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Why do we need soil?

Global warming

The stuff of soil

Soil horizons

Soil city

Shoots and roots

Growing food

A worm's work

Decomposing

Dry soil

Soggy soil

Beautiful boglands

Sun, wind, and rain

Awake at night

Fungus kingdom

Wonderful worms

Written by Dr Jackie Stroud, Dr Marc Redmile-Gordon

Illustrated by Wenjia Tang

Editor Kathleen Teece

Senior Commissioning Designer Fiona Macdonald

Design Assistant Katherine Marriott

Managing Editors Laura Gilbert, Jonathan Melmoth

Managing Art Editor Diane Peyton Jones

Project Art Editor Jaileen Kaur

Senior Picture Researcher Sumedha Chopra

Senior Pre-Producer Nikoleta Parasaki

Producer Ena Matagic

Senior DTP Designer Jagtar Singh

Creative Directors Helen Senior, Clare Baggaley

Publishing Director Sarah Larter

RHS Publisher Rae Spencer-Jones

RHS Editors Simon Maughan, Guy Barter

RHS Head of Editorial Chris Young

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