The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • 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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    December 5, 2016

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022

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  • The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014 /

    Evergreen, toxic, and able to live for thousands of years… it's no wonder the yew tree was revered in ancient times.

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    The fragrance of juniper

    November 29, 2015

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

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  • The trees of Dollar Glen

    August 25, 2014 /

    At Dollar Glen in Clackmannanshire, a steep-sided gorge contains an emerald world where the trees bend their mossy branches to the water

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    Ballachuan hazel wood

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    New book: Voices of the Earth

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    Wood sorrel

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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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