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  • County Durham residents to have say on tree strategy

    RESIDENTS across Darlington, County Durham are invited to have their say on a strategy to protect and enhance trees and woodland in the borough. A draft Tree and Woodland Strategy for 2021–2031, developed by Darlington Council, is open for residents

  • Willows going wild Down Under

    Originally taken to Australia for a variety of reasons including the protection of riverbanks, shade and shelter, and for aesthetic purposes, willow has run rampant in the land down under. The message, Dr Terry Mabbett writes, is clear – be careful

  • A voice from the woods: August 2020

    IT’S interesting when our children make that crossover from adolescence to adulthood. They suddenly realise that life isn’t some kind of fairy tale and that everyone, including their own parents, isn’t perfect. Under each domestic umbrella shelters

  • Trees in the kitchen

    This month we take a culinary tour around the world, looking at some of the spices and additives that have made their way from the forest to our dinner table. SELF-isolation under COVID-19 lockdown brings boredom and with it can come abnormal behaviour

  • Red Squirrel Tree Surgery

    Catching up with the rapidly growing firm based in London and Spain. RED Squirrel Tree Surgery last met with essentialARB at its depot and office in South Harrow. The invitation to visit followed a chance encounter on a suburban North London street

  • A walk among the gravestones

    Brookwood Cemetery’s layout and appearance were based on research undertaken by visionary Scottish landscape designer and botanist John Claudius Loudon. Once the largest graveyard in the world, its timeline offers fascinating insights into a wide range

  • Land Rover Defender: The lay of the Land

    The new Land Rover Defender has arrived and Eamonn Wall got behind the wheel to see what it’s really like to drive. DELIVERIES of the new Defender finally began last month after its launch back in September 2019 – four years after the previous