It was with heavy hearts that we took The Long View down from ONCA – what a lovely gallery, and a hugely positive response from people who came along to see the show. Thank you to everyone for your messages and comments. Of course while we were in Brighton, and to follow on from our… Read More
So delighted to celebrate Spring with the installation of one of the UK’s #TreeCharter legacy Tree Poles in Grizedale Forest. Carved with a poem, the pole is set beneath some of the forest’s tallest trees. Read More
What a massive privilege to be involved in the launch of the new Charter for Trees, Woods and People in Lincoln … Read More
After two years we have come to know the seven remarkably ordinary trees of The Long View pretty well – we’ve also learned a huge amount from the people who have walked to the trees with us. We’re delighted to be able to announce the publication of The Long View book which, in 184-pages, and… Read More
You don’t get veteran trees without first having seeds. And while regeneration is the ‘natural’ way of trees creating their own history, for many centuries humans have been involved with the creation of woodland. In the early nineteenth century a spate of planting on the edge of Ullswater created Glencoyne Park – a deer park… Read More
We have listened to many stories about trees over the last eighteen months, but today the story we heard was far more moving than we had expected. Trevor Avery had been in touch to say he had something he wanted to show us, and it involved a tree. We met him this morning, in the… Read More
Planning the installation at the Langstrath Birch – bringing blue to the tree Read More
On the last two Sundays we have forsaken the warmth of a cosy bed and headed out into the cold. We wanted to share what the trees witness: darkness, stars, the quiet of night, the half-light that comes with a full moon in a cloudless sky, and the coming of day. We were rewarded with… Read More
It has been a year since we began our repeated walks to these seven trees. Winter’s rains, winds, snow and frost have played with each one; a spring has teased new life into them and turned the land around them from pallid sleep to green; summer has given them warmth and light; and autumn –… Read More
When autumn days are clear and warm, as they have been for the last week, the land comes alive with shades of gold, and the low sun picks out and burnishes the land. On Monday for our public walk to the Langstrath Birch we strolled for five hours through this vibrant landscape, always with the… Read More
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