With listings from Acacia to Zelkova, this is the most comprehensive guide to trees in the Northwest. A delight to read, combining legends and lore with tips on care and planting, this guide is a must for exploring the city's green spaces or your own back yard.
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A lifelong Seattle resident, Arthur Lee Jacobson began studying plants when he was 17. While earning a history degree at the University of Washington, he bicycled around the city learning about its trees. His first book was Trees of Seattle (1989) --updated in a 2006 second edition. Since 1990 he has published various books, articles and guides to trees and other plants, both wild and cultivated. His book North American Landscape Trees (1996) won the American Horticultural Society book of the year award.
He is a sole proprietor whose work includes publishing, writing, consulting, photography, hands-on gardening, and lecturing either via field tours or inside. Clients include individuals, businesses, organizations and government agencies. His plant expertise is rare in that it straddles the two realms of wild plants and garden plants.
He has served on various nonprofit boards, including presiding over Seattle Tilth in 1996, TREEmendous Seattle in 1998, and PlantAmnesty in 2004. To know him best is to read his writings. His whole life has been about learning and sharing what he has learned about wild plants, garden plants and trees. More than 300 of his articles and essays are on his website (http://www.ArthurLeeJ.com).
He is a sole proprietor whose work includes publishing, writing, consulting, photography, hands-on gardening, and lecturing either via field tours or inside. Clients include individuals, businesses, organizations and government agencies. His plant expertise is rare in that it straddles the two realms of wild plants and garden plants.
He has served on various nonprofit boards, including presiding over Seattle Tilth in 1996, TREEmendous Seattle in 1998, and PlantAmnesty in 2004. To know him best is to read his writings. His whole life has been about learning and sharing what he has learned about wild plants, garden plants and trees. More than 300 of his articles and essays are on his website (http://www.ArthurLeeJ.com).
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This was a classic book,
By Dr.Science "TSME" (Olympia, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Trees of Seattle: The Complete Tree-Finder's Guide to the City's 740 Varieties (Paperback)
When this book was published in 1990, it virtually created a new genre: the local tree guide. By combining clear, simple descriptions of hundreds of local area species (about 30 native, and the rest ornamental) and providing information on where you could go see the tree, it became possible for people to both learn a wide variety of trees and to learn more about the natural heritage of a place - in this case, Seattle. A second edition of this book has just (February 2006) been published; it contains almost twice as many species, many more color photographs, and a far longer list of specimen trees.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Comprehensive and easy to use,
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This review is from: Trees of Seattle: The Complete Tree-Finder's Guide to the City's 740 Varieties (Paperback)
This book is great. We use it at least a couple of times a week for ecological restoration.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for planning ahead,
By tgor "Music Everywhere" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Trees of Seattle: The Complete Tree-Finder's Guide to the City's 740 Varieties (Paperback)
We use this book whenever we are thinking about planting a tree in our yard. For some reason, everything seems to grow far bigger than the nursery tags indicate, and many species look far different when young than as more mature trees. It's great to be able to see not only pictures, but to be able to drive to specific locations to see the tree in a mature state, as it may look in our own yard in many years. That's prevented a few "mistakes" in selection.
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