The Tree Book
The Tree Book
We published this book in July 2005. It is a supplement to and expansion of the leaflet for our tree trail. It is designed to answer the kind of questions that occur to people as they walk around the trail or afterwards.

The book is aimed mainly at adults and older children. Parents, teachers and group leaders will find it especially useful. There is an appendix containing suggestions on linking the material to National Curriculum topics for Key Stages 1 and 2.

It is 36 A4 pages in size, illustrated throughout and with a soft cover. John Cole and his colleagues at Eden River Press have printed it to their usual high standards.

The book is available at Lingfield Community Centre and other places in and around Lingfield at a cost of £2.00 a copy. Alternatively, you can have it sent to you at a cost of £2.60 a copy (including postage and packing). Please send a cheque or postal order for that amount to Joy Matthews. (If you need a receipt, please say so.)
Commendations
"Thank you for sending me a copy of this excellent publication.  I have now had a chance to look through it and it really is well put together, informative without being over-formal."
Matthew Larkin - Surrey & IoW team, Rural Development Service, Defra

"The tree book is written in such a an easy-to-read style that anyone will enjoy learning more about trees. I especially like all the examples and little stories and will add them to my collection of snippets, as they make a walk so much more entertaining and people love them. The book contains all aspects of trees and explains them in easy-to-understand language, especially the ever-so-difficult issue of Latin names!"
Meike Weiser, Community Partnership Officer, Nature Conservation Section, Croydon Council

Contents
The book's contents list is below. You can read an Adobe PDF file of the first chapter here.

Introduction and acknowledgements
1. Trees around us
1a. Trees in the wider landscape
1b. Trees on the reserves
2. What is a tree?
2a. Types of tree
2b. What is a native tree?
2c. Trees' place in the scheme of things
3. What trees are made of
3a. Overall structure
3b. Cells
4. Feeding and growing
4a. Feeding
4b. Growing
4c. Roots
4d. Trees and carbon dioxide
5. Making more trees
5a. Reproducing
5b. The cycle of life
5c. Other ways of increasing
6. Trees in nature
7. Trees and people

Appendix 1 - Record breakers
Appendix 2 - Other resources
Appendix 3 - The Lingfield Reserves
Appendix 4 - Getting here
Appendix 5 - Planning your visit
Appendix 6 - National Curriculum hints
Poem: Broad daylight

Rear cover: The trees of the tree trail