Archie Miles’ latest book, ‘Hidden Trees of Britain’ is the culmination of a personal odyssey to find the strangest, rarest, largest and most obscure trees and treescapes of Britain. In this lecture we’ll hear the multitude of wonderful stories associated with these trees, also their historical, cultural and botanical significance in the nation’s natural heritage.

Archie Miles has been a professional photographer for more than thirty years, and a writer for about eighteen years, he has worked in the industrial, tourism and environmental sectors, but always had an abiding passion for landscape and natural history. A specialisation over the last fifteen years has seen him carving a distinctive niche in the world of trees, and he works on a regular basis with both the Tree Council and the Woodland Trust. He has travelled the length and breadth of the British Isles to photograph many of the country’s greatest and rarest trees as well as a huge diversity of woodland types. He runs a successful picture library and a postcard publishing business. The picture library now contains one of the most comprehensive collections of British tree photographs in the country – over 300,000 images!

His best-selling book, Silva – The Tree in Britain (Ebury Press – 1999), has sold in excess of 20,000 copies. 2002 saw the publication of The Malvern Hills and Westward (Beacon Hill House) – a personal photo essay and collection of poetry. In 2004 he was principal photographer and art director for The Heritage Trees of Britain and Northern Ireland (Constable) and in 2006 undertook the same roles for Heritage Trees of Scotland (Forestry Commission). In 2006 he also wrote and photographed the tie-in book for a popular new BBC2 series – The Trees that made Britain.

www.archiemiles.co.uk

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