The Genius of Trees - How trees mastered the elements and shaped the world rites of death from oceans to forests

from oceans to forests

Smith & Mighty

Breaking Convention is the largest symposium of its kind

University of London

propose and develop ecological gardening methods and practices

The Genius of Trees - How trees mastered the elements and shaped the world rites of death from oceans to forestsThe Genius of Trees tells a mind expanding global story revealing the inventive and astonishing ways trees learned to shape our natural world. Over hundreds of millions of years, from prehistoric forests to the trees around us today, we see trees using fire as a reproductive tool, harnessing large mammals to spread their seeds (but poisoning smaller, less useful mammals), and splitting rock to create fertile ground in barren landscapes. Because trees,