In the Company of Trees

Honoring Our Connection to the Sacred Power, Beauty, and Wisdom of Trees

Andrea Sarubbi Fereshteh

• Publisher: Adams Media
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9781507209554
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Botany
• Index: Biological Sciences

Fascinating facts, trivia, and stories celebrating nature and the magnificent life of trees and their invaluable place in our lives, including beautiful, full-color photographs throughout.

When was the last time you spent time outside? The space between your front door and your car doesn’t count. Nature holds incredible power to soothe our spirits, calm our minds, and open us up to creativity, if we can unplug long enough to step away from our screens and embrace it. And while they say you can’t see the forest for the trees, they play perhaps the leading role in our enjoyment of the outdoors.

In the Company of Trees helps you rediscover your own connection to the world outside, with over 195 quotes, facts, and stories honoring trees from across the world and in our own back yards alike. Inviting, full-color photos of sun-dappled forests and tree-filled hikes throughout will inspire you to do some forest-bathing of your own and embrace the healing power of nature.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Introduction
• Wollemi Pine: A Living Fossil
• Inhale, Exhale
• Arboreal Water Authority
• The Celebration of Tu Bishvat
• An Ancient “Tree” Alphabet
• Ireland’s Fairy Tree
• The Dark Hedges
• The Immortal Yew Trees
• Divining the Rings
• The Lone Joshua Tree
• Komorebi
• The Peace of Forest Bathing
• Sacred Shinto Trees
• Spring Sakura
• Crown Shyness
• Moon Trees
• Norse Tree of Life
• The Yolka New Year Tree
• The Ancient Arboretum of Bussaco Forest
• The Crooked Forest of Gryfino
• A Tree Heartbeat
• Wisdom of the Birch
• The Trembling Aspens of Pando
• Stately Magnolia
• The Quiver Tree Forest of Namibia
• The Iconic Baobab
• The Kigelia Sausage Tree
• The Primeval Białowieża Forest
• Virgin Komi Forests
• A Subterranean Communication System
• Germany’s Black Forest
• A Summer Snow of the Cottonwood
• The Wonders of Waldkindergärten
• A Hidden Giant—Hyperion
• The Aquatic Arbor of Mangrove Trees
• The Sacred Sugi Pines
• Bald Cypress, Keeper of the Swamp
• The Craggy Pine, Europe’s Oldest Tree
• The Tale of Old Tjikko
• Methuselah and the Secret to Longevity
• The Legend of the Angel Oak
• The Life and Death of Trees
• The Wooded Heights of the Caledonian Forest
• The Wonder of the Rainbow Eucalyptus
• The Aromatic Eucalyptus
• Protecting the Rosewood
• Avenue of the Baobabs
• The Rainforests of the Atsinanana
• The Depths of the Ebony Tree
• The Lone Cypress
• The Monterey Cypress of Crocker Grove
• The Bahrainian Tree of Life
• The Underwater Forest of Lake Kaindy
• The Ethereal Weeping Willow
• The Curse of the Petrified Forest
• The Peruvian Olive Grove Forest
• The Symbolism of the Olive Tree
• The Sycamore Gap
• The Venerated Banyan Tree
• Strangler Figs of Angkor Wat
• A Champion for Trees
• The Peril of the Nordmann Fir
• History of the Christmas Tree
• The Catalpa’s Alabaster Blooms
• A Striking Symbol
• A Poem As Lovely As a Tree
• American Sycamore
• The Flowering Tulip Tree
• The Acorn and the Mighty Oak
• The Flowering Dogwood
• The Monkey Puzzle Tree
• The Midsummer’s Celebration of the Linden Tree
• Colombia’s Colossal Wax Palms
• The Palm—More Than a Tropical Icon
• Pantelleria’s Protective Gardens
• A Tuscan Tradition—The Italian Cypress
• Tāne Mahuta, the Māori God of the Forest
• The Liquid Gold of the Argan Tree
• The Shagbark Hickory
• The Mythical Rowan
• New Zealand’s Christmas Tree
• The Revered Ceiba Tree
• The Art of Rubber Tapping
• An Underwater Ice Age Forest
• Puerto Rico’s Forest of Clouds
• The Stewards of the Amazon
• Thoreau’s Forest Fire
• A Cherry Namesake
• New Hampshire’s Sunken Forest
• Origins of the Wild Apple
• The Ice Cream Bean Tree
• Ecuador’s Flowering Guayacán
• The Ancient Fossil Forests of Antarctica
• The Hoh Rainforest’s Hall of Mosses
• The Persian Juniper Forest
• Spirit Little Cedar Tree of Lake Superior
• Africa’s Sacred Sycamore Fig
• The Bodhi Tree of Buddhism
• Sri Maha Bodhi Tree
• Thai Tree Spirits
• The Karma Puja Karam Festival
• Sacred Serbian Zapis Trees
• The Tradition of the Badnjak
• Malaysian Forest People
• Legends of the Wishing Tree
• Wassailing the Apple Trees
• Brehon Tree Laws
• Immortal Peach Tree of China
• Sacred Trees of Alishan
• China’s Feng Shui Forests
• Showers of Gold
• Illuminated Candlenut Tree
• The Holly Tree, Ruler of Winter
• The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
• A Love Affair with Trees
• Lovely Loblolly Pine
• The Survivor Elm
• Tractors of the Sky
• Tradition of the Tanzlinde
• The Mango Trees of Mozambique
• Guardian of the Redwoods
• The Wonder Tree of India
• The Boab Trees of Kimberley
• The Royal Sickle Bush
• The Myths of the Sacred Ash
• The Symphony of Leaves
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Index
• Photo Credits
• Copyright