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  • The two faces of Blackthorns

    I always think that Blackthorn sounds like it might be the sort of creepy, impenetrable vine which surrounds Sleeping Beauty’s castle during her slumber? In the winter, its black branches and long sharp thorns certainly look a little scary, but how beautiful do the sprays of white spring flowers look against that dark background?
  • A Question of Character

    Do trees have their own personalities?  It would certainly seem so.  Maybe we can learn a little something from them in these strange times?
  • Secret life of Conkers

    What are your plans for the weekend? I’ve got big plans to collect some of these beauties. Seeing them on the ground at the beginning of autumn a...
  • Do you know what's lurking in your beauty products?

    Do you know what’s lurking in your beauty products?
    Can you pronounce all of the ingredients? Do you know for sure that they don’t contain harmful chemicals, which can be hormone disrupting, carcinogenic, neurotoxins or worse?
  • Rosehips and hawthorn berries - Autumn jewels

    As a complete sun worshiper, Autumn is never my favourite time of year, when the nights are drawing in and winter is just around the corner. What I do love however, is seeing all of the beautiful berries shining like jewels from the bushes and hedgerows.