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  • 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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    Thank you

    January 5, 2025

    The fragrance of juniper

    November 29, 2015

    In a nutshell: the oystercatcher

    September 12, 2014
  • A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015 /

    For their valuable source of food and their versatile building material, hazel trees have been prized since the dawn of time. But hazel nuts are believed to contain wisdom, and a little bit of magic as well...

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    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019

    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023
  • For the love of mistletoe

    November 30, 2014 /

    What lies behind our long-standing affection for mistletoe's pure white berries?

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    The wild pansy, or heartsease

    March 31, 2014

    The harebell

    March 2, 2012

    The Treshnish Isles

    July 5, 2021
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