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 Statesman

Ben 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

"A daring, delightful and galvanising call to save the world, one plant at a time" - The Bookseller, Editor’s Choice

"It's noble work in a time of great change. The Orchid Outlaw urges us to look closer and tread more carefully" - New Statesman

"The Orchid Outlaw . . . offers captivating descriptions of pre-dawn forays on to private land where housing developments will soon obliterate colonies of precious orchids" - Financial Times, Best new books on climate and the environment

"The book is written with a skip and drama, and will leave you furious that these strange and delicate plants have been so neglected" - Mail on Sunday