William Wordsworth spoke lovingly of the beauty of the humble Ash Tree in 'Lines Written in Early Spring'. Mighty oaks inhabiting the antient woodland, surrounding 'Valley Garden Paradise', are supplemented with a liberal sprinkling of ash saplings. It's fair to say they do self-propagate like weeds!
Despite their exhausting promiscuity, it is so sad to learn that our native woodland trees are being struck down by a killer virus. How will our antient landscape change? Only time will tell...
