The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Dryburgh Abbey

    September 11, 2015 /

    The pink sandstone ruins of Dryburgh Abbey stand in their own little pool of time, listening for the gentle chant of prayers

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    Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

    March 9, 2016

    The island of Gigha

    May 12, 2019

    Orkney: St Magnus’ Cathedral, Kirkwall

    November 27, 2023
  • 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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    Trespassing

    February 6, 2018

    Rain

    June 13, 2018

    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023
  • The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014 /

    Evergreen, toxic, and able to live for thousands of years… it's no wonder the yew tree was revered in ancient times.

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    The power of the elder

    June 21, 2019

    A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015

    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019
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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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