The presence of the olive tree has marked not only the landscape but also the everyday lives of the Mediterranean peoples. As a mythical and sacred tree, it is associated with their rites and customs ...

And customers are chuffed with their latest find - with loads of happy shoppers showing off their LED Olive Tree online. The retailer is offering the shockingly realistic plant for just £34.99.

She realizes he has been grieving for a thousand-year-old olive tree that the family has uprooted and sold to pay some debts. (A sadly common reality in Castellón at present.) Unable to bear the ...

"Winter is a season of recovery and preparation," according to Paul Theroux – and this is especially true of our gardens. Learning how to winterise an olive tree, then, is a must for those of us who ...