The Majesty of Trees is a groundbreaking Moorcroft collection in every sense of the word. Bringing together the admirable work of the Royal Forestry Society (‘RFS’), a charity who have devoted effort for over 140 years, to promote the wise management of woods and trees, through their network of knowledgeable landowners, foresters, arborists and others and Action Oak, a partnership solely dedicated to the protection of the Country’s oak tree legacy and health.

Moorcroft were delighted to have been granted permission to launch this new collection at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire – an Estate which is home to more than 866 veteran oaks in an area known as High Park. Standing proud in the Applied Arts, The Majesty of Trees holds a Queen of Moorcroft design, an artistic vision of the Estate’s ‘Queen Oak’ – a monarchical tree with more of more than a 1046-year reign.

The Collection also celebrates Miss Mary Wellesley, Great-great-granddaughter to the Duke of Wellington, who gifted Hockeridge and Pancake Woods in the Chilterns to the RFS in 1986. She saved the woods from urban development and replanted in the 1950s and 60s with many ‘fashionable’ forestry trees of the time including conifers, and many unusual species which are still seen today. Said to be ‘ahead of her time’ in respect to her vison for the wood, a vase and four plaques step forward in her honour and demonstrate the majesty and power of her trees in this rescued ancient woodland. Please join us all as we discover our native woodland trees and arboreal others through an art pottery collection that informs, entangles, and resonates deeply with our desire to bring the extraordinary beauty of the natural world into our home.