Many of us have imagined seeing an image of a face or figure in the bark of a tree, in the patterns made by the leaves and shadows, or in the form of its branches. The Green Man is the artistic and iconic representation of that image, part human, part plant. History is filled with Green Man images, but very little has been written about the significance of the image. As the figure has appeared, disappeared and reappeared throughout the centuries, there is evidence to show that appearances are often linked to times of upheaval, change or environmental crisis. This emergence often...