# 1 Teardrops After a Storm reflections on a Willow after the pandemic
# 2 Pomegranate Tree in balance with life and nature
# 3 Trees are like Humans shared characteristics between humans and trees
# 4 Old Ash–A Real Survivor resilience of an old ash in the Cork countryside
# 5 Tree Rings of Life parallel growth and development of people and trees
# 6 A Very Weird Elf roots and what grows beneath
# 7 Old Crabapple of Wenhua Dian ancient crabapple orchard in the Forbidden City
# 8 Standing Fast ‘ … weight is cherished when we care’ a poem on steadfastness
# 9 Feeling Good – Tree Song a song of joy and spontaneity in Daizu language
#10 Forest Breath – Tree Story ‘….400 million years of forest breath’
#11 Protective Peach – Tree Story …peach wood placed under a child’s pillow
#12 Bee Tree Sycamore can produce the same pollen of a half an acre of wild flowers
#13 Winter Apples ‘…a dim burn glistens from the frosted skin’ a poem on winter fruit
#14 Ancient Yew Trees the traces of a church moved brick by brick across the river 100 years ago
#15 Once I Counted Birds on one of the Cook islands where no people live (AGB -An Gairdín Beo April workshops 2023)
#16 Family Oak the passing of saplings through friends and family (AGB)
#17 When the Trees Say Everything finding your identity and way of life (AGB)
#18 Strawberry Tree Strawberry tree in ‘the Gairdin Beo’ community garden (AGB)
#19 Mother Oak and Baby Oak a link to Cnoc an Doirin (AGB)
#20 My Leylandii a seemingly bland tree linking past and present (AGB)
#21 Chestnut Repotted a volunteer working at ‘the Gairdin Beo’ community garden (AGB)
#22 Native Birch transplanting Irish Birch (AGB)
#23 Ethan’s Tree a heartbreaking story about a tree in Carlow’s town park (AGB)
#24 Holding Trunk of Time a haiku on the trunk of time (AGB)
#25 Our Mother’s Legacy a memory of teaching her children the latin names of plants (AGB)
#26 It Blossomed ‘… the power to change my mood’ (AGB)
#27 Always Trying To Hold Each Other Up ‘… a gentle breeze comes and they get excited’ (AGB)
#28 Wollemi Pine ‘…I am one of the oldest and rarest trees’ (AGB)
#29 Barrow Willow ‘…holding the river bank together’ (AGB)
#30 For What We Might Become ‘ ..roots clutching soil ripe with a lifeforce’ (AGB)
#31 Sheltering Beech growing up in the countryside a story with a shocking ending (AGB)
#32 Millennium Monkey Puzzle a story connecting family and time (AGB)
#33 Monterey Cyprus ‘…. the amazing woody wonder’ (AGB)
#34 Struggle On, Struggle On ‘.. blossoms brightly before being swallowed by its white cousin’ (AGB)
#35 Like A Chestnut imagining the journey of a chestnut in 1500’s while sitting under its tree (AGB)
#36 Head and Shoulders Above the Rest Californian Redwood, the giant, the king of trees (AGB)
#37 An Dair Sean Old Oak – ultimate wisdom (AGB)
#38 Trees for the Forest a reflection on centuries of fossil fuel use and a strive for regeneration (AGB)
#39 The year 1710 counting the rings on an old oak stump with forester Michael Sommers (AGB)
#40 I Feel at Peace a collaborative response to trees, from Delta Centre Hanover
#41 Chongqing Cedar the trees of Zhaomushan Park can pull the heart strings homeward
#42 Fire Vine Bauhinia Hani and the Dai cultures view this plant very differently (XTBG XishuangbannaTropical Botanical Gardens)
#43 Bamboo – Flutter a special bamboo used for cooking rice , it also has a unique flutter (XTBG)
#44 St Anne’s Oak childhood memory of being with her brothers and hiding from bullies (CGF – Carlow Garden Festival August 2023)
#45 Angie’s Umbrella Tree A weeping Elm holding twisted branches called the ‘granny’s chair’ (CGF)
#46 Berna’s Umbrella Tree a memory of outsmarting grandmother (CGF)
#47 Hawthorne , it gives and it gives…a fairy tree, a boundary tree , the blossoms smell divine ( CGF)
#48 Apple Tree Swing memories of a beautiful summers day (CGF)
#49 Forest Bathing 1 ‘ …throw out your yoga mats and settle yourself into the ground (CGF)
#50 Forest Bathing 2 ‘ …. you start to notice all the animals , the owls and the red squirrels (CGF)
#51 Mulberry when swiss watches were almost made in Waterford (CGF)
#52 Prunus Kanzan ‘…..It was like confetti. It was just such a remarkable sight to see.’ (CGF)
#53 Oak We absolutely love it! ‘…Children love playing on it and they have a swing on it’ (CGF)
#54 Pre-Famine Timber ‘….two and a half miles of river Slaney ’ (CGF)
#55 Slogged Apples ‘….We used to build huts up there on the tree’ (CGF)
#56 Ash Determined to stay put two sisters share a memory of an Ash in Ennis County Clare (CGF)
#57 Best Apple Tart in Headford ‘…four girls would stand under and shake it’ (CGF)
#58 Apple Tree of Clonmel …..a little plantation of apple trees in memory of people (CGF)
#59 Horizontal Arbutus Unedo ‘… when they are actually on the ground lying beside you ‘ (CGF)
#60 Euonymus Zones ‘….when April came she opened with a simple dress of sapling green’ (CGF)
#61 How big they can get ‘…to see them growing up over the years’ (CGF)
#62 Autumn Maple a family tradition of Sunday walks in the park (CGF)
#63 The Magic of Moss the impact of a moss covered tree on a non verbal young boy (CGF)
#64 Gallipoli and the Sycamore planted in the early 1900’s by Anthony Wheatley (CGF)
#65 Liquid Amber ‘…..full leaf colour , red orange yellow absolutely aflame ‘ (CGF)
#66 Hardymount Chestnut ‘….when half of it fell down it kept us warm for about a year’ (CGF)
#67 Silver Birch – a gentle and lovely ending ‘……it just gently fell, like a kind of a yawn’ (CGF)
#68 Keeping Black Bird Company ‘… for years it appeared that the same blackbird came back(CGF)
#69 Tulip Tree ‘….. It was said that after about 15 years it would bloom ‘ (CGF)
#70 Itea Iliciafolia ‘……So every year it reminds me …’ (CGF)
#71 Silver Birch Moonlight ‘…. the full moon was right smack in the middle of the three of them’ (CGF)
#72 The Shape of it how to recognize Silver Birch and Oak (CGF)
#73 The Missing Gorilla mistaken identity, one of the rare few funny tree stories ! (CGF)
#74 The Tree House ‘…. we spent many years down by the river ‘ (CGF)
#75 Bat Burglars recall how their trees introduced birds and bats to the garden (CGF)
#76 The Perfect Conker a boyhood quest to find the best one (CGF)
#77 Ginkgo Biloba and Sweet Gum Rachel Doyle tells of her favourite trees (CGF)
#78 Ash The Horse Whisperer training horses under a huge Ash tree (CGF)
#79 Healers A story of healing and a love of trees (CGF)
#80 Fairy Ash an old ash with burly roots holding little pools of water (CGF)
#81 Under the Oak memories of growing up on a farm surrounded by trees (CGF)
#82 Date Palm The life line of the Arabian Dessert for thousands of years
#83 Willow – Branching out preventing the felling of a tree on the grounds of an embassy
#84 Tree Bee Hive creating natural habitats for honey bees
#85 Flaky Bark Birch the unexpected sight of red flaky bark flickering in the wind (CECS Chengdu Europe Culture Season -May 2024)
#86 Devine Tree of SanXingduia lyrical response to largest archaeological bronze treesculpture (CECS)
#87 Pagoda Tree a former residence of a French poet at a taoist temple in the woods (RUC-CW Mount West series)
#88 Encounter Reflections in Dr Bussières garden (RUC-CW Mount West series)
#89 Maples of a Hundred Years two special maple trees in Xishan (RUC-CW Mount West series)
#90 French Chestnut …time has condensed into a deep point in me’ (RUC-CW Mount West series)
#91 The Greatest Blessing caretaking for plants and animals is a blessing (A4 artist residency Chengdu Sept-Oct 2024)
#92 Little Red Basin childhood memories (A4 artist residency)
#93 Ginkgo of BaihuatanChengdu Ginkgos (A4 artist residency )
#94 Trees of Fuhu Temple the special wood of nanmu (A4 artist residency)
#95 Magnolia Tree being stopped in your tracks by an unexpected sight (A4 artist residency)
#96 A Place called Fairy Tree A magical tree that can no longer be found (A4 artist residency)
#97 A Tree Transplanted finding the same tree everywhere (A4 artist residency)
#98 Different Branches solitary explorations in the park (A4 artist residency)
#99 The Trees are Whispering Contemplating woodland communications (A4 artist residency)
#100 Euonymus acquifolium Plant Hunter (A4 artist residency)
#101 Tree Dance Austria A choreographer spends a week with a tree (A4 artist residency)
#102 Tree Shadows … interplays with light as it swings in the breeze (A4 artist residency)
#103 Two Trees interdependent attachment, love and growth (A4 artist residency)
#104 Children’s Games The games that we play (A4 artist residency)
#105 The Highest Climber A point marked by chalk from the class room (A4 artist residency)
#106 Tenacity A careless moment turns to courage and resilience (A4 artist residency)
#107 Osmanthus Tree fragrant tree taken down (A4 artist residency)
#108 Blue Eucalyptus the persuit of Art and Nature (A4 artist residency)
#109 Home a micro perspective An ecosystem that feels like home (A4 artist residency)
#110 Grandma’s Walnut and Mulberry The passing of time (A4 artist residency)
#111 Under the Shade of a Tree A semi open space (A4 artist residency)
#112 Rowan – Mountain Ash berries and mistlethrush