Nowhere wood – Stories from Nowhere Wood

The Queen of May

May 1, 2026

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May Day is gathered together in Nowhere Wood. The guests are all assembled, having arrived in timely order, ready for the magical day. First to arrive was the wild garlic, clean and green with the freshness of a memory of good times around the family table. Then the first bluebell opened up to the sky,…

The mistletoe bough and New Year’s Eve

Dec 28, 2025

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Neil

in flow and recycle

Some of the trees in Trendlewood Park play host to mistletoe, an ancient plant with mythological powers. Mistletoe is easiest to see in winter. when the trees have given up their leaves. When older trees stand bare against the low sky, mistletoe hangs in their branches like dark thoughts. From the ground it looks an…

A year in the life of a sugar factory

Nov 27, 2020

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Neil

in Adaptation, adventures in time and in space, being and becoming, Cycles, flow and recycle, organisms are organised, spring stories

The leaves of plants are everywhere in Nowhere Wood, helping to keep the wood alive. Leaves are organs: collections of living tissues and cells, having adventures in time and space. This is the story of a year in the life of an oak leaf. Leaves are factories for making sugar from sunlight, water and carbon…

Climbing the walls

Oct 25, 2020

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Neil

in Adaptation, adventures in time and in space, autumn stories, Cycles, flow and recycle, life depends on life, pass on information, what is life?

A hundred years ago, Nowhere Wood was a sandstone quarry, and there is still a cliff face at the end of the wood.How can this hart’s tongue fern grow on a vertical cliff face about two metres from the ground. That is quite an adventure in time and space. This story explains how this fern…

Moving things on

Oct 22, 2020

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Neil

in Adaptation, adventures in time and in space, autumn stories, being and becoming, Cycles, flow and recycle, Health, Interdependence, life depends on life, Oneness, the environment

The weather is warm and wet in Nowhere Wood. These are perfect conditions for growing the fungi that spread everywhere throughout the soil of Nowhere Wood. Fungi are Nature’s recyclers, feeding on the fallen leaves, fruits and wood. Fungi feed on the wood of the dead oak trees, turning it into nutrients that provide energy and…

Squirrel wars

Oct 6, 2020

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Neil

in Adaptation, adventures in time and in space, autumn stories, being and becoming, Cycles, Health, life depends on life, Oneness

One hundred and fifty years ago, the oak woods near Nowhere would have been home to red squirrels. Now they have all disappeared. The red squirrels have been replaced by grey squirrels that were introduced into the UK from the United States in the 1870s. Grey squirrels spread to nearly all parts of the UK,…

Being and becoming in Nowhere Wood

Oct 4, 2020

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Neil

in Adaptation, autumn stories, being and becoming, Cycles, Geometry and Beauty, life depends on life, what is life?

All living organisms are doing two things at the same time. They are: Being (they are keeping themselves alive) and Becoming (they are moving towards the next stage of their lives). The butterfly is being and becoming at each stage of its life. All of the animals and plants in Nowhere Wood are also…

Trampling acorns underfoot

Sep 27, 2020

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Neil

in Adaptation, autumn stories, Interdependence, life depends on life, the environment

I have never seen so many acorns in Nowhere Wood. Everywhere I step, I am treading on acorns. Acorns are the fruits of oak trees and this year it certainly has been a bumper harvest. Biologists call this a “mast year”. The air in Nowhere Wood in April and May was very hot and still.…

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