A 500-year-old yew tree rooted in a ruined monastery has been named Woodland Trust Tree Of The Year. The Waverley Abbey yew, near Farnham in Surrey, took 16% of the vote to win the contest, which has ...

It might be the oldest tree in Britain. A yew tree that sprawls over a churchyard in Wales is more than 5,000 years old, according to experts. While it's not exceptionally tall, the tree has a wide ...

The Fens of eastern England, a low-lying, extremely flat landscape dominated by agricultural fields, was once a vast woodland filled with huge yew trees, according to new research. Scientists have ...

A team of gardeners prepare the world's oldest topiary garden, at Levens Hall, in 2023. The garden, comprising of ancient box and yew trees, was established in 1694. (Credit: OLI SCARFF) The ...

David Carnduff sings the praises of the yew tree - and in particular, the fine examples dating back hundreds of years to be found in Greenock.

BENEATH those rugged elms, that yew-tree’s shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould’ring heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. It is the loveliest ...

This time of year, the trees turn from green to golden colours, the weather becomes cooler and many celebrate the supernatural or remember the dead in the form of Halloween. For those who like all ...