The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • 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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    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023

    Ivy-leaved toadflax

    June 9, 2015

    The primrose: herald of spring

    March 6, 2014
  • Hawthorn – bride of the hedgerow

    April 25, 2015 /

    With angelic buds and evil thorns, the hawthorn stands at the threshold of the Underworld

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    The magic of the birch

    February 14, 2013

    The song of the aspen

    December 5, 2016

    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023
  • Bluebell enchantment

    April 16, 2015 /

    As our woods start to shimmer with a heavenly blue haze, I'm looking at some of the folklore attached to these beautiful flowers

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    The Dark Green Fritillary

    November 5, 2013

    White frost and winter light

    December 16, 2022

    The primrose: herald of spring

    March 6, 2014
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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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