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The tree climber's guide : adventures in the urban canopy / Jack Cooke ; illustrated by Jennifer Pitchers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooke, Jack, 1985- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooke, Jack.
- Tree climbing--England--London.
- Tree climbing.
- Trees--England--London.
- Trees.
- London (England)--Description and travel.
- London (England).
- England--London.
- Genre:
- Travel writing.
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2016.
- Summary:
- In London, trees can go unnoticed. They line the city's streets, punctuate its open spaces, fill its parks, but they are not often remarked upon, scarcely touched and rarer still climbed. But as a meadow is not a meadow without its wildness, a city is not a city without its green spaces; London would not be London without its trees. Elms, oaks, pines, poplars, hazels, mulberries, acacias, cherries, hawthorns, silver wattles, London's very own planetree, the capital is fit to bursting with all manner, all sizes and all variety of tree life. Many are as old as, if not older than, the city itself. They were here before the Tower, before St. Pauls, most definitely before the Shard. And until recently, very few have been climbed... Jack Cooke has spent the last year climbing the vast assortment of the city's trees for no other reason than sheer pleasure. He is not a tree surgeon, he is not a scientist, he is not even a gardner. He is a treeclimber, as we all were not so long ago. In this charming, witty and beautifully illustrated companion, Jack explores the city through its canopy; teetering on the edge of an oak's branches, crunching the bark of a dying elm, spying views from the treetops which few have ever seen. He takes us through the parks, over the canals, behind its walled gardens and even into the City in his journey sometimes only ten foot above street level. It is a unique guidebook, as odd, alluring and wonderful as London itself, and is essential reading for the city's inhabitants and visitors alike.
- Contents:
- The Inner Gibbon 9
- A Short History of Climbing Trees 9
- Green Fingers 24
- A Warning to the Curious 32
- Canals & Rivers 39
- Brothers in arms, Bishop's Park 42
- The Helping Hand, Regent's Canal 44
- The Hideout, Beverley Brook 47
- The Old Mill, Ravensbourne River 48
- The Crow's Nest, King Edward VII Memorial Park 51
- The Sidewinder, Hertford Union Canal 53
- The Golden Fleece, Little Venice 55
- The Double Decker, Millbank 58
- Ophelia's Treehouse, The Bow Brook 60
- The Fireman's Pole, Meadowbank 61
- The Fish Hook, River Wandle 63
- City Parks 65
- The Divine Tree, Holland Park 67
- The Kraken, Clissold Park 71
- The Cracked Ash, Victoria Park 73
- Twin Peaks, Victoria Park 75
- Bristowe's Oaks, Brockwell Park 77
- Plimpton's Seat, Finsbury Park 78
- The Flagpole, Wandsworth Park 79
- The Tilted Tree, Ravenscourt Park 81
- The Two Towers, Ravenscourt Park 82
- House of Marvell, Waterlow Park 84
- The Enchanted Oak, Ruskin Park 86
- The Quarterdeck, Geraldine Hamsworth Park 88
- The Chartist Tree, Kennington Park 90
- The Magic Carpet, Normand Park 93
- The Guardian Tree, Crystal Palace Park 94
- The Corkscrew, Battersea Park 97
- The Strangled Oak, Battersea Park 99
- The Totem Pole, Roundwood Park 101
- The Jigsaw Tree, Burgess Park 103
- Species 105
- Squares, Gardens & Greens 121
- The Wooden Rose, Brunswick Square 124
- The Black Horse, Temple Gardens 125
- The Chrysalis, Fulham Palace Gardens 127
- Bishop's Rest, Fulham Palace Gardens 130
- The Nostrils, Camberwell Green 132
- Pankhurst's Stave, Victoria Tower Gardens 134
- The Catapult, Lincoln's Inn Fields 135
- The Mountain Top, Horniman Museum Gardens 137
- The Vanguard Beech, Lucas Gardens 139
- The Amplifier, Canada Square 141
- The Gelding's Tree, Golden Square 142
- Cemeteries & Churchyards 145
- The Three Crowns, Abney Park Cemetery 149
- The Angel Pine, Brompton Cemetery 150
- The Split Yew, All Saints Fulham 152
- John Joshua's Lime, Hammersmith Old 154
- The False Prophet, St John's Wood Church Grounds 157
- The Old Crutch, Kensal Green Cemetery 159
- The Black Hand, Nunhead Cemetery 162
- The Granny Pine, Paddington Old Cemetery 164
- The Pulpit, St Paul's Cathedral Churchyard 166
- Royal Parks 169
- The Hermit Hole, Hyde Park 172
- The Pedestal, Kensington Gardens 174
- The High Bower, Greenwich Park 175
- The Royal Perch, St James's Park 178
- The Tree of Knowledge, Richmond Park 180
- The Lookout, Primrose Hill 182
- Houdini's Door, Regent's Park 184
- Streets, Roundabouts & Rooftops 187
- The One-Way Willow, Swiss Cottage Roundabout 191
- Tramp's Corner, The Mall 193
- The Spire, Highbury Island 194
- The Burnt Treehouse, Lillie Road 196
- The Flying Oak, Kensington Roof Gardens 197
- The Soldier Fig, Stratford Greenway 199
- Seasons 203
- Open Ground 211
- A Strange Vision, Peckham Rye 214
- The Oasis, Blackheath 216
- The Turnip Tree, Tooting Commons 218
- Lamp Post 33, Clapham Common 220
- Gwain's Bane, Wormwood Scrubs 224
- The Talisman, Wandsworth Common 225
- The Commentary Box, Hackney Marshes 228
- The Fallen Oak, Hampstead Heath 229
- The Dule Tree, Wanstead Flats 232
- Secret Gardens 235
- The Bowsprit, Rosmead Garden 239
- The Holy Holm, Lambeth Palace Gardens 240
- The Widow's Veil, Chelsea Physic Garden 242
- The Prince of Persia, Kew Gardens 244
- The Lost Dragon, Kew Gardens 246
- The Peacock Roost, The Hurlingham Club 248.
- ISBN:
- 9780008153915
- 0008153914
- OCLC:
- 950877894
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