Taking stock of our heritage trees

IT has been said that the life cycle of trees is comparable to that of human beings.

Both begin with a tiny seed, take nourishment from the natural world around them, slowly grow to maturity, reproduce and eventually die from disease or old age.

Little wonder then that people have, from time immemorial, been fascinated by trees, even to the point of worshipping some trees, believing them to the sacred or special in many other ways.