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

    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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    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019

    The ivy green

    November 20, 2022

    The ancient oak woods of Taynish

    July 2, 2015
  • 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 song of the aspen

    December 5, 2016

    A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015

    The fire of the ash

    August 9, 2016
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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