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 Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014

    The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013

    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023
  • The fragrance of juniper

    November 29, 2015 /

    Since the end of the last Ice Age, juniper has been colonising open areas of land and offering shelter to all kinds of wildlife. Now, it looks like it could do with a little help...

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    The ivy green

    November 20, 2022

    The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013

    The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014
  • The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015 /

    Lover of riverbanks and boggy places, the alder forms a close bond between earth and water. No wonder our ancestors revered its magic

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    The power of the elder

    June 21, 2019

    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023

    Sycamore: colonist or custodian?

    October 6, 2017
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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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