Finding the Mother Tree | Suzanne Simard

'This is not a book about how we can save the trees. This is a book about how the trees might save us'.

No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard. In her debut book Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne shares the secrets of a lifetime spent uncovering startling truths about trees: their cooperation, healing capacity, memory, wisdom and sentience.

As her remarkable journey shows us, science is not a realm apart from ordinary life, but deeply connected with our humanity.

In Finding the Mother Tree, she reveals how the complex cycle of forest life - on which we rely for our existence - offers profound lessons about resilience and kinship, and must be preserved before it's too late.

Finding the Mother Tree is available to pre-order now.

[kimjones]

When I was in my early twenties...I am 70 now I was hiking in Australia in the Ku Ring Gai Chase National Park and I felt a pulling and looked to my right and there was a magnificent tree and without thinking I walked towards it and put my arms around it and closed my eyes. I felt a pulling up inside the tree then opened my eyes and I was the tree and could see everything. I was invited to experience being a tree. I could feel the sun on my leaves and a gentle breeze blowing and a slight swaying and felt loved. Then for a second I thought what if I cannot leave and was immediately returned and to this day I regret having that thought. I know there is so much more because this is not the only experience I have had with nature. She is alive and well and filled with compassion and love.

[MalaCrim]

Susanne Simard is an amazing activist academic who profoundly understands the forest ecosystem. Her message needs to be brought into the classroom at Grade 5, or better yet, the forest can be the classroom.

[melhughes]

Amazing book. I finished it last week. My favourite place is to be in the woods, surrounded by trees and nature.

[vickipurviance]

Great book, not only for the science of the mother trees, but also for Suzanne's life journey and the mystery of discovery.

[randolphtorres]

?? Are we so lame so blind so ignorant that it took us into the 22 century to discover this extremely valuable & important information. ??Have we been asleep for a couple of centuries.

[nathaliecanada]

Thanks for all your devotion and explanations on trees. I've discover only recently how marvelous trees are and how they communicated between one another. We got to much to learn from them and how useful they are to us. Congrats for all your awesome work you've done so far.

[RaymondParkerPhoto]

Thank you for your work and education.

[kittyshanahan]

I'm so grateful for your work. I've always known everything in the forest is connected! Now I have a better understanding thanks to you! (Indigenous cultures have been right all along.)

[michaelsheehan]

Wow seeing you stand next too the mother tree. here on li NYC in my home i am still feeling its wow magnificence thank you . sincerely Michael sl

[leahgage]

After reading the book, as well as others (including those by Diana Beresford Krieger) I can no longer pass by a clear cut, or other mismanaged fellings without twinges of pain and grief. Yet I don't know how to begin effecting the types of changes that would stop such practices and remind people that the old ways of Forest management, such as those of Native peoples, are the only ways of sustainably harvesting wood/timber. How do you teach people, remind them, that respect for the forest and the trees (as well as all other life therein) is essential if we wish to continue as a species? That the raping the land of life and diversity is unsustainable, even though trees and plants will regrow (albeit not in the same thriving ways as they were left untouched)? I see the world through different eyes after learning these things, but there is still that sadness brought by the knowledge that as long as money and wealth reigns supreme over all else we are doomed 😔

[douglaswilley]

Wonderful work, confirming with empirical science what are hearts have been trying to say. I walk the woods anew, feeling life on a higher order, lead there by these tender, tenacious, thoughtful discoveries. Thank You.

[karenc.]

Beautiful. Thank-you for this video and the book.

[carolinehurry]

Thank you for this! I just discovered your work through Boo Prince. Look forward to your book. May your wonderful message branch out to cover the world!

[marjorieshute]

So so loved your book. Thank you for your personal sharing about your illness. It helped me with mine. I am going out tomorrow to find my Mother tree. I am going to give it a big hug, say thank you and sit down at the understory and just be still🤗

[reuireuiop]

This week, in the province of Limburg, Netherlands, a 200 year old forest is going to be cut so that a car factory can be expanded. There are not many forest that old in Holland, which was nearly devoid of grown up trees in the 19c.

They've decided to move about 20 of these old trees to an other place, which is a thing only a car manufacturer can come up with. Like you can _move_ a 200yr old tree (and leave the live bringing fungi and micro organisms in the ground, to be covered by concrete...

[denisecrabb]

I was given your wonderful book as a birthday present and it's the best present I've ever had! I can't put it down as it's so captivating. It's fantastic that you have proven with science and with such a lot of hard work, what many of us have felt on an intuitive level. The forest is connected and we can feel it! This is the start of something huge! Thank you, thank you, thank you for your incredible work and for your incredible book. I'm now off to continue where I left off. It's enthralling! 😀 Love and hugs to you. Xx

[baranalamalliswari]

Wow very beautiful nature mam thank you

[carolinekeenan]

I love your work, found out about you through Regen Summit this year with Soil food I am learning under Elaine Ingham...I am definately getting yr book...look forward to it...

[beevandyke]

Listening to the book now. Beautifully written and fascinating world of trees.

[blueskyrhymes]

Your story and the story of the web beneath the soil touched me; your unwavering pursuit and diligence is a tonic to be enjoyed.