Upland habitats contain a huge range of different ecological communities offering a wide range of benefits to humans and to wildlife. Some, however, are better understood and appreciated than others. Today, peatlands receive lip-service from all quarters for their importance in carbon sequestration – and yet we continue to neglect them, despite the increasing pressures of a warming climate and the consequent risk of shrinkage and vanishing species.

In this webinar author and horticulturalist Alys Fowler, whose book on peatlands came out earlier this year, will talk about the fascination of peat as a liminal space spanning earth and water, its importance for our uplands and the myths and misunderstandings which lead to it being simultaneously hallowed and undermined. Alys trained in horticulture at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and the New York Botanical Gardens and it is through her love of plants and ecology that she came to writing. She has written for numerous publications including the National Geographic, the Observer, the Guardian, Time Out, Gardens Illustrated, Red Magazine and Country Living. Her book Hidden Nature was shortlisted for the Wainwright prize in 2018.

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