The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • The fire of the ash

    August 9, 2016 /

    The ash is a beguiling tree, elegant in all seasons, and mother to a host of legends

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    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023

    The majesty of the beech

    April 16, 2013

    The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014
  • Ballachuan hazel wood

    May 11, 2016 /

    I've never walked through a woodland quite like this one: the ancient hazel wood of Ballachuan on the island of Seil

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    The Anemone of Passiontide

    April 6, 2012

    Finding the Faery Isles

    October 27, 2019

    The trees of Dollar Glen

    August 25, 2014
  • Book review: ‘The Rainforests of Britain and Ireland’ by Clifton Bain

    April 21, 2016 /

    You might remember that, back in the summer of last year, I wrote about the oak woods of Taynish in Knapdale.   These are one of the last remnants of Britain’s temperate rainforests, having flourished in the mild, moisture-laden climate of the west coast for around 7,000 years.  It’s an enchanting, invigorating place:  in spring, as you walk in dappled shadow beneath the freshly-emerging canopy of leaves, you feel as if you’re breathing the same air as Argyll’s ancient ancestors. I was therefore delighted to come across a new book entitled ‘The Rainforests of Britain and Ireland – A Traveller’s Guide’.  Written by Clifton Bain and published by Sandstone Press, it…

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    New painting: Golden plover

    June 20, 2013

    Fincharn Castle on Loch Awe

    January 23, 2022

    Glengarrisdale and Maclaine’s skull

    May 2, 2021
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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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