This book is published in response to the enthusiasm of the many admirers and collectors of Trevor Haddrell’s exquisite engravings of flower, fruit and vegetable forms. Most of the drawings were done in the luxuriant cottage garden on the Clifton Wood hillside which the artist shares with his green-fingered partner who lovingly tends the many species of flowering plants, shrubs and trees featured in the book. Trevor Haddrell has been influenced by the powerful wood engravings of Eric Ravilious, Clare Leighton and Gertrude Hermes, along with the work of the Japanese wood-block artists Hokusai and Hiroshige. Several of the engravings have been selected for the annual exhibitions of the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol and for the annual touring exhibitions of the Society of Wood Engravers. One of those featured in the book was selected as the cover illustration for the 2005 wood-engravers’ exhibition catalogue.