Naming the Trees

In this our imagined future we watch them sound the trees hoping for deadwood, knowing the living are always harder to cut.

– Show Us What it is to Love a Forest with Song

A deep-dive into the human relationship with trees and how trees have shaped folklore and literature. Sparked by a campaign to save the ancient forest of Penrhos, an SSSI on Ynys Môn, from being turned into a holiday camp, Ness explores Welsh folklore of trees and her own love for and engagement with the trees and other wil...