Trees have played a role in my life since I was very small. Some of my earliest memories are playing with my family underneath the oak tree in our garden, or clambering all over a fallen tree in the middle of the woods with my friends. My mum would take me on picnics when I was very young where we would sit on the same stump and eat our sandwiches. Trees have followed me into my adult life, being a huge part of every day life as a horticulturalist, an arb worker and now ecologist. Beech and oak are the two trees that are featured in my tattoo, for many reasons, but ultimately they both insight joyful memories of being with family, friends and at times, wandering alone in the woods with crunchy leaves under foot. Becks