The Hazel Tree

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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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    For the love of mistletoe

    November 30, 2014

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022

    The trees of Dollar Glen

    August 25, 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 ivy green

    November 20, 2022

    The song of the aspen

    December 5, 2016

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022
  • Book review: ‘The New Sylva’

    May 7, 2014 /

    In 1664, horticulturalist John Evelyn published 'Sylva', a comprehensive study of Britain's trees; and in 2014, to mark the 350th anniversary, a modern-day version has been created. This is a book to cherish for generations to come!

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    Red deer painting – now finished

    February 8, 2016

    The Kyle of Tongue: a battle, a hero’s grave and a cow with a gold coin

    September 15, 2025

    Kilneuair Chapel

    January 1, 2021
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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