The Hidden Life of Trees

Wohlleben does an amazing job of making me genuinely care about the microscopic happening in the dirt of forest floors. One of my favorite books is Michael Pollan’s Botany of Desire, so I felt likely to enjoy this when a friend gifted it to me. The author’s revelations about the communication capabilities of trees is at once amazing and revelatory and also, “Oh yeah, that’s makes a lot of sense.” Of course thru communicate. How could they not? But the author also fully presents their obvious limitations. For all their abilities, they remain helpless against our own intrusions. I highly recommend this and can’t wait to discuss it with the friend who gave it to me. If only they would go ahead and finish it too.