops her Bioplan, which consists of how each boreal tree group relates to its natural environment and how these specific trees can be used to promote health or to counteract the effects of pollution and global warming. The plan also reveals the fascinating history of these trees in Native American culture, including their medicinal uses. Finally, the Bioplan offers practical design ideas and tips—where to plant these trees, what season they look best in, what native plants complement them—as well as organic care and how to grow them.

Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a botanist, medical and agricultural researcher, lecturer, and self-defined "renegade scientist" in the fields of classical botany, medical biochemistry, organic chemistry, and nuclear chemistry. She lives in Ontario, Canada.

Fall 2010
160 pages