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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    Back to the Garvellachs

    October 1, 2024

    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019

    From the River Awe to Loch Etive

    November 21, 2025
  • 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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    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019

    The wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 2013

    The majesty of the beech

    April 16, 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

    Thank you

    January 5, 2025

    The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014
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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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