Any Tolkien fan recognizes the importance of trees in his works. From the Two Trees of Valinor – precursors of the sun and the moon – to the golden mallorn trees of Lothlórien, from Nimloth, the White Tree of Númenor to its succession of descendants in Gondor, from the mallorn gifted to Sam by Galadriel and the Party Tree in Hobbiton, trees are scattered all across Tolkien’s Middle-earth, more than just props in the background. Their various significances, their symbolism, th

When the green creeping things crawled from the forests on the hill towards the town below, there was only one thought in the townsfolk's...

Standing tall, we’re watching you As you tread this shadowed land With green grass and flowers blue – Standing tall we’re watching you In...