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A Year with the Living Land

52 weeks of plants, poems, seasonal wisdom, and questions that root you in the world.

You want to connect with nature every week.

You have field guides. Meditation apps. Books on seasonal living. Poetry collections.

But you never use them together.

And here's the simple truth:

When the system is scattered, the practice falls apart.

Life gets busy. You lose the thread.

And good intentions disappear into the demands of Tuesday.

What is this book?

This is a complete year-long journey with the living world.

52 PLANT OF THE WEEK sheets - plus two more as an extra bonus 

Each one gives you a plant to meet, a poem to sit with, an understanding of the seasonal energy moving through that moment, and questions that invite your own reflection.

Everything you need is in one place.

No apps to open. No multiple books to coordinate. No wondering what to focus on this week.

Just one page. One week. One step deeper into the year.

The wire binding means it lies flat on your morning table or opens easily on a woodland walk. You can fold it back, tuck it in your bag, let it get weathered.

Write your own notes and reflections in the space provided.

This isn't a book to admire.

It's a book to live with, and share with friends, children, family and students.

Here's what you'll experience

• 52 weekly practices – each one complete, nothing missing, timed to the season you're actually living through
• Plant profiles for each week – not encyclopeadic entries, but invitations to relationship with what's appearing in your landscape right now
  
• Space for your own notes – because this journey is yours, and your observations matter
• Seasonal poems – short pieces that shift you into gratitude, presence, noticing and appreciation of the wonders of plants
• Energy flow through the year pages – understanding the qualities and rhythms moving through nature (and you) at festivals and transitions
• Reflection questions – not journaling prompts, but genuine questions that invite your own wisdom rather than prescribing answers
• QR codes to extended teachings – print them out and put them near the plants so others can learn about them too

Why one complete system matters

Most of us try to cobble together a nature practice.

A field guide for identification. A separate book for seasonal festivals. Maybe a meditation practice that mentions nature sometimes. Poems we bookmark but forget to read.

And we think if we just had more discipline, we'd use them all together.

But here's what actually happens: Wednesday comes. You're tired. You can't remember which book has what. The motivation fades. The practice dissolves.

It's not a discipline problem.

It's a design problem.

When everything you need lives in one place, in the right order, timed to the week you're in, something shifts.

You don't need to figure out what to focus on. The book tells you: this week, it's blackthorn.

You don't need to hunt for a poem. It's already there on the page.

You don't need to wonder what to reflect on. The questions are waiting  - live the questions over the following weeks.

The structure carries you. Even through the busy weeks. Even when you're not feeling inspired.

You just open to this week's page.

And you're already on the path.

Why the whole year matters

Spring is easy. Everyone loves spring.

But by November, when the light is thin and the land looks bare, most nature practices have quietly stopped.

This book doesn't stop in November.

It knows that the dark half of the year has its own gifts. Its own plants. Its own wisdom.

The reflection questions in winter ask different things than the questions in summer. The plants you're invited to meet are the ones actually there in the cold months, not some theoretical calendar of charismatic flowers.

You don't drop the thread when the season gets difficult.

You go deeper.

And when spring comes again, you're meeting it from a different place. From a full year's walking. From winter's insights.

That's when the real transformation happens.

Not in peak moments. But in the return. In the completion of the whole cycle.

Who this is for

This book is for you if you:

• Want a consistent nature connection practice but struggle with scattered resources
• Want to help yourself and those close to you be more nature connected
• Need more than botanical information – you want meaning, beauty, and inner nourishment alongside plant knowledge
• Value poetry and contemplation as much as practical wisdom
• Appreciate having a clear structure that carries you through busy seasons
• Want to experience a full year's journey, dark months and bright ones
• Are drawn to seasonal living and want one cohesive guide rather than piecing together multiple books

This is probably not for you if:

• You only want pure plant identification without reflection or poetry
• You prefer to design your own practice from scratch each week
• You're looking for something you can rush through in a weekend (this is designed for 52 weeks)
• You need everything to be digital and phone-accessible
• You're not ready to commit to a full year's practice

Your guide: Chris Holland

I've been teaching nature connection and seasonal living since 2000, bringing over two decades of experience helping families and organizations remember their place in the natural world through developing skills, creativity, storytelling and most importantly, play.

Credentials & Experience:

• BSc in Environmental Science
• Trained with renowned tracker and nature educator Jon Young
• Author of I Love My World, praised by Michael Morpurgo as "a must for all"
• Facilitating Family Camps at Trill on the Hill
• 25 years of field experience in nature education

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The practical bits

• 52 complete weekly plant profiles
• 8 seasonal energy flow pages with mentoring questions
• Space for your own notes and reflections
• Wire-bound format that lies flat and travels well
• QR codes throughout linking to extended teachings (recordings, videos, detailed monographs)
• Designed for multiple years of use – you can follow the cycle again and deepen with each pass
• Quality paper that holds up to notes, weather, and real use
  
• 14-day money-back guarantee if it's not for you

Price £23.99

In order to minimise the environmental impact of this resource it is printed on demand for you. Please allow around 10-14 working days for delivery, thank you.

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If you want to print off unlimited copies of the sheets to share with student you can buy a license here: 
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If you want a signed copy, that usually gets delivered in a week, please follow this link: https://www.natureconnection.co.uk/wire-bound-potw