A new dawn – a new year
2014-01-02
Wishing all my readers a happy and fruitful 2014.Continue Reading
Trees in the Pyrenees
2013-12-07
Regular readers will know that I’ve been distracted by deadlines for completing the writing of The New Sylva. The book is almost ready to go to the printers and for the first time in over a year I’ve had some time to do something else with my time over theContinue Reading
Christmas message
2012-12-23
Wishing all my readers a peaceful Christmas and a fruitful New Year Gabriel Hemery See more from this photo series on The Tree PhotographerContinue Reading
Pacific northwest forest ecosystem in Scotland
2012-12-15
As part of the research for my book, The New Sylva, I visited recently a remarkable place in Scotland where many so-called exotic coniferous species are not only thriving but are forming a functioning forest ecosystem similar to that found in the Pacific northwest of America. There are …Continue Reading
Oak processionary moth (OPM) – a disaster already happening
2012-07-07
Every now and then in life you gain sudden clarity of vision about an issue; perhaps triggered by listening to someone erudite, reading something written with super clarity, or seeing it with your own eyes. In my case it is the latter and I’m worried – super worried in fact. I am not prone to exaggeration.Continue Reading
Coppice story 2012
2012-06-23
A return visit to the ancient ash coppice stool reveals some worrying …Continue Reading
Summer storm
2012-06-18
We’ve had some really stormy summer weather in the UK over the last week or so. Unlike those intrepid fauna nature photographers, us plant photographers are normally lulled into a false sense of smugness that our subjects stay still long enough to allow us to frame every shot taking allContinue Reading
Hobgoblins and wyches
2012-06-16
I was lucky enough this week to be given the freedom to explore a unique and wonderful woodland at the UK Prime Minister’s country residence at Chequers: a box woodland. I was there with co-author Sarah Simblet as part of our research for our book: The New Sylva. You canContinue Reading
Sunset and trees – chasing the light
2012-05-28
With the help of a great app, and armed with a new camera, I chased the dying light from a setting sun amidst a spectacular cloudscapeContinue Reading
Black poplar trees
2012-04-14
Black poplar Populus nigra (subspecies betulifolia) is a tree native to Britain and well-adapted to our floodplains. The species is widespread across the country but never common. Black poplars often lean, and when in leaf their characteristic diamond-shaped leaves (cuneate leaf-bases) also help in identification. Female trees are very rareContinue Reading
The elm that was
2012-03-31
This is the latest in my Elm series; my last image being Ghost elm. I captured the shadow of a very large and healthy Cornish elm Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia growing in East Sussex. It is one of the last large elm trees remaining alive in England, following the spreadContinue Reading
Rowan
2012-03-27
High up in a Dartmoor valley, at the upper limit of tree life, I discovered these two rowan trees clinging to the granite clitter (the debris below a tor). They were among a group of scattered rowan trees growing in one of my favourite places, known as Tavy Cleave. IContinue Reading
Beech tree rent asunder
2012-02-19
On a recent trip to a woodland in southern England I came across a beech tree that had been rent asunder by winter gales. The tree had a large fork and one of its stems had broken causing the entire trunk to split open, all the way to the ground.Continue Reading
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