The blossom of an apple tree sprung from a discarded gowk*. These accidental fruit bearers convert the mineral-heavy soil of the former coal mining site into productive ground, bringing life and seasonal beauty to places once stripped of both.
*In North East England "gowk" is dialect for an apple core.
The blossom of an apple tree sprung from a discarded gowk*. These accidental fruit bearers convert the mineral-heavy soil of the former coal mining site into productive ground, bringing life and seasonal beauty to places once stripped of both.
*In North East England "gowk" is dialect for an apple core.
