Yet I did not have to look very far, since this Royal Park has more than nine hundred oaks which are over five hundred years old – thus qualifying as ‘ancient’ – many of which are over seven hundred ...

mostly from films but also from trees such as The Royal Oak which is responsible for over 400+ UK pub names. “I’ve visited ...

A workshop at Welland also covers the basics of pruning with a live demonstration on one of the many fruit trees in the orchard. The session covers how to select the proper tools; use and care for ...

Oak is a seaworthy timber and was used to build many famous ships including HMS Victory which consumed 6,000 trees, most of them oaks. As the Royal Navy grew, old oaks with sound timber were ...