BrainCan - trees and forests

spring flowering trees in full bloom: country...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 6 May 1916Surrey,May 4Late spring and early...

dark woods inspire fantasies: country diary 100...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 8 July 1916SurreySun and rain,coming nearly...

the wonderful glow of the blossoms: country diary...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 27 January 1916Kew Gardens. A stormy grey...

exquisite variety of shades in a winter garden:...

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 9 December 1915In Kew Gardens they leave the...

heaven up here: the joy of urban tree climbing

Glued to your phone? Need a sense of perspective? One veteran tree-climber argues we should seek...

the strange world of knopper galls

Wenlock Edge,Shropshire: Once thought of as a threat to the UK’s native oaks, these horny growths...

attack of the holly leaf miner

Acres Down,New Forest These flies are seldom seen, but they leave their mark on every holly leaf...

foreign invaders infiltrate britain s ancient...

Trees are coming under attack from beetles and moths that are infesting imported timberIn July...

floating in the fog free of meaning, a timeless...

Wenlock Edge,Shropshire The mist settles like a mood, yet these long nights and murky days are...

prim path swallows up the amazons

Sandy,Bedfordshire The spell broke, shrubs were cleared in the playground of imagination, and we...

world s great forests could lose half of all...

From the Amazon to Africa,WWF report predicts catastrophic losses of as much as 60% of plants and...

ash walks out from cauldron of decay

Waresley Wood,Cambridgeshire From the rotting log, branches grew at a correct angle, or thickening...

what can we do to save the ash tree in britain?

Under attack from both the fungal disease ash dieback and the emerald ash borer beetle,the tree’s...

mood enhancer: go down to the woods today

Spending more time ‘forest bathing’ can have a positive effect on depression. Rob Penn on what...

spanish drapery from branch and brush

Bishop Auckland,Co Durham It’s as whether giant hands twisted the trunk, the tree acquiring the...

campaigners call for new british charter for trees

Conservation groups want a new national constitution to save trees and woods from the...

london is a forest - who knew? | patrick barkham

The i-Tree study could transform our cities by confirming the vital status of trees as green...

ancient pear tree in path of hs2 rail route wins...

250-year-old Cubbington pear named tree of the year after public vote but is set to be felled to...

ponder this devonian miracle

Claxton,Norfolk The summer woods are disrobing, and you can hear them finish so one leaf at a timeOn...

trees make our lives better in unquantifiable ways...

One company is trying to degree precisely how much urban trees are worth. But some things defy...

phony peach : the disease that threatens to...

Xylella fastidiosa has wreaked havoc in the US and Europe and could dwarf the impact of ash dieback...

loss of monkeys and birds in tropical forests...

Overhunting affects seed dispersal and thus survival of hardwood trees,resulting in drastic...

scientists reveal there are 3tn trees in the world...

Most accurate count to date is over seven times as many as the final estimate – but nearly half...

indian state decides coconut trees are no longer...

Goan authorities remove the coconut from their official list of trees to build it easier for them to...

global firms accused of importing timber linked to...

Greenpeace alleges 12 companies continued to trade with Madeireira Cedro Arana after its founder was...

how to offset trumps climate science ignorance -...

An ambitious tree-planting campaign aims to counteract the CO2 released by Donald Trump’s climate...

europes first redwood forest planted at eden...

Though there is 5000 miles between California and Cornwall,south-west England’s warm, damp climate...

trees talk to each other, have sex and look after...

Peter Wohlleben’s book has become bestseller in Germany but he tells Hay festival audience it has...

2016 woodland trust tree of the year shortlist ...

The original Bramley apple tree and the inspiration for the mulberry bush nursery rhyme are among...

into the no go zone - and back for old maps

Stanford Wood,Bedfordshire In our dog days this wood was a favoured spot, now I began to understand...

magical rainforests of britain need protection

In all the debates approximately how to protect against floods from intense rain,very little is...

how britain s oldest tree became sexually...

The Fortingall yew in Perthshire has started to produce red berries,suggesting a change of sex in...

uks oldest tree is undergoing sex change,...

The Fortingall Yew in Perthshire has always been recorded as male but has started sprouting berries...

british army brigadier says he is a scapegoat in...

tall-ranking official stands accused of colluding with criminals to illegally claim 43000 hectares...

queensland to use satellites to ensure native...

Palaszczuk government’s plan to restore tree clearing controls stymied by opposition and...

could artificial trees be part of the climate...

genuine trees are forced to work harder as more carbon is released into the atmosphere. Technology...

thailands forest rangers step up training in...

The forests of the Mekong region have become a battleground as rangers try to stay poachers from...

major austrian timber firm accused of illegal...

Two-year investigation links Holzindustrie Schweighofer to destruction of Europe’s final remaining...

people seem happier: how planting trees changed...

The National Forest has not only transformed an industrial landscape,it has given people a modern...

planning permissions and ancient woodland |...

I note the reference to my practice,Forbes-Laird Arboricultural Consultancy, in an article on your...

long lost congo notebooks may shed light on how...

Decaying notebooks discovered in an abandoned research station contain a treasure trove of tree...

indonesias forest fires threaten orangutan habitat...

Shocking drone footage captured by Greenpeace field researchers shows extensive peat and forest...

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