Hallo Holly, You're looking swell, Holly

I talk to the trees
That's why they put me away  (Spike Milligan)

The Holly and the Ivy, when they are both full grown
Of all the trees that are in the wood, the Holly bears the crown (English traditional carol)


Yesterday it poured with rain, then it poured harder, and without letting up it poured harder still for 8 hours, and I spent this day at the park, in the aforementioned rain, talking to trees.

I was encouraged to do this by a remarkable woman called Anne-Laure  Rigouzzo-Weiller, a botanist Dr of Science turned tree- talker with a remarkable understanding of medicinal plants     http://www.prometerre.com/.

It became obvious to me some time after communing with a holly tree, that Anne-Laure is not only one of those people who can speak to plants, and not only do the plants listen and speak back, but she can persuade them to speak to other people, and persuade other people to listen.  That's quite something.