THE Hawthorn tree is a robust and long-lived genus (Crataegus). Part of the rose family, they light up our countryside boundaries with spectacular blossom and later provide food for our wildlife.

why are bundles of you popping up in front of every deli and fruit stand today? To celebrate the holiday, of course! But even before that holiday was Christmas, pious pagans were busy tree-worshipping ...

It is strange to think that, for centuries, something so seemingly ordinary and so apparently inanimate as a tree could captivate people across the world and embody the hopes and fears of diverse ...