Small Green Man Garden Plaque - Hand made By Babbacombe Pottery

The Green Man is thought primarily to represent the irrepressible nature of life with its cyclical pattern of birth, death and re-birth/renewal. This link comes from the Green Man‚s vegetative aspect and the seasonal cycle which most plants go through each year beginning in the spring, peaking at the height of summer and dying back in the dark of the winter, only to return again the next Spring. Most of the seasonal celebrations which include Green Men tend to happen around May time which further enhances his link with the new green life and renewal of Spring.