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Blackthorn / Straiph | walkingwithpoets
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039;by leaves we live'. 150 Years 150 Poems! LOGAN poems to hang in a walled garden! Gorse / Onn / Teine. Blackthorn is the sister tree to hawthorn. With winter sloe berries and snowy blossom before the leaves, it is a guardian through the winter. It symbolises the closeness of body and spirit, and the way death is followed by renewal. It is a bitter-sweet species. This is a poem about my grandmother, who waited through years of war, fearing that my grandfather might not return. The spiny bush squats.
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Edinburgh | walkingwithpoets
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039;by leaves we live'. 150 Years 150 Poems! LOGAN poems to hang in a walled garden! Gorse / Onn / Teine. Mandy Haggith will take up residence in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in the first week of July! All events are free. Four events require pre-booking: 11 July, 15 July, 23 July and 25 July, links are below. Otherwise, please come along at the designated time or drop in. If coming along for a walk, please gather at the designated meeting space in good time! Saturday 6 July BIRCH. Explore RGBE in ...
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In the studio and on the hiking trail with botanical artist Wren M. Allen. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. About Wren M. Allen. Tag Archives: business of art. Working in the field: ASBA’s new code of ethics for botanical artists. February 5, 2016. The American Society of Botanical Artists’ journal, arrived last week. There was a brief notice about the society’s new Code of Ethics for artists working in the field. The 7 major principles for botanical artists working in the field are:.
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Wrenaissance Art | In the studio and on the hiking trail with botanical artist Wren M. Allen | Page 2
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In the studio and on the hiking trail with botanical artist Wren M. Allen. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. About Wren M. Allen. Newer posts →. Working in the field: ASBA’s new code of ethics for botanical artists. February 5, 2016. The American Society of Botanical Artists’ journal, arrived last week. There was a brief notice about the society’s new Code of Ethics for artists working in the field. The 7 major principles for botanical artists working in the field are:. Do not reveal th...
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Birch / Beith | walkingwithpoets
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039;by leaves we live'. 150 Years 150 Poems! LOGAN poems to hang in a walled garden! Gorse / Onn / Teine. Ecologically, birch is a pioneer species, and was among the first trees to colonise after the ice-age. What better tree to start the alphabet! In folklore the birch is known as the Lady of the Woods, and she spends the summer month wi oak as her Lord until the Holly takes over for the winter (she’s a bit of a two timing prima donna). Here’s my poem about her. Lady of the woods. And at its height.
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Elder / Ruis | walkingwithpoets
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039;by leaves we live'. 150 Years 150 Poems! LOGAN poems to hang in a walled garden! Gorse / Onn / Teine. Elder is the last of the consonants – R is for Ruis in the old Gaelic. Elder is a sprawling, twiggy tree much associated with human habitation in the Highlands of Scotland, though it grows more widely in hedgerows elsewhere. It has dishes of white blossom and subsequent bunches of glossy berries and many magical properties. Both flowers and berries make excellent wine. If this tree was a poem. See Ha...
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Bramble / Muin | walkingwithpoets
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039;by leaves we live'. 150 Years 150 Poems! LOGAN poems to hang in a walled garden! Gorse / Onn / Teine. The tenth letter of the Gaelic tree alphabet is M. This one’s controversial often taken as vine, but it’s not native, so we say it’s bramble. Bramble in old Gaelic is muin (vine), in modern Gaelic dreas or dris (entangler, prickle). In latin it’s Rubus fruticosus. Roots say shut up and hide. Flowers say sweet day. Fruits say ramble food. Pips say spit us out. Barbs say give us blood. That was a bramb...
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Hazel / Coll | walkingwithpoets
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039;by leaves we live'. 150 Years 150 Poems! LOGAN poems to hang in a walled garden! Gorse / Onn / Teine. The ninth letter of the Gaelic tree alphabet is C, for Coll (old Gaelic) or Calltain (modern Gaelic) Calltainn meaning hazel. Hazel is the tree of wisdom, said to have been eaten by salmon, which gave them the knowledge to be able to swim out to sea and always find their way home again. A nut in my hand. A tree in my mind. A tree made the nut. The nut will make a tree. Walking with poet;. Hazel’s lat...
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Rowan / Luis | walkingwithpoets
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039;by leaves we live'. 150 Years 150 Poems! LOGAN poems to hang in a walled garden! Gorse / Onn / Teine. There is a consultation about what should be Scotland’s national tree, and Mandy is the champion for rowan. Cast your vote here. Before 3 December 2013). Rowan is a favourite species for deer to browse. This is a poem about the imagined repercussions of repeated attacks by deer. Eventually the bitten tree bites back. It rears unsheaths its claws and fangs attack. The struggle weakens blood on stones.
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Tree Alphabet | walkingwithpoets
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039;by leaves we live'. 150 Years 150 Poems! LOGAN poems to hang in a walled garden! Gorse / Onn / Teine. Is in residence in July at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) as part of the Walking with Poets project. Passionate about trees, she is celebrating Scotland’s native tree species throughout her residency. Mandy is using the Gaelic alphabet to help guide garden visitors and in addition to her own poetry will use poems about trees from the world over to celebrate nature. Gorse /Onn / Teine.
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