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  • Lesser celandine: greeting the sun

    March 15, 2016 /

    Star-like flowers of pure yellow welcome the first spring sunshine

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    The primrose: herald of spring

    March 6, 2014

    The fire of the ash

    August 9, 2016

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    May 22, 2022
  • The primrose: herald of spring

    March 6, 2014 /

    In March, the sweet yellow heads of primroses start to appear in the hedgerows. As one of the first signs of spring, they make a heartwarming sight!

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    Heath spotted-orchid

    June 14, 2012

    Bluebell enchantment

    April 16, 2015

    Fresh leaves in old woodlands

    May 8, 2018
  • Windflowers – tears of Aphrodite

    May 17, 2013 /

    According to a Greek legend, wood anemones - or windflowers - sprang up where the tears of Aphrodite fell. A lovely story, although she must have wept quite a lot, poor girl!

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    Meadowsweet

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    The Anemone of Passiontide

    April 6, 2012

    The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014
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