UNHIDE Agroforestry - A Knowledge Exchange Latvia- Sweden 2023-25 - Report - Page 7
Pastures with magnificent oaks, Småland, Sweden.
During the road-trips, veteran oaks were a recurring and comforting feature, - a tree that hosts more
species than any other tree here, that buffers large
amounts of water and provides shelter, food and mycorrhiza collaborations. In Sweden we rested in the
shade of magnificent oaks in ancient, species rich
pastures. In Latvia, we learned about how sacred oak
forests were cut down and burned when the country
was Christianized, and how Latvian folk songs have
perserved the love and respect for the oaks, still
embracing pastures and homesteads.
LATVIAN FOLK SONGS
HAVE PRESERVED THE LOVE
AND RESPECT FOR THE OAKS
- STILL EMBRACING PASTURES
AND HOMES FROM ABOVE
WITH THEIR CANOPY, AND
FROM UNDERNEATH WITH
THEIR ROOTS, ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE BALTIC SEA.
Enjoy, and please contact us with thoughts or questions./Maja & Anders.
Participants from Latvia: Māris Narvils, Anna BoleWilliamson, David Williamson, Robert Daigins, Inese
Upe, Agnis Graudulis, Dagnija Lazdiņa and Ilze
Mežniece.
Leo Sjöstrand and Katarina Holmdahl.
Anna Bole-Williamsson & Inese Upe.
