:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/spring-collection-2026-reveal-3.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/STAR-product-carousel-1x1-3.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/contributor-agatha-christie-3.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/GOT-Collection-product-carousel-1x1-3.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/HOWL-Howls-Moving-Castle-Limited-Edition-creative-1x1-3.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/HOML-the-iliad-the-odyssey-clive-hicks-jenkins-limited-edition-3.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/ABCP_A_BEAR_CALLED_PADDINGTON_LLUSTRATION_02-3.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/FOLIO_GIFT_CARD_SQUARE-3.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/Vault_2500x2500-3.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/IBSCT_S_1_productcarousel-3.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/TMAB-product-carousel-1x1-3.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/HOWL-Howls-Moving-Castle-Limited-Edition-Homepage-Mobile-Banner-3.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/NH4C-Nineteen-Eighty-Four-product-carousel-square.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/media/catalog/product/h/l/hlot-1-base.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/media/catalog/product/h/l/hlot-02-hover.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/media/catalog/product/h/l/hlot-03.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/media/catalog/product/h/l/hlot-04.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/media/catalog/product/h/l/hlot-05.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/media/catalog/product/h/l/hlot-06.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/media/catalog/product/h/l/hlot-07.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/media/catalog/product/h/l/hlot-08.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/media/catalog/product/h/l/hlot-09-detail.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/media/catalog/product/h/l/hlot-10.jpg)
The Hidden Life of Trees
What They Feel, How They Communicate
Perfect Additions
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/media/catalog/product/h/a/hawk_01_base.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/media/catalog/product/2/2/SS2_1_base.jpg)
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/media/catalog/product/2/2/PAND_1_base.jpg)
The Hidden Life of Trees
Printed endpapers
Slipcase wrapped in textured paper
Wohlleben has wise words for those entering a forest: ‘Slow down, breathe deep and look around’, and our design perfectly reflects that approach. We've made a beautiful book, tactile and simple, with a natural feel. The endpapers are printed with a subtle design of willow leaves, and the slipcase has a textured, grainy feel. Dina Brodsky's closely observed and finely detailed drawings of trees are drawn from life and portray them as both mysterious and majestic.
Drawing on decades of experience and the latest scientific discoveries, Wohlleben shows how trees live in close-knit communities. They communicate, form alliances and support the sick and struggling. A healthy forest, he argues, is one where trees cooperate rather than compete - and where every trunk, root and leaf plays its part.
Wohlleben’s deep love for woodland life is contagious. His writing invites us to slow down, look closer and rediscover the wonder of the natural world. After reading this book, a simple walk among the trees becomes something else entirely: a glimpse into a hidden world, full of life, mystery and quiet magic.
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist painter. Known for her miniaturist style, her highly detailed depictions of natural environments and unsuspecting human and animal subjects are evocative of renaissance portraiture and landscape. Brodsky often paints on small circular surfaces, forcing viewers to move closer to the work.
Born in 1981 in Minsk, Belarus, she moved to the United States at the age of 10 and received her BFA at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2006. Dina has had solo exhibitions in London, New York, Massachusetts and Florida. She has taught in several institutions, including the Castle Hill Centre for the Arts, the Long Island Academy of Fine Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/HLOT-the-hidden-life-of-trees-illustration-01.jpg)
1 of 5
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist painter. Known for her miniaturist style, her highly detailed depictions of natural environments and unsuspecting human and animal subjects are evocative of renaissance portraiture and landscape. Brodsky often paints on small circular surfaces, forcing viewers to move closer to the work.
Born in 1981 in Minsk, Belarus, she moved to the United States at the age of 10 and received her BFA at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2006. Dina has had solo exhibitions in London, New York, Massachusetts and Florida. She has taught in several institutions, including the Castle Hill Centre for the Arts, the Long Island Academy of Fine Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/HLOT-the-hidden-life-of-trees-illustration-02.jpg)
2 of 5
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist painter. Known for her miniaturist style, her highly detailed depictions of natural environments and unsuspecting human and animal subjects are evocative of renaissance portraiture and landscape. Brodsky often paints on small circular surfaces, forcing viewers to move closer to the work.
Born in 1981 in Minsk, Belarus, she moved to the United States at the age of 10 and received her BFA at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2006. Dina has had solo exhibitions in London, New York, Massachusetts and Florida. She has taught in several institutions, including the Castle Hill Centre for the Arts, the Long Island Academy of Fine Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/HLOT-the-hidden-life-of-trees-illustration-06.jpg)
3 of 5
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist painter. Known for her miniaturist style, her highly detailed depictions of natural environments and unsuspecting human and animal subjects are evocative of renaissance portraiture and landscape. Brodsky often paints on small circular surfaces, forcing viewers to move closer to the work.
Born in 1981 in Minsk, Belarus, she moved to the United States at the age of 10 and received her BFA at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2006. Dina has had solo exhibitions in London, New York, Massachusetts and Florida. She has taught in several institutions, including the Castle Hill Centre for the Arts, the Long Island Academy of Fine Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/HLOT-the-hidden-life-of-trees-illustration-04.jpg)
4 of 5
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist painter. Known for her miniaturist style, her highly detailed depictions of natural environments and unsuspecting human and animal subjects are evocative of renaissance portraiture and landscape. Brodsky often paints on small circular surfaces, forcing viewers to move closer to the work.
Born in 1981 in Minsk, Belarus, she moved to the United States at the age of 10 and received her BFA at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2006. Dina has had solo exhibitions in London, New York, Massachusetts and Florida. She has taught in several institutions, including the Castle Hill Centre for the Arts, the Long Island Academy of Fine Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
:fill(white)/https://www.foliosociety.com/static/cms/media/HLOT-the-hidden-life-of-trees-illustration-05.jpg)
5 of 5
About the Author
Peter Wohlleben is one of the world’s most notable foresters and a passionate advocate for tree conservation. Wohlleben lives in Germany, where he founded a Forest Academy for education and advocacy, and teaches forest owners to manage ecologically conscious forests. His books are bestsellers in countries around the world.
Peter’s Forest Academy supports worldwide initiatives to protect forests, including those of the Kwiakah First Nation in British Columbia, Canada and Ecosia, the ecological search engine that uses its profits to plant trees around the world.
A trusted global advisor on forestry issues, Peter delivered the keynote address at the 2020 International Conference for Biodiversity and Climate. Awards for his work with forests include the prestigious Heinz Sielmann Award, the Environmental Award from Environmental Action Germany and a Conservation Medal from BUND in Bavaria, amongst many others.