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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    12 Trees in Autumn

    October 1, 2017

    Cherry galls on oak leaves

    November 18, 2013

    Leafburst

    April 14, 2020
  • 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 song of the aspen

    December 5, 2016

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022

    The fire of the ash

    August 9, 2016
  • 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 wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 2013

    Sycamore: colonist or custodian?

    October 6, 2017

    The enchantment of the rowan

    September 9, 2013
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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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