The orchid outlaw : on a mission to save Britain's rarest flowers

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE & SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD'One man's fascinating mission to save the great British orchid' Mail on Sunday'Noble work in a time of great change' New StatesmanBen Jacob is the Orchid Outlaw.

In the dead of night, armed with a torch and a trowel, he risks everything, climbing into building sites to rescue Britain's rarest flowers from extinction.

At once a memoir, a natural history and an inspiring manifesto for a better future, The Orchid Outlaw shows how we can all save our disappearing natural world, one plant at a time. 'A vivid love letter to Britain's orchids . . . Ben Jacob breaks all the rules with enormous success' FRANCIS PRYOR'Unorthodox and precious' Financial Times'Enchanting' Country Life'A fearless battle and a lifelong passion . . . find out why Ben Jacob has risked heavy fines and even prison to save our endangered orchids' Observer