The Queen''s Green Canopy is a stunning photography book showcasing 70 ancient trees and 70 ancient woodlands dedicated by the QGC initiative in honour of Her Majesty''s Platinum Jubilee. These photographs were taken over the course of a year by Adrian Houston (author of A Portrait of the Tree) and Charles Sainsbury-Plaice to celebrate the work of the initiative.
The Queen''s Green Canopy features their photographs alongside extended captions telling the stories behind these historic trees. Selected trees include the apple tree that is said to have inspired Sir Isaac Newton''s theory of gravity; yews at the entrance of St Edwards Church in Stow-on-the-Wold, which inspired JRR Tolkien; the Five Hundred Acre Wood in East Sussex immortalised in AA Milne''s Winnie the Pooh books; and the 2,500-year-old tree where Henry VIII is believed to have proposed to Anne Boleyn. While these trees tell a wider story of Britain''s history, the photographs also form a beau
