The Willow Worlds Podcast

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. What was once a patchwork of rods is slowly filling ou... more

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 clearly made that incident worse—but didn’t we hear... more

Honeysuckle making a drab fence better.

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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 literary genre and an artistic and lifestyle movemen... more

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 top off by mistake when I was carrying it. I pla... more

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 ahead of him and will stay with us much longer: glob... more

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 Kirkcaldy Walled Garden in the late afternoon, ther... more

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 game-changer we need, or just another distraction? Let’s find... more