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Our Oak Trees & their Sweet Chestnut chums in our ancient bluebell woodland in the Weald of Kent. Also pictures and facts about trees

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One of the most beautiful trees in
Europe is the 550 year old Arbour Oak in Wollaton Park, Nottingham

My youngest son is at university in the City, and took this photo 30mins ago
Torn between which carpet we prefer 🤔
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Ladies & Gentlemen, without further ado, let us present to you the 550 year old Arbour Oak in Wollaton Park, Nottingham
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Ladies & Gentlemen, without further ado, let us present to you the 550 year old Arbour Oak in Wollaton Park, Nottingham
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I am walking to the 550 year old Arbour Oak in Wollaton Park, Nottingham right now 🤗🌳

(I am in Nottingham, I am not walking from Kent)
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
If you fancy a Bert Shirt we are selling at cost plus a few pennies for Bert’s raisins here 🙂🐦‍⬛

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November 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The Great Oak at Fredville: Jacob Strutt 1820

Majesty, the Fredville Oak - the Kingdom of Kent, was already famous 200 years ago

Both have humans for scale. My son Oliver is 6’ 6’’
November 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Yesterday someone complimented me on my Bert Shirt, and that I must follow The English Oak Project. I just smiled 🙂🌳
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The worst and best thing I have ever done is hold my father’s hand when he passed

Physically, I can still feel his faint grip loosen nine years after, but his hand still guides me in everything I do
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Shivelight & Shadowtackle

Fast changing shafts of sunlight filtering through the canopy of a wood

Words created by the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins

In the case of our oaks that would be ‘fast moving Ents running through the wood’ 🌳👀
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Who is missing our English Bluebells?

A bluebell a week until they wake again next year #12
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Massive Giant Sequoia ✔️
Lives in California ❌

This tree is only 160 years old 🫡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Can’t wait until it hits 1,000 🎂

Wait, hold on 🫤
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Acorns Dream 🌳
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The flash of the camera between pitch-black woodland floor and I

But as my eyes move their focus upwards, the faint silhouettes of our ancient oaks towering above me make themselves known through the night sky

Childhood fears of the darkness long gone. Only calmness now
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Oast Houses near Shoreham, Kent

Oil on canvas - Rowland Hilder

Rowland had a lifelong passion for drawing landscapes in the Kingdom of Kent

Having lived in nearby Eynsford for 20 years, I can confirm that many of his locations are still recognisable
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Say hello to Bonnie the English Bluebell🙂👋

Bonnie and her ancestors have lived in our ancient woodland for thousands of years

Bluebells don’t like change, & when Bonnie wakes up early January our duty of care is to make sure she continues to love where she lives
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A photo a week of Spring in our woodland until everything wakes up again #2
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We have installed new carpet in our woodland

I think you will agree, it is most appealing ☺️
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A better view of one of two Giant Redwood chilling in the grounds of Tonbridge Parish Church 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌲🇺🇸
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Æðelsceadu Ēadmēdu
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music

Friedrich Nietzsche
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Spring in the Weald of Kent by the Kentish artist Rowland Hilder

I love everything about it. The blossom on the trees, the long gone Elm trees, the horse and cart slowly moving through a hedgerow lined lane, the Oasts
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Eynsford, the Kingdom of Kent - Rowland Hilder

The village & the artist are both special to me.

For twenty years I lived 30 yards from this scene. I met my wife in a pub 20 yards away, and my eldest son was christened in the church immediately behind where he sat to paint this
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The vast rice terrace fields of the Kingdom of Kent
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Who is missing our English Bluebells?

A bluebell a week until they wake again next year #11
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Use your senses to ‘learn’ woodland

Not for a minute, sit with your back against a tree for an hour

Become aware of things that weren’t seemingly there before, smells appearing from nowhere, feel leaf & branch debris on your face

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November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM