Storm Arwen came hurtling down from the north at the end of November, leading to a tsunami of trees to crash to the floor throughout Scotland, northern England and areas of Wales. Winds of 100mph flattened conifer plantations like dominoes significant place houses misplaced 250-yr-previous oaks and gardeners grieved for uprooted magnolias and rhododendrons. Three folks died and additional than 9,000 were remaining without electricity for additional than a 7 days in bitterly cold weather conditions. Telephones have been down, streets ended up blocked and folks experienced trees coming via their roofs. “You weren’t going anyplace,” remembers Heather Swift, the Woodland Trust’s Cumbria web-site manager, who has been assessing the…