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  • 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 darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014

    The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013

    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023
  • 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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    Orkney: the Ring of Brodgar

    December 21, 2024

    Glengarrisdale and Maclaine’s skull – a mystery re-exhumed

    August 21, 2022

    The wild pansy, or heartsease

    March 31, 2014
  • A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015 /

    For their valuable source of food and their versatile building material, hazel trees have been prized since the dawn of time. But hazel nuts are believed to contain wisdom, and a little bit of magic as well...

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    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022

    The wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 2013

    The ivy green

    November 20, 2022
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