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 Brendan and the Garvellachs

    February 24, 2012

    Sweetheart Abbey

    June 14, 2012

    The Garvellachs: just below the surface

    September 1, 2013
  • 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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    Rain

    June 13, 2018

    Fresh leaves in old woodlands

    May 8, 2018

    Early Purple Orchid

    May 26, 2014
  • 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 Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

    The fragrance of juniper

    November 29, 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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