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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    A little chapel in Ballachulish

    May 19, 2014

    St Bride’s revisited

    September 18, 2015

    St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014
  • 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 primrose: herald of spring

    March 6, 2014

    From the River Awe to Loch Etive

    November 21, 2025

    Iona: Dun I and the Well of Eternal Youth

    May 1, 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 magic of the birch

    February 14, 2013

    The enchantment of the rowan

    September 9, 2013

    A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015
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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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