Twisted Branches

Towards a tangled aesthetic.

Beautiful isn’t it? It’s a Persian Plane tree in the fields surrounding Hergest Croft garden, a short walk from my house. The tree has a remarkable shape, like a flattened teepee, its branches fanning out and pointing down to the ground. Stoop low under those branches and you can walk into the space surrounding the trunk, which is also tent-like. I took…