The late Oliver Rackham (obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/20/oliver-rackham) - the person who coined and defined the UK-specific term "Ancient Woodland" that you hear in pretty much any debate about conservation over here - certainly knew how to read trees; his work I've read on how trees populated the British Isles at the end of the last Ice Age certainly has you think of different species as "peoples" in the widest sense, setting up their own provinces and colonies.
Add in an excerpt from How to Read a Tree, which helps you look at a tree and think in its timescale and see marks of its history in its shape: https://www.thepsmiths.com/p/review-how-to-read-a-tree-by-tristan
Yes! Would you believe me if, 45 minutes after hitting "post", I said, CRAP, I FORGOT TO LINK TO THE PSMITH'S REVIEW OF GOOLEY! ?
Either way, I've updated the pattern to include that. Thank you!
I really love this idea!
The late Oliver Rackham (obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/20/oliver-rackham) - the person who coined and defined the UK-specific term "Ancient Woodland" that you hear in pretty much any debate about conservation over here - certainly knew how to read trees; his work I've read on how trees populated the British Isles at the end of the last Ice Age certainly has you think of different species as "peoples" in the widest sense, setting up their own provinces and colonies.
(before someone replies "username checks out", yes that's my favourite tree)