The Orchid Hunter: A young botanist's search for happiness

Leif Bersweden

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He has just a few months to complete his quest no one has ever done it before within one growing season and it will require ingenuity, stamina and a large dose of luck.As he battles the vagaries of the British climate, feverishly chasing each emerging bloom, Leif Bersweden takes the reader on a remarkable botanical journey.This study of the 52 native species is a fantastic gateway into the compendious world of orchids one that will open your eyes to the rare hidden delights to be found on our doorstep.Like Two Owls at Eton and My Family and Other Animals, The Orchid Hunter is a charming account of a precocious adolescent s obsession with the natural world.Leif s enthusiasm for his quest is infectious, as is the quiet conviction with which he keeps at it, showing how plant hunting can be the ultimate mindful activity.

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Where the Wildflowers Grow

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Leif Bersweden is a writer, botanist and science communicator with a face-down, bottom-up approach to watching nature. He grew up in rural Wiltshire where he taught himself to identify the local wildlife, focusing on plants from a young age, and has more recently completed a genetics PhD at Kew Gardens. He is the author of THE ORCHID HUNTER and WHERE THE WILDFLOWERS GROW, the latter of which was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize and shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Award.

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