The English Oak Project
@thekentacorn
Our Oak Trees & their Sweet Chestnut chums in our ancient bluebell woodland in the Weald of Kent. Also pictures and facts about trees twitter.com/TheKentAcorn
Majesty the oak when not annoyed Europe’s greatest oak and a tall citizen of the Kingdom of Kent for scale
European Paganism that centres nature at its centre is a more common sense spirituality
Nature is sacred & all livings things have souls Angels live among us in the trees & streams, & the gods live in the mountains using the weather to reflect their mood And if you feel a gust of wind in ancient woodland it is the brush of an Angels wing
In the plains the grass grows tall, since there is no one to cut it. There is no one to water it either Vera Nazarian
Most English oaks in the Kingdom of Kent have no acorns this year, having put all their energy into last season’s Mast Year bounty. Some oaks though are just rebels 😎🌳
Sing like no one is listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, and live like it is heaven on earth
There is a distinct musty smell in Ancient English Woodland like no other It is up to 15,000 years of the dead, the dying, and those living off its legacy It is the smell of history, and I live and breath it, just like our trees
There have been 65 Kings & Queens of all England since Aethelstan became the 1st recognised monarch in the year 927 (let the arguments begin 🤴) This tree hasn’t just witnessed all of them, it was born up to 2,000 years BEFORE Aethelstan The Linton Yew, Herefordshire
A study organised by California Polytechnic State University of 256 Cook pines (Araucaria columnaris) across 5 continents north & south of the equator, showed that they ALL leaned TOWARDS the equator, and the further from the equator the more they leaned
Did you know that on Manhattan Island, New York, there is still a naturally regenerating forest that has been untouched for thousands of years No human activity until the indigenous population used the rock shelters a few hundred years ago for a short period Inwood Hill Park
As nature intended, which is wind sown, so directly on the soil surface. The root extends and pulls the seed underground and germination follows in Spring 🙂
Time is too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice, But for those who love, time is Eternity. Henry Van Dyke
Let’s take our hearts for a walk in the woods and listen to the magic whispers of old trees
Approximately 50,000 English Bluebell seeds collected The window of opportunity between the seed pods opening & the wind sowing them before we collect is small We manually sow to fill gaps & expand the bluebell fields until there are no more seeds in the pods to collect
The amazing 3 inch tall Betty Grainger, her specially made car, and a normal sized tree