The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Sycamore: colonist or custodian?

    October 6, 2017 /

    Often seen as an intruder in old woodlands, the sycamore still deserves a second glance for its beauty - and older specimens could tell a tale or two about bloodshed and drama!

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    The song of the aspen

    December 5, 2016

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022

    A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015
  • Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss

    October 23, 2016 /

    Ghosts of horses tend to come in different guises, some of them benevolent and some of them more inclined towards the Apocalypse. The story that is linked with Old Castle Lachlan is moving and gentle, touched by the sadness of Culloden

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    The secrets of St Cormac

    November 5, 2018

    Jedburgh Abbey

    October 1, 2015

    Looking at crannogs

    April 21, 2014
  • The fire of the ash

    August 9, 2016 /

    The ash is a beguiling tree, elegant in all seasons, and mother to a host of legends

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    A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015

    The fragrance of juniper

    November 29, 2015

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 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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