Forest Walking

Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America

Awaken your senses and learn how to be a forest detective—with Peter Wohlleben, New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees.

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When you walk in the woods, do you use all five senses to explore your surroundings? For most of us, the answer is no—but when we do, a walk in the woods can go from pleasant to immersive and restorative. Forest Walking teaches you how to get the most out of your next adventure by becoming a forest detective, using taste, touch, smell, sound, and sight to decode nature’s signs and awaken to the ancient past and thrilling present of the ecosystem around you. 

Peter Wohlleben teams up with his longtime editor and translator, Jane Billinghurst. Together, they take you on a sensory tour of forests across North America based on their own experiences and observations: from the rainforests and redwoods of the west coast to the towering white pines of the east, and down to the cypress swamps of the south and up to the boreal forests of the north.

Praise for Forest Walking  

• “This book will fast-track you into the joys of spending time amongst the trees.”
  —Tristan Gooley, author of The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs and How to Read Water

• “You'll be changed after reading this fine and enchanting book.”
  —Richard Louv, author of Our Wild Calling and Last Child in the Woods

• “[An] enlightening look at the power of forests … [P]oetic and full of marvels … readers will be encouraged by the authors’ insistence that a simple walk is all one needs to find adventure. This beautifully written homage will have readers ready to get outside.”
  —Publishers Weekly ★

• “A treasury of ideas, encouragements, and insights for all who wish to befriend trees and forests.”
  —David George Haskell, author of The Forest Unseen and The Songs of Trees

• "A profound invitation to fine-tune our observational skills and fully appreciate the forest as a vibrant, complex community."
  —Donna Seaman, Booklist

• “With wisdom and affection, Wohlleben and Billinghurst have written an eminently practical, delightful, and science-infused invitation for readers to explore the woods in a wholly new way.”
  —Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix