Gorse - the winter hope

For the January New Forest Forest Church reflection we explored Gorse - the spiky, defensive yet always sweetly flowering scrub layer of lowland heaths and acid soils.

There is more to gorse than meets the eye. Listen to (or read) the Gorse Tale. 

There is much to love about Gorse.

The way Gorse adapts to hardship (in its perennial quest for fruitfulness) has much to teach us. 

Here's the link to the reflection on Gorse. If you prefer a simpler url then it's tinyurl.com/nffcjan21

Alistair McNaught - January 2021