Katie Holden

 

Katie Holden has spent the last 4 years creating an Irish Tree alphabet that is magical and timely. 

"I wanted to create a living alphabet – something we could plant – to literally make words matter." Katie Holden

"Words Matter. Truth Matters. Science Matters. Facts Matter. Black Lives Matter. Democracy Matters. It all matters. We are all matter. But what is matter, we may ask? The word itself is suggestive of what’s at stake. The etymological roots expose a tension. The Latin materia suggests “timber” while mãter means “mother” or “source”. So, matter is a hybrid, a woody, fleshy fusion of living tissue with a semiotic heart. The heartwood, if you will." Katie Holden

It is autumn and a mast year, gather tree seeds, Acorns, Conkers, Ash keys, Beech nuts, Larch cones, pop them in a bag or big pot of compost and plant on in the spring, plant for birthdays, for funerals, for weddings, for love. Plant in holey hedges, plant in community woodlands seek out great places to secure our future in the roots of a tree.