Christmas is a time to reflect on loss, take stock and look forward

Peter Dowdall reflects on the life cycle of trees in nature and uses it as a metaphor for life, loss and renewal.

Every garden has a tree. A tree to anchor the garden, to act as the central fulcrum around which the rest of the elements work.

This tree is vital in the garden, cleaning the air from dangerous pollutants, buffering noise and other environmental influences and standing firm in times of storm and high winds, resilient and unmoving.