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A Summer of Growth
This summer has been a season of steady, visible change at Willow Worlds. When I walk through the plantation now, I see a place that is not only maturing but beginning to shape its own character.…
The Willows in the Wind
It’s been windy out, we just had Storm Floris (04 August 2025). The fire, in Edinburgh on Arthur’s Seat yesterday (10 August 2025) was made worse by wind fanning the flames up the steep slopes. Wind…
April Droughts And May Flowers.
I recently learned about Solarpunk and I’d like to add Solarpunk as an attribute of the Willow Worlds project. I’m saying that Willow Worlds is Solarpunk, but what is Solarpunk? Solarpunk is both a…
Outgrown
Outgrown.When I was 14, I grew some trees in plastic milk cartons and planted them in the woods. Of course, not all of them survived. One nearly didn’t survive being planted as I remember I broke the…
Willow Worlds has landed in Muiredge Park.
The second-coming of Donald Trump may only last a few more months, maybe a year, maybe four, and he’ll be gone. Unfortunately, he is accompanied by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They arrived…
In Praise of Cuts
There’s a little red-breasted bird who takes an interest in what you are doing in your garden. It’s a Robin and they usually make me feel cheerful. But this month, while I was cutting willow down in…
December: Tiny Forests and Manure.
Imagine a patch of grass transformed into a dense, thriving forest in just 3 years. That’s the promise of what Jake M. Robinson calls the 'Miyawaki forest revolution.' Is it the ecological…
Affordances When Working With Willow
In this installment of Willow Worlds, I want to put in a philosophical thought about why I’m so excited about the idea of using willow in the way we are. I’ve decided to write about affordances.…
November 2: Willow Worlds Begins.
Willow Worlds at Muiredge Park, as a story, begins with the opening of Levenmouth Academy next door. The nature restoration stories at Bat’s Wood are a sort of Silmarillion to the the Willow World’s…
November 1: Starting in the Middle.
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November 1: Starting in the Middle
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September - our worst fire.
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August - Introduction
My first podcast, a brief introduction to the Willow Worlds project. Get full access to Willow Worlds at willowworlds.substack.com/subscribe
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The Willow Worlds Podcast has published 13 episodes since September 2024, covering topics in Documentary, Nature.
The Willow Worlds Podcast is currently declining with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 12m.
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