The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the next best time is now

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the next best time is now.

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The first photograph was taken in the 1990s at Paradise Wood, the research woodland that I created in Oxfordshire (with a walnut trial in the background), and I’m holding a walnut tree that was raised from seed I collected in Kyrgyzstan.  The current photograph was taken at the site of the OneOak tree at the Blenheim Estate, and I’m holding one of the 250 oak trees that I planted there with children this Spring.

Gabriel Hemery