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Meetings with Remarkable Trees - Series 1

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Series tracing the role of various remarkable trees

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Meetings with Remarkable Trees - Series 1 - The Boathouse Willow

Significant British trees. This programme looks at a golden weeping willow that may have inspired Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows.

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Meetings with Remarkable Trees - Series 1 - The Handkerchief Tree

A profile of British trees, presented by Thomas Pakenham. The pride of Rowallane Garden outside Belfast is the Davidia Involucrata, or the Handkerchief tree.

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Meetings with Remarkable Trees - Series 1 - The Kew Gingko

Series looking at some of the most unusual trees in Britain. Investigating the ginkgo at Kew Gardens, one of the oldest of all tree species.

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Meetings with Remarkable Trees - Series 1 - The Tortworth Chestnut

Series looking at some of the oldest and most unusual trees in Britain. This programme investigates a sweet chestnut tree in Gloucestershire.

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Meetings with Remarkable Trees - Series 1 - The Yew at Much Marcle

The series looking at significant British trees visits the 2,000-year-old yew tree in a Hereford churchyard which may have been the site of pagan worship.

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