On Trees
The Editor
Why the Ash Has Black Buds
William Fiennes
The Quaking of the Aspen
James Robertson
Why Nothing Grows Under the Beech (or Does It?)
Richard Mabey
Why Birches Have Silver Bark
Tracy Chevalier
This One (or How the Blackthorn Got Its Flowers)
Susan Elderkin
The Cuckoo and the Cherry Tree
Rachel Billington
Why the Chestnut Tree Has White Candles
Blake Morrison
Why Crab Apples are Sour
Maria McCann
Why Elms Die Young
Terence Blacker
Never Cut a Hawthorn
Joanne Harris
Why Holly Berries are as Red as Roses
Philippa Gregory
The Stickiness of Lime Trees
Catherine O’Flynn
The Music of the Maple
Tahmima Anam
How the Oak Came to Life
Maggie O’Farrell
Red Berries
Amanda Craig
Scots Pine (A Valediction Forbidding Mourning)
Ali Smith
Why Sycamore Seeds Have Wings
Philip Hensher
Why Willows Weep
Salley Vickers
Why the Yew Lives So Long
Kate Mosse