Everything Green In Our World

We need the colour green in order to exist.The green of the world starts in plants; and that green is chlorophyll. All the green forests and fields are green because of chlorophyll.

Plants use chlorophyll to photosynthesize and make sugars and starches in their leaves in order to live. Without green chlorophyll there would be no leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds or roots to eat. So there would be no ruminant animals for lions and tigers to eat, no job for bees and other pollinators, no birds and definitely no humans. There would also be no atmosphere to breathe.

Without the green of plants, the world as we know it cannot exist. So is green your favourite colour now?

The colour Red

Red is the same color as our blood. It is full of life, vitality, passion, lust and anger.

Red is fiery energy, action, drive, power, force and creativity; red is the colour of fire. Red is the rising and setting of the sun; its coming and going marks the beginning and ending the day.

The colour Orange

Orange is sunny and warm. You can see it in the flames of a fire and the glow of a sunset. It is the colour of oranges, carrots, apricots, pumpkins, and all things healthy and good. Orange makes you smile, and orange is the colour of laughter.

The colour Yellow

Yellow is sunshine and all things bright and beautiful.They called him mellow yellow, quite rightly, and we all lived in a yellow submarine for a time. Yellow stimulates the mind in sparky ways.

The colour Green

Green is the colour of the plant world and of the faery folk. It is the colour of sunlight transformed into matter by photosynthesis, and represents the miracle of the creation of life on this planet. Verdancy and the deep seas; Green stimulates connection between body; mind, spirit and creation.

The colour Blue

Blue can be rude and Blue can be rare, Blue can be sad and Blue can be cold, but days spent under a blue sky linger long in the memory, and blue flowers somehow shine in evening twilight.

The colour Violet / Purple

VIiolet/Purple is the colour of the night sky; deep, mysterious and regal. It takes you deep into your meditations and insights. Purple is mysterious and takes you far.

The Dicksonia antarctica tree fern first grew in moist forests during the Jurrasic period alongside the dinasours. This living relic from primeval times was introduced to Europe by James Dickson in the 1750's. It forms a trunk that can grow up to 20 feet high and has a canopy spread of up to 8 feet.

"His roots may go back to the shadow hunters who painted the caves of Lascaux. and Altimira, and his image has been chiselled in wood and stone even to this day by men and women who no longer know his story, but sense that something old and strong and tremendously important lies behind his leafy mask." With thanks to Mike harding at www.mikeharding.co.uk

The Green Man may be also linked to Robin Hood, Robin Goodfellow, Puck and Father Christmas, but one common theme runs through all the disparate images and myths; death and rebirth, and the Green Spirit that is all life.

Gawain and The Green Knight is a late 14th-century romance about chivalry and honour in the court of King Arthur. A terrifying green warrior lays down a challenge to the knights for one of them to strike him with an axe, and take a return blow from him in a year and a day. Gawain accepts, and beheads him in one blow, but the Green Knight is not killed, picks up his severed head, and leaves. The story recounts Gawain's struggle to meet his obligation to the green knight, and his adventures along the way.

Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously.
For I have loved you well and long,
Delighting in your company

Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.

My men were clothed all in green,
And they did ever wait on thee;
All this was gallant to be seen,
And yet thou wouldst not love me.

Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.

Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu,
To God I pray to prosper thee,
For I am still thy lover true,
Come once again and love me.

Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.

(Anon.)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti was part of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood . The Pre Raphaelite's were entranced by all things mediaeval, and frequently depicted themes from English myth and Romance.

Raphael with Bowl of Fruit by Howard David Johnson
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These are really handy green clothes...I wouldn't be without my Barbour for anything.