The Woodland Year: 1 Hardcover – Illustrated, 1 Oct 2008

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Review ------ One of Ben Law's remarkable gifts, besides being arguably Britain's greatest living woodsman, is a knack for inspiring others. The Woodland Year is a month-by-month journey through Ben's woodland in the Sussex Weald, and a celebration of every aspect of sustainable woodland management. In words that are often lyrical but always ungilded, he describes a way of life that is both economically and ecologically viable. As such, it holds some of the fundamental keys to how we can achieve a more sustainable, lower carbon society. Ben is a true pioneer and is quite simply creating a woodland renaissance in Britain. Read this, and you will surely want to be part of it. --From the Foreword by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, TV chef, author and campaigner Ben Law has written a wonderful account of life as a woodsman taking the reader through the natural cycle of a year. As I read I found the connection that Ben has with nature almost hypnotic and strangely calming. I could almost feel the surroundings he described. This is a beautifully presented book with inspiring ideas and Permanent Publications should be proud of what they have produced. If you buy this book for someone just make sure they agree to lend it back to you. Or better still get yourself a copy at the same time. --Richard Barnett, New Forest Transition It is not only the beauty of the photographs that brings this book to life. It is the intimacy of the writing and Ben Law's extraordinary, wide-ranging knowledge about woods. This is not a how to book for a trainee woodsman. It is more of a lyrical call for readers to work more in harmony with nature, and to appreciate the resources that lie around them. As such it works. I, for one, will be walking in my local woods with my eyes newly attuned to my surroundings. --Clare Reddaway on www.greenprophet.com Synopsis -------- Follows woodsman, Ben Law, through his year as he creates his livelihood, and supports himself and his family from the natural abundance of English woodland.