The Sunday Times Bestseller - a wonderful introduction to the hundreds of small creatures with whom we live cheek-by-jowl and the myriad ways that we can encourage them to thrive
Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex. He has published more than 300 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects. His books include the Sunday Times bestsellers The Garden Jungle and A Sting in the Tale, which was also shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize and has been translated into fifteen languages. He is an Ambassador for the UK Wildlife Trusts, the National Allotment Society and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.
[Goulson] is master of intriguing details of a world beyond our
ken… The Garden Jungle is an eye-opening book… [and Goulson’s]
enthusiasm is infectious. This is a man you’d just love to visit
your garden and show you its invisible wonders, teach you how to
nurture them.
*The Times*
This book will teach you a great deal about the creatures who live
right outside your door and are waiting for you to get to know
them. It is a constant revelation.
*Sunday Times*
Like a top-notch wildlife documentary, The Garden Jungle draws us
in with fascinating details of the natural world and, at the same
time, delivers a wake-up call… I doubt that many will finish
reading this important book without making a few changes to their
gardening or way of life.
*Church Times*
An upbeat book about the wonders of the ecosystem in every
garden.
*The Times, *Summer reads of 2019**
Woodlice, earthworms, earwigs: a seething Serengeti lurks in many a
back garden. Apiologist Dave Goulson’s wonderful book encourages
such richness by delivering solid science on garden wilding...
Goulson demonstrates that the domestic nature reserve is the first
step towards saving the planet.
*Nature*
Well-informed…persuasive… [and] a call to arms…Garden Jungle may be
back-garden in scale, but the wider context is agricultural and
horticultural practices worldwide… Twelve diverse chapters
highlight what is happening and how we can contribute to positive
change.
*Gardens Illustrated*
Packed with remarkable details…the book shows how anyone lucky
enough to have a garden or an allotment can transform it into a
refuge for threatened flora and fauna… this is an excellent guide
to green gardening.
*Guardian*
An exquisite, compelling and quietly evangelical book about how
gardeners can play their part in saving the planet… We need writers
such as Goulson and this is a book that should be read by every
gardener in the country.
*Observer*
Goulson is the kind of humorous, knowledgeable and bubblingly
enthusiastic teacher anyone would want… He brilliantly communicates
his delight at the biological miracles right under our noses in our
own back gardens… The Garden Jungle is funny, combative and full
of…ideas.
*Daily Mail*
You put the book down and change your habits… an essential in every
garden bookshop.
*Resurgence & Ecology*
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