The Book of Wild Flowers – The perfect countryside and armchair companion to the wild flowers of the British Isles

Artist Angie Lewin and author Christopher Stocks have collaborated on The Book of Wild Flowers, a celebration of British wild flowers and their place in our landscape.

The hardback edition covers Angie’s printmaking and painting activities and Christopher Stocks explores the history and science of the nation’s wild flowers, offering up both fascinating and unusual insights into a range of British flowering plants alongside guidance on where to find them and tips for cultivation.

This essential wild flower selection also includes a number of illustrator Angie Lewin's favourites, for which she has created new works which sit beside reproductions of previous paintings and illustrations.

This special study of our blooming British countryside will appeal to anyone who loves the wild flowers of the British Isles and fans of Angie Lewin’s acclaimed images of the natural world.

Angie Lewin studied fine art at the Central School of Art and has since become a highly regarded artist and printmaker. She has published two books: Angie Lewin: Plants and Places (Merrell, 2010)

and The Book of Pebbles (Thames & Hudson, 2020).

Christopher Stocks is an author, journalist and trainee bell-ringer. His first book, Forgotten Fruits (Windmill Books, 2009), a social history of British fruit and vegetables, was chose by Monty Don as his

favourite book of the year. He is also the author of The Book of Pebbles (Thames & Hudson, 2020) another collaboration with artist Angie Lewin.

The Book of Wild Flowers – Reflections on Favourite Plants is released on March 7 and available to pre-order on Amazon at: www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Wild-Flowers-Reflections-Favourite/dp/0500027064

The book has 136 pages along with 62 illustrations and is priced at £16.99 for the hardback edition.

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