The green also has calendar

Nine stories to accompany leaves, flowers and fruits throughout the year. Compare local photographs of black oak, medronho and mistletoe with the descriptions of its cycles. Draw contours, look for clues and discover what a single station photograph leaves unaccounted for.

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1. Read the landscape through the plantsIt looks like a leaf, but it is a stemButcher’s broom hides a small trick of shape.Read this story
2. Read the landscape through the plantsAn oak can keep its dry leavesFalling in autumn is not a leaf’s only possible fate.Read this story
3. Read the landscape through the plantsBay laurel has more than leavesA tree familiar from cooking also has flowers.Read this story
4. Read the landscape through the plantsFlowers and fruit on the same branchThe strawberry tree’s seasons overlap.Read this story
5. Read the landscape through the plantsNot all flowers arrive in springIvy brings flowers to autumn too.Read this story
6. Read the landscape through the plantsWhite flowers, small red fruitsHawthorn changes its appearance through the reproductive cycle.Read this story
7. Read the landscape through the plantsA tree with pale barkBirch catches the eye before you even look at its leaves.Read this story
8. Read the landscape through the plantsNot every leaf is equally pricklyEven on a single holly tree, leaves can differ.Read this story
9. Read the landscape through the plantsOne tree, several visitsReturning to the same place is another way to read the seasons.Read this story