“Rothbury is a small market town set on the banks of the River Coquet in Northumberland, and although technically a town, everyone still...

Jen Homer with grand-daughter, Holly, Katie Scott, Glen Sanderson, Hazel Mayer The Tree Council's Tree Warden Scheme, begun over 30 years...

On Monday 4th April, after many months of me hectoring NCC, a fabulous team from Northumberland County Council is coming to Rothbury to...

Plant a Tree (Apologies to Lucy Larcom) They who plant a tree Plant a hope. They who plant a tree Plant a joy. They who plant a tree...

Tree Wardens have been clearing spaces to plant trees along this verge. It has been several days of very hard physical work. We have done...

The gardens of the iconic Rothbury’s Armstrong Cottages are home to two spectacular WEEPING ASH TREES. Rothbury’s Armstrong Cottages...

Storm Arwen arrived full-on, on 26th November 2021. It created massive devastation to trees (see earlier blog)...

2021 and the beginning of 2022 have been pretty glum, eh? I don’t need to list the catalogue of horrors we have been dealing with. So,...

EDIT - thank you so much for all the recommendations. There must be a forest full of words written about our beloved friends! I have...

We had a superb walk along the Carriageway, and by the side of Primrose Woods yesterday. The weather was perfect, sunny, and cold, no...

What a turbulent time we've had of it. Just the worst time of year for such sadnesses and tragedies. But, by the Armstrong Cross, hope...

Many thanks to all contributors. Take a look at these two pictures, taken by Jamie Wood. "Spot the Difference" says Jamie. The difference...

You are in for a rare treat. Here is a short blog by a fantastic guest: Sarah Taylor from Potted History and PottedApprentis A little...

A few folk enjoyed a couple of enjoyable hours on the Coquet recently, being educated by the Rivers Trust. We learned about the Alder...

This is a photograph of PC Sinton, who was attacked and badly injured in 1920. My latest 'If Trees Could Talk' article was inspired by...

Can you guess what we were up to? Hold on, take a look at the next picture, that might help. Have you guessed yet? What, still 'NO'?? Try...

For this blog post, I am just going to share with you a most marvelous website about The Mother Tree Project. This Project is based on...

In 2019 Janet wrote an article for Over the Bridges about Ash Dieback. Janet has kindly allowed me to reproduce this here. ASH DIEBACK A...

Two significant weeping ash trees stand proudly in the gardens of Armstrong Cottages. I am so disappointed to discover that there are no...

I have just spent a wonderful online hour being shown how to collect seeds from all kinds of trees, to grow future trees. From berries to...