Vanishing Landscapes: The Story of Plants and How We Lost Them Woolcott examines how these figures

Woolcott examines how these figures – sometimes ancient

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taking the reader from the Western Isles of Scotland to Vancouver Island and elsewhere

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Vanishing Landscapes: The Story of Plants and How We Lost Them Woolcott examines how these figuresThere was a time when our lives were woven into the rhythms of the land. We recognised the plants around us like familiar neighbours, each with its own purpose and story. These days, that closeness has faded. We've drifted from the natural world and forgotten how much the plants beneath our feet once meant to us. Vanishing Landscapes traces the slow retreat of plants from our everyday lives. One by one, they slipped away, the apples we picked, the