Colin Salter

Uncover remarkable trees from around the world, many of which have borne witness to key moments in history or reached a scale and age that have allowed them to become a part of history themselves.

“[A] rich history … it contains some of the most extraordinary tales of trees through time” ― The Sunday Post

First meet 'Methuselah’, a bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, believed to be 4,900 years old. Learn about trees which have inspired great events, such as the Isaac Newton apple tree in Lincolnshire, where the famous scientist observed an apple falling from a tree (which still stands in the family garden). Other flora has withstood historic events such as in Japan, where the Hibaku jumoku still grows as a survivor tree from the Hiroshima bombing and the 9/11 Survivor Tree in New York City.

Many trees continue to inspire our world today including the long avenue of beech trees in Northern Ireland known as the Dark Hedges which Game of Thrones fans will instantly recognise as the road to Kings Landing, the Robin Hood’s oak in the Sherwood Forest or the J. R. R. Tolkien trees in Avebury, which inspired the Ents in TheLord of the Rings.

Rest a while beside the oldest trunks and witness the enthralling stories nestled within the branches of these gentle giants.

Extraordinary Tales of Trees Through Time 

The History Trees

Cassandra Tang

They have stood still while time has not, and they have quietly got on with growing while human lives, human legacies, and entire eras of civilization have come and gone. 

Bonsai becomes an art when the grower not only nurtures a miniature tree but designs and shapes it appearance into an aesthetically pleasing and balanced form.

Trees have always made good meeting places. They provide shelter and, in the days before high-rise buildings, they were easy to find in a human environment when only churches were taller. 

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