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  • The Fortingall Yew: symbol of eternity

    March 26, 2014 /

    This yew tree in a Perthshire churchyard may be 5,000 years old: it's astounding to think how much human history it has witnessed in its lifetime.

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    Golden saxifrage

    April 6, 2018

    Birdsong and light

    January 31, 2026

    The song of the aspen

    December 5, 2016
  • The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014 /

    Continuing my series on British trees, we're heading up into the Highlands to stand beneath a beautiful Scots pine...

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    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

    The song of the aspen

    December 5, 2016

    Hawthorn – bride of the hedgerow

    April 25, 2015
  • The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013 /

    Glowing with colour when the year is at its darkest, holly was once thought to symbolise immortality

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    The ivy green

    November 20, 2022

    A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015

    The power of the elder

    June 21, 2019
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