Trees of wonder

How to admire and protect our wonderful waterways in the UK

Most of us care more than we realise about trees. I believe the outpouring of grief for the Sycamore Gap tree has shown this. Its mindless felling was just the most high-profile of many recent cases i

For some trees, being blown over isn’t the end of the story. Jack Watkins salutes those hardy, storm-damaged and often ancient phoenix or recumbent trees that don’t take their fate lying down

The public outcry that swept the nation after the mindless destruction of the world-famous Sycamore Gap tree that had stood for 150 years in a dramatic dip of Hadrian’s Wall showed just how much we ca

Home to a veritable ‘Noah’s Ark of species’, thanks to never being ploughed, sprayed or fertilised, our churchyards are a sacred haven for flora and fauna

back in may, after winter and the slow creep of early spring, I took myself along a disused railway line near Lewes, Sussex, to be consumed by the month’s riot. This barely used path was somewhat over