It’s just one week to go until my new book is released on Amazon. The Man Who Harvested Trees and Gifted Life is a sequel to Jean Giono’s 1954 classic masterpiece The Man Who Planted Trees and Grew Happiness. Read More
Philosophy is forestry’s child
Winter Ash Haiku
Afterlife tool and spoke Winter ash gale bend and yield Oak a merest nod Gabriel Hemery During the recent winter gales in England I was inspired to write a Haiku poem. The amazing flexibility of the ash Fraxinus excelsior tree means that its wood is widely used in tool handles, sporting goods such as hockey… Read More
The changing fortunes of the Red Kite
The amazing conservation success story of the red kite: once almost extinct and now common in some parts of England thanks to their reintroduction to the woodlands of the Chilterns Read More
Walnut: as intricate as an opium dream
“Walnut is without the question the most beautiful wood on earth, ranging from the colour of honey to the rich depth of chocolate-brown, often marked with smoky swirls and streaks of pigment from dark brown to black. The grain can be perfectly straight, elegantly swept, or a festival of waves, curls, mottles and motes, sunburst… Read More
Biblical dendrology
Today is Easter Day or the day of ressurection in the Christian world. Trees feature as very sigificant elements of the bible … Read More
Rooks came home in scrambled sort
Everyday, on my walking-commute to and from work, I pass under a spinney of ash trees supporting a rookery – causing the birds to scatter noisily. Read More
