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Trees Up Close offers an intimate, revealing look at the beauty of leaves, flowers, cones, fruits, seeds, buds, bark, and twigs of the most common trees. With more than 200 dazzling photos, you will be amazed by the otherwordly beauty of the acorns from a sawtooth oak, enchanted by the immature fruits of a red maple, and dazzled by the delicate emerging flowers of the American elm.
About the Author
Nancy Ross Hugo is an outdoor writer and lecturer who has been combining her love of the outdoors and the written word for over thirty years. As garden columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch then education manager at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, she learned to write from the perspective of a learner and to appreciate the importance (and joy) of making new discoveries about nature. She is an avid gardener, native plant enthusiasit, flower arranger, and tree hugger. She hopes her epitaph will be as accurate as her bumper sticker: "Tree Hugging Dirt Worshipper." Learn more at nancyrosshugo.com.
