Forever Green | Natural History: Plants

Dave Pepler

Forever Green initiates the reader into the hidden marvels of the plant world. Stories and pictures pay homage to the secret life of plants – from proteas, arum lilies and fynbos to aloes, vygies, medicinal plants and stoep companions.

Dave Pepler’s love for nature goes back to his childhood when his grandfather, Boy le Roux, pushed him along in a wheelbarrow on veld excursions.

Pepler’s homage to botanical richness focuses on indigenous plants. Each one is brought to life by a nostalgic anecdote and explored in lyrical, imaginative prose – to inform, entertain and enchant. Pepler draws links between nature, his past and the realms of history and the sciences.

This captivating collection contains 25 stories, some of which have appeared in the lifestyle magazine Visi, while others were written especially for the book.

Forever Green is

• a beautiful coffee table book (photographs by artist Lien Botha)
• a practical guide (tips and advice by veteran journalist and garden fundi, Laurian Brown)
• a meditation on plants and nature.

Ook beskikbaar in Afrikaans: Immergroen.