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The Boathouse Willow
Significant British trees. This programme looks at a golden weeping willow that may have inspired Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows.
Series looking at significant British trees.
This programme looks at a golden weeping willow on the riverbank at Kenneth Grahame's boathouse, which may be the very tree that inspired the title of The Wind in the Willows. With the help of landscape gardener Stephen Woodhams and Jill Butler of the Woodland Trust, the truth is revealed.
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Wed 8 Apr 2009
22:20