The Hazel Tree

The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • The Birnam Oak

    May 11, 2015 /

    Did this majestic tree - or the forest in which it stood - inspire Shakespeare with an idea for 'Macbeth'?

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    Autumn colours in Killiecrankie

    October 18, 2015

    Iona: Dun I and the Well of Eternal Youth

    May 1, 2023

    Snowdrops in January

    January 10, 2014
  • Hawthorn – bride of the hedgerow

    April 25, 2015 /

    With angelic buds and evil thorns, the hawthorn stands at the threshold of the Underworld

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    The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013

    The majesty of the beech

    April 16, 2013

    The ivy green

    November 20, 2022
  • Bluebell enchantment

    April 16, 2015 /

    As our woods start to shimmer with a heavenly blue haze, I'm looking at some of the folklore attached to these beautiful flowers

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    The fire of the ash

    August 9, 2016

    Snowdrops in January

    January 10, 2014

    Three favourite woodlands for autumn colour

    September 17, 2017
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    "To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

    Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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