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King John's Palace - the Cottage |
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Article written by John Crampton for
England's Standard magazine (the Journal for the Royal Society of St
George) about a Grade II Listed property in Colnbrook, Berkshire.
The article includes some details on Richard Cox who invented and
planted the Cox's Pippin apple - 6/7 trees still remain in a small
orchard here.
Read the
full article pdf (1229KB)
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A full size willow woven sculpture of an
ancient oak tree
created by the Artist Beryl Smith from Llanidloes, taken at the Royal
Welsh Show.More from the Royal Welsh Show |
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Ancient trees
Poem by Arthur Bennett |
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The Founders' Oak
Poem by Arthur Bennett |
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Taken from a
Poem
'Winter Trees' by Sylvia Plath
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Poem by Rilke
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The Oak Tree
Poem by Valerie Harvey
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Rusland Beeches
By Marianne Birkby - Wildlife and Environment Artist
View more photos
and paintings by Marriane |
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'Eating our ancients' – Shotover Wildlife
Group lead the way with 150 year old crab apple jelly made from the
fruits of one of their ancient crab apples at Shotover Country Park near
Oxford. The Group recently held an ‘Eat a Tree’ event – a guided tasty
morsels walk with nibbles and drink from the trees on site along the way.
For the recipe and for other edibility ideas contact
ivan@shotover-wildlife.fsnet.co.uk
Why not try
Acorn
Bread pdf (22KB) news |
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The
Ancient Marton Oak...
a great survivor.
By Austin Farrell
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'The Tree of Life' (Disney)
The Tree of Life is a massive fourteen story (145 ft.) tall artificial tree
that has been the icon of Disney's Animal Kingdom since it opened on April
22, 1998. Engineered from a refitted Oil platform, it is located in the
centre of the park. On the exterior of it are carved images of three hundred
twenty-five animals. Inside the Tree of Life is It's Tough to be a Bug!, a
3-D film hosted by Flik, from A Bug's Life. |
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The Ancient Yews of Northern
England
Paul Greenwood (A founder member of the Ancient Yew Group) can be
contacted at yewtrees@btopenworld.com
more photos
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Images and stories about Yews from Andy
McGeeney
The meaning of Yew
Borrowdale Cumbria
Pennant Melangell, Powysn
Crowhurst, Surrey
Ninfield, Sussex
Visit Andy's website at
www.andymcgeeney.com |
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'Big Belly' - Forestry experts
hope a giant brace will stop a 1,000-year-old oak tree splitting in half
Legend tells how the devil can be summoned by anyone dancing naked round the
Big Belly Oak in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire -
read more about this
fascinating tree |
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If you have any works
of writing or poetry (or anything else 'cultural' relating to ancient trees)
please send them in - details here |
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P William Cowper
(1731-1800).
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The Poplar Field
The poem is a favourite of Sheila Johnson - thanks to her for sending it in. |
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Peter Collinson
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In 1776 Peter Collinson, then Britain's leading
dendrologist, described the Tortworth chestnut as "the largest tree in
England, being 52 feet (15.8 metres) around." He went on to say if we pay
"regard to an old tradition of the three periods given to the oak and
chesnut, viz.
Three hundred years growing.
Three hundred years standing.
Three hundred years decaying.
It countenances my conjecture, that this venerable chesnut is not much less
than a thousand years old". |
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| John Clare |
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Passage from the letters of the poet John Clare
concerning his two favourite Elms
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| John Wyatt |
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John Wyatt, 1998, from the book
"Reflections"
on the Lake District |
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| Joyce Rupp |
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The Cosmic Dance
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| Rev Francis
Kilvert |
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The ancient trees in
Moccas Park |
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| Edith Nesbit
(1858 - 1924) |
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A poem called
"Child's song in spring"
by the author of the "Railway Children" |
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Humphry Repton |
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"Observations on the Theory and Practice of
Landscape Gardening" 1803 |
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Tree spirits |
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Poem by L. Perfect,
Kent |
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Assorted quotes |
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Quotes
on an ancient tree theme |
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