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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    St Bride’s revisited

    September 18, 2015

    Sweetheart Abbey

    June 14, 2012

    Holyrood Abbey

    January 24, 2016
  • 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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    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

    Winter trees in Glen Roy

    December 17, 2025

    Remembering the magic of mistletoe

    December 8, 2019
  • 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 majesty of the beech

    April 16, 2013

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022

    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023
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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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