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Oaks in snow
Wishing all my readers a very Happy Christmas and a fruitful New Year Gabriel Hemery Tagged: Christmas, oak, photo, snow, trees, winter, woodland
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Book deal secured for The New Sylva
I am delighted to announce that I have secured, with co-author Sarah Simblet, a book deal with major publisher Bloomsbury to write The New Sylva. Sarah Simblet is a botanical artist and popular author...
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England’s forests in 2050 – looking back from the future
Where we could be – with vision, national effort and political support England’s woods and forests are embraced as vital to the health, wealth and well-being of the Nation and its people – recognised...
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Ghost elm
The ghost of an English elm that died forty years ago from Dutch elm disease (Ophiostoma novo-ulmi). Ghost elm, Oxfordshire. DMC-GF2, 7mm (equivalent to 14mm in 35mm ), f11, 1/125th, ISO100, tripod....
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Rowan
High up in a Dartmoor valley, at the upper limit of tree life, I discovered these two rowan trees clinging to the granite clitter (the debris below a tor). They were among a group of scattered rowan...
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Black poplar trees
Black poplar Populus nigra (subspecies betulifolia) is a tree native to Britain and well-adapted to our floodplains. The species is widespread across the country but never common. Black poplars often...
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Sunset and trees – chasing the light
Driving home yesterday the sun was streaking through the clouds in a stunning fashion. Unusually, I did not have my camera with me (note to self) and I knew that I had lost a rare moment. Once home and...
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Summer storm
We’ve had some really stormy summer weather in the UK over the last week or so. Unlike those intrepid fauna nature photographers, us plant photographers are normally lulled into a false sense of...
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Welcome
Reblogged from The Tree Photographer: I have launched The Tree Photographer as a new standalone website for my tree and woodland (silvan) photographic images. As a practising silvologist I've been...
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Independent Panel on Forestry report published
Download the full IPF final report July 2012 The much heralded report by the Independent Panel on Forestry on the future of forestry in England was released this morning. It is anticipated that the...
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A new dawn – a new year
A new dawn – a new year. Lumix GX7, 300mm, f8, 1/8000sec, ISO125. Wishing all my readers a happy and fruitful 2014. New Year’s day was pretty grey and miserable in rural Oxfordshire. The forecast for...
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Scots Pine in the Black Wood of Rannoch
Yesterday our Scottish Drawing Expedition for The New Sylva got underway. In search of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) we had travelled to one of the last remaining and best examples of Caledonian...
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Birch in the Scottish Highlands
Day two of our Scottish drawing expedition took us to the southern shore of Loch Rannoch. We were in search of a treescape that would enable us to feature birch and water together. We had a specific...
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Environmental change: awareness, actions, aspirations
Environmental change is impacting Britain’s trees and forests with increasing frequency and severity, caused by human influences and/or natural ecological processes. Somerset owner William Theed...
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The Man Who Harvested Trees and Gifted Life
The Man Who Harvested Trees and Gifted Life I’m looking forward to the forthcoming release, on October 8th, of my first short story book. A remarkable true story sows a seed in a young girl’s mind...
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Top tree and wood books 2016
2016 has been a rich sylvan literary year, and for the first time I include some fiction too. Hopefully there’s something here to cater for all interests. In no particular order, these are the tree and...
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The Man Who Harvested Trees – now in paperback
My short story The Man Who Harvested Trees and Gifted Life is now available as a paperback from Amazon. Available initially from Amazon in the UK, USA, France, and Germany. Find out more here. The Man...
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Native trees of Britain
There are 60 or more trees in Britain that are native, meaning tree species, subspecies or hybrids that have established themselves without the hand of man. Yet only 35 are widespread meaning that the...
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Hunting for Jeffrey pine
Young Victorian plant hunter John Jeffrey — the main character in my latest book GREEN GOLD — is remembered today by the name of a pine tree he discovered in 1852 in northern California. John Jeffrey...
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National tree improvement strategy
This week a National Tree Improvement Strategy for Britain and Ireland has been launched by the Future Trees Trust. A proud forester talks about a super sycamore in a UK-registered seed stand Back in...
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