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 spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022

    The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014
  • 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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    Piddocks – anything but boring

    August 21, 2013

    The Birnam Oak

    May 11, 2015

    Honeysuckle

    September 6, 2021
  • 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 holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013

    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 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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