226 Garages and Service Stations Corten Steel each of the 366 entries

each of the 366 entries in this beautiful book – one tree for every day of the year – reveals some of the fascinating history made beneath their branches

boasting the aroma and flavour of smooth citrus and sweet orange

and the high-carbon steel blades make easy work of cutting branches and stems up to 2

deciduous shrub Spiraea Double Play Big Bang offers a vibrant display of orange spring foliage maturing to bright yellow

protein and fats

226 Garages and Service Stations Corten Steel each of the 366 entriesPhotographer Philip Butler has travelled the length and breadth of Britain photographing diverse, eccentric and idiosyncratic garages and service stations. From the Mock Tudor fad of the 1920s via the Streamline Moderne of the 1930s, to the simple Modernist rationalism of post war Britain, each era has produced a distinct automotive architecture. With the introduction of the Ministry of Transport (MOT) vehicle test in the 1960s, demand accelerated