
trees


Where Water Leads
frieda.bay
14th December, 2022
Writer and herbalist Frieda Kipar Bay tells of fleeing fire in California to follow the trail of migrating forests, in search of a safe haven for her family.


Spaces Between Branches
Nastassja Noell
20th July, 2022
For our Under the Canopy series: Lichenologist Nastassja Noell takes her paint box into the forest and perceives our relationship with trees and life from a radically different perspective




John Berger and Everyday Acts of Sumūd
Juman Simaan
15th July, 2020
Juman Simaan explores how Palestinian communities resist the forces of colonialism and the role writers and witnesses play in creating a culture of resistance.

Heartwood
Sophia Patane
2nd April, 2020
Second post for this month's Under the Canopy section. Sophia Patane looks at the shifting fortunes of the eastern white pine by the St Croix river, Minnesota

When Trees First Grew on Earth
Mark Martin
25th March, 2020
Reflecting on the entwining destinies of trees and human beings, Mark Martin delves into deep time and poetry for our Under the Canopy section

Bread Not Gold
Ian M
9th October, 2019
This autumn from our Dark Kitchen: Ian M reports from a season spent working under the trees that have provided humans and other creatures with their bounty for millennia.

Where the Trees Used to Be
Matt Miles
3rd July, 2019
Matt Miles' essay on the loss of the American chestnut, the latest in our Under the Canopy section