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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    Common butterwort

    July 9, 2012

    The wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 2013

    Snowdrops in January

    January 10, 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 fragrance of juniper

    November 29, 2015

    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019

    The majesty of the beech

    April 16, 2013
  • 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 darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014

    The ivy green

    November 20, 2022

    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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