30th April 2026
Emergence – To The Trees Edition #74
During the course of the last two weeks, spring has shown me some spectacular things and where once was a vaguely hinted mirage of the season, now a full form…
2nd April 2026
Spring – To The Trees Edition #73
As I begin this newsletter, the new moon hangs a crescent in the sky, the sun and earth align to balance light and dark, and all over the world, for…
3rd March 2026
A Walk in Pennard Wood – To The Trees Edition #72
In February, I twice took a walk upon Pennard Hill, a paradise of undulating earth, combes, ridges, and springs, amidst fields lined by far-reaching hedges, carved through by ditches and…
12th May 2025
The Green – To The Trees Edition #62
May is so welcome. All the greens have arrived in a cascade of hues too plentiful to discern individually. The up-coiling hedgerows writhe with the colour, a plethora of verdant…
12th April 2025
Spring Is Everywhere – To The Trees Edition #61
All of a sudden, Spring is everywhere. And I have not the eyes and ears sufficient to take it all in; nor the wit or words to record and share…
12th February 2025
An Imbolc Tree Walk – To The Trees Edition #60
Hazel Flowers This is spring, its very first inklings sprinkled throughout the hedgerows of Stone Down. At first glance, these early February days might seem like any other week of…
24th April 2024
The Mighty Oak and the Mighty Wren – To The Trees Edition #50
Oaks of Stone Down As I unpick the introduction to this month's article, I stand at the moment of oak's bud burst, a significant turning point that for me marks…
25th March 2024
An Ode to Blackthorn – To The Trees Edition #49
In some of the darkest nooks and crannies of Glastonbury, the blackthorn grows so slow and old that it has become draped in a full regalia of lichen. At this…
24th February 2024
Spring’s Beginning – To The Trees Edition #48
Spring’s first exhalation carries through the lanes of Avalon trailed by a delicate lace of tentative bird song that, along with the early blossoms of plum and thorn, come to…
1st August 2023
Silver Lining- To The Trees Edition #42
Many of this month's walks have been carefully planned to span the gaps between one shower and the next, darting from orchard to orchard to experience the next downpour from…
