The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • 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

    The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013

    The wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 2013
  • 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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    Cherry galls on oak leaves

    November 18, 2013

    Rosebay willowherb

    August 25, 2017

    The whirlpool of Corryvreckan

    July 7, 2012
  • 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 Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014

    The magic of the birch

    February 14, 2013

    Hawthorn – bride of the hedgerow

    April 25, 2015
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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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