The Wild Year: A Field Guide for Exploring Nature All Around Us

An illustrated guide to exploring nature, one surprising season--and plant--at a time.

Whether you're an avid nature lover or newly discovering the world outside your door, you'll find information and inspiration in this beautifully illustrated pocket companion. Organized by season, its colorful pages are brimming with wondrous wildflowers and plants to discover as you wander, forage, and explore--from alder, foxglove, and fireweed to mistletoe, yarrow, and many more.

Artist Kristyna Baczynski blends writing, research, and illustrations that celebrate more than ninety plant specimens, drawn in detail for identification, along with historical, scientific, and folkloric information highlighting the unique backstory and beauty of these everyday natural wonders. You'll also find checklists, foraging tips, and room for field notes and sketches.

Take your daily neighborhood walk or weekend hike to the next level with this vibrant and irresistible guide.

Author: Kristyna Baczynski
Publisher: Tarcherperigee
Published: 10/11/2022
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780593538364
ISBN10: 0593538366
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Plants | Flowers
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Nature Therapy
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology

About the Author
Kristyna Baczynski is an illustrator, comic book artist, and author who grew up in the Pennines of Yorkshire, in a family from the Carpathians of Ukraine. She lives and draws in Leeds, England.