The Hazel Tree

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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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    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

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    March 18, 2023

    The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013
  • 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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    Hawthorn – bride of the hedgerow

    April 25, 2015

    The fire of the ash

    August 9, 2016

    A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015
  • 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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    Three favourite woodlands for autumn colour

    September 17, 2017

    Stronefield: a mill, an abandoned settlement, and a lost Jacobite’s cave

    August 15, 2021

    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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