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  • 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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    Sycamore: colonist or custodian?

    October 6, 2017

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    November 20, 2022
  • The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014 /

    Continuing my series on British trees, we're heading up into the Highlands to stand beneath a beautiful Scots pine...

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    August 23, 2015

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  • The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013 /

    Glowing with colour when the year is at its darkest, holly was once thought to symbolise immortality

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    The darkness of the yew

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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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