Jeremy Barrell
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The hedge on the left is managed every year. The one on the right has been left for several years. The same species, a hugely different outcome for local habitat diversity & richness because of the cover, nectar & berries. It doesn't always have to be the way it was in the past.
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The pigs are out!
In the New Forest there is an ancient tradition called pannage dating back to 1079 AD where domestic pigs are released onto the open forest in autumn. They eat acorns from oak (Quercus robur) that are poisonous to horses and save lots of equine suffering.
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I am not an architectural buff, but this building in Victoria, London, always strikes me as wonderfully decorated with greenery and contrasts so starkly with its surrounding. Its like a gem from the past out-glittering in the bling of the modern high-rises.
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In my experience of randomly checking landscaping projects around the country, the death of newly planted trees often exceeds 50% of the total number planted. This is a staggering rate of failure that would just not be tolerated in other walks of life. Would you accept a 50/50
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Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) trees are the ecological workhorse of the British countryside, providing flowers and nectar in spring, and berries for birds and small mammals throughout the winter, often doing this against all the odds in the toughest of conditions.
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New trees are meant to bring hope, & instead these are delivering sadness. Lewes here, but its the same across the country. So much wrong, poor design, over specification of stakes, >50% dead, no mulch, full of weeds, ad infinitum. There are 1,000s of failures. Its just shameful.
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Urban canopy cover is declining around the world, one tree at a time. There's always a good reason, too big, too messy, dangerous, blocking light, don't tell me what to do on my property, etc. Individuals choose, the rest of us live with the consequences. Think before felling.
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Here's some impressive tokenistic nonsense! These trees are never going to make it, but most shocking is that an architect obviously designed it, a landscape architect must have overseen it, and a planning authority consented it! The cumulative incompetence is staggering.
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This is exactly what we should be seeing more of, a great effort and thanks for showing the way.
🌧️🌱 2 years ago, we installed these Rain Garden
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#communityengagement
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Well, it took sitting in court until 7pm to get a result, but the verdict is guilty on both counts for the developer, Enzo's Homes, and its director, Fiorenzo Sauro. Great effort by Swansea City Council to prosecute. It is never easy and they did it.
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This ash (Fraxinus excelsior) had severe ash dieback disease in its upper crown. It was reduced to a 15 m stump & now has vigorous new growth. Most importantly, the trunk remains standing as valuable habitat & wood on the ground is further ecological enhancement. Great solution.
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Trees can still have immense value even when they have fallen down and are falling to bits. Great vision from the managers in this Poole park.
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The Moyles Court Oak was a landmark New Forest heritage tree, but it died this year. It is thought to be at least 500 years old. Think of the generations of our ancestors that have seen this tree as they went about their daily lives. It is an irreplaceable cultural asset.
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Here's something cheery on a typically wet and stormy British day! This wonderful curved arbor of apple trees at Heale House in Wiltshire provides shade in the heat of summer, fruit into autumn, and an uplifting memory as we drift into winter. They're old, maybe 80+.
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Well, this is what we were hoping for! £300,000 combined for Enzo Homes & Fiorenzo Sauro, & £120,000 for Arwyn Morgan, who felled the tree & 70 others in an area of ancient woodland. This is a massive fine. Well done Swansea Council. Possibly an appeal!
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I posted about this oak a few months ago, and there were some concerns that it would not regrow. It has now put on some impressive new growth, and the prospects look good. An excellent example of good reactive tree management, balancing safety and ecological habitat enhancement.
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This black mulberry (Morus nigra) blew over in 2022. The gardeners at Heale House, Salisbury, pruned it back hard, pulled it back upright, and this year it has spectacular new growth, with fruit as well. Great crisis management and worth the effort.
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Last winter, I had a lot of rats around my birdfeeder and I wondered where they had all gone this summer. Now I know!!
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It is possible to get trees into parking areas without any loss of parking spaces, so why are we not seeing this as standard in commercial developments? This was a hot day, its not by chance that this driver parked in the shade! Well done Marks & Spencers at J7 on the M27.
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This 150 year old veteran Catalpa next to Big Ben is seen by millions of visitors every year. It is one of the UKs most important living heritage assets & yet it is not protected from the building activity. Its still alive, but not for much longer. Disappointing, isn't it?
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Here's a good reason to include crab apple (Malus sylvestris) in native tree planting mixes. The pigs out in the New Forest love them, but they also boost the diets of badgers, deer, and small mammals, as well as being great for jam. In spring, they also have great blossom.
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Silo-thinking in action. All that matters is my fence, **** the wider implications!
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This magnificent beech (Fagus sylvatica) is 2 m+ in diameter & is probably at least 300 years old, but has fungal decay problems.
@nationaltrust
has done a great job with unobtrusive fencing to keep people safer, but still allow its full splendour to be appreciated.
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Quite convenient isn't it? Southern Water can't be tagged into photos! In my work, I walk along roads & look at trees, occasionally looking over bridges & this is what I often see (Westfield, E Sussex). This looks like pollution on a gross scale, am I right, or is this normal?
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No need to be a tree expert to see why this newly planted tree isn't going to make it!
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This is about as tough as it gets for a tree. Hawthorne may no be the biggest or the flashiest, but is just the best all rounder.
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More visionless development, this time in East Anglia, courtesy of Bennett Homes (). No trees, no shrubs, just wall to wall bricks! The blame lies with MHCLG & its failing National Planning Policy Framework, the developer, and Tendring DC for consenting it.
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Ash dieback disease is devastating ash trees, but delayed felling is good for wildlife. Severe crown reduction is a great management option, reducing risk and boosting biodiversity by retaining the standing trunks. Well done National Trust at Ightham Mote.
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Trees can be trained into almost any shape, but it takes vision and lots of time. I guess that these apples are more than 50 years old, and the visionary gardener who planted them is long gone. I felt very grateful for the this little gift they left.
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There is a place on Dartmoor called Wistman's Wood. Visiting is a truly magical experience, a glimpse into the way things used to be.
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At first sight, this lone willow (Salix sp) is on the verge of collapse because of serious trunk decay, but a closer inspection shows a great example of an internal aerial root beginning to support the crumbling trunk. One of the impressive trees I recently encountered during my
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Not hard, is it, and yet our politicians of all colours just don't get it.
Just returned from NL and despite record levels of rainfall and the country being in a major delta, largely below sea level, there have been 0 flooded houses. Major investment in infra, recreating floodplains, creating large nature reserves to act as temp water storage pay off.
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New Forest ponies intuitively know about the shade benefits from trees on a hot day.
It's a shame that many local and national politicians in the UK and around the world are missing that simple but obvious wisdom!
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Toxic gases & tiny particles from cars kill people, especially children because their heads are so close to the source. In 1967, the visionary leadership of Singapore knew this & began to line their roads with trees & hedges. Why have UK politicians failed to understand this?
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Surfacing irregularities are normal and it is acceptable within government endorsed guidance for highway authorities to work around important trees. Well done Kingston Upon Thames for doing the right thing here in Surbiton.
#TreeTruths
#SaveSheffTrees
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Just an ordinary holly (Ilex aquifolium) with an extraordinary display of berries on the forest today.
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Add to this the absence of proper catchment area management, outdated farming practices, the lack of funding to the EA to do its job properly + the complete & utter failure of government to hold plundering water companies to account, & we'll be getting closer to it.
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From a distance, this yew (Taxus baccata) looks like an ordinary tree, but get close & its 2m+ diameter trunk is impressive. Its hollow, but in very good health & looking great. Its ancient & probably a lot older than the church.
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I love this image. If sheep can work it out, why can't planners and politicians??? Its not hard to get is it, so why don't they?
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Down is not always out!
Phoenix trees, so called because they continue to grow after falling over, sprout vertical stems from the horizontal trunk, and sink new roots to eventually create new genetically identical trees. This is a sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) at Chartwell.
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Poor planning = dead trees. This tree in Hailsham was carefully pruned to retain it in this new development & yet it is dead. The clues as to why are in the failure to protect it properly last year. Councils are constantly failing to protect trees & enforce planning conditions.
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I recently saw some great examples of modern proactive tree care in an urban parkland context in the Czech Republic. This short video shows the protection of sensitive root zones by using a raised walkway & cable supports in the crowns of mature trees to reduce the risk of
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Centuries of erosion of this crumbly soil has exposed many of the roots of this yew (Taxus baccata) providing insights into what root systems look like below ground, but also what this ancient track looked like. All these roots were originally hidden below the soil. Catsfield, E
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Here's a simple way to make communities more resilient to climate change impacts. Identify obvious areas where there is space for trees to be easily planted without causing any problems and then get on and do it. Future generations will be grateful for the vision and shade.
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Sorry, this place was so good, I just had to post another photo!! It's Wistman's Wood on Dartmoor
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I live in the New Forest & have walked my dogs every dusk into darkness for 25 years. Tonight was different from every other night because I was surrounded by birdsong all the way, Curlews, Snipe, & Nightjars. So, what's different? Lockdown=fewer people=fewer dogs=nature thrives!
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'Sycamore is a weed with no value' - Really! This is the underside of a sycamore leaf crawling with aphids, which just happens to be perfect food for newly-born small birds. In reality, sycamore is an extremely valuable ecological asset. Perhaps its time for a sceptic-rethink!
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The utter arrogance of some local politicians is impossible to fathom until it happens to you! I saw what Sheffield City Council did to perfectly healthy trees and the lies that were promoted to support it. Ordinary people can win, don't ever give up.
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Wherever possible and feasible, we specify leaving ash trunks standing to provide this valuable habitat. It cannot be done everywhere, but there are no obvious reasons why this cannot be mainstream rather than the exception a lot of the time.
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Trees with canopies right down to the ground can be quite fun for kids to explore. This silver lime (Tilia tomentosa) looks great because no cut grass is competing with its roots & leaf litter is building up, mimicking the forest floor. Great management by NT at Chartwell.
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If you were out in the UK today, this will not be hard to work out. Infrared shows the temperature difference between areas with trees, and those without. Thanks to Meg Caffin and the City of Geelong, Australia, for the insight. This is what's coming and we're not ready for it!
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An excellent example of heritage tree management in Prague. Its a plane (Platanus sp) about 180 years old & is highly ranked as an international heritage tree because its of special interest for visual, scientific, & cultural reasons, as explained in the video commentary.
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Leaving storm damaged stumps & dead trees standing as habitat for birds & small mammals provides a big biodiversity boost.
When an agency like Forestry England strives to do this, it shows that it is mainstream, not marginal. Such vision is to be encouraged & applauded.
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Just took a walk around the Kenwood Park area in Sheffield to see for myself the scale of the tree felling proposed by Sheffield City Council. I have been to a lot of urban places in the world, but I have never seen anything as wrong as this.
#SaveSheffTrees
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Planting trees in containers above ground doesn't really work very well in the long term and yet it is a regular feature in new developments. A design aspiration that doesn't translate into sustainable landscapes seems hardly worth the effort!
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These are our birds as well, and yet Malta continues to wallow in the past on the pretense that its tradition. Britain had a tradition of hunting whales, but we worked out that there was something wrong as time passed. How long do we have to wait to Malta to work it out?
🧵 1/3 Contrary to EU law & despite ongoing proceedings by the European Court of Justice,
#Malta
has once again allowed songbird trapping this autumn.
Finches can be caught with clap-nets at a staggering number of 3,364 registered trapping sites across Malta & Gozo.
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This is a great example of hedgerow management on the Devon/Somerset border, showing four stages of hedge development and management. Great to see these traditional skills being kept alive with a modern twist.
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A great example of why tree ties must be fixed firmly to stakes. The stem abrasion damage is obvious. It was the same for all the trees. It's a catalogue of incompetence in every aspect, from design to contract oversight, on the A27 near Lewes. Disappointing, isn't it!
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When dead and dying trees are felled, the standing decayed unique habitat within their trunks is lost & takes centuries to replace. Insects living in these places don't move on, they die & eventually the species becomes extinct. Strapping failing trees keeps this habitat longer.
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This spectacular heritage tree is a large leaved lime (Tilia platyphyllos) thought to be about 700 years old with a diameter of nearly 4 m. Its hollow, but looks in fine health, and well worth a visit if you are ever in the Czech Republic and able to visit Teleci, east of Prague.
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Sheffield
#TreeTruths
13: Amey tree expert says "engineering solutions to try to retain a mature street tree will often compromise its shallow roots". If that really is true, then why are so many other cities managing to keep mature trees then?
#SaveSheffTrees
@shftelegraph
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Lots to be impressed with here. Note the new repairs feathered into the old, the gap beneath the lintel, the wall stepped out for future space & a 10 m nature strip along the crop boundary.
See what it looked like before the repairs
Its a veteran oak
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Yew (Taxus baccata) has remarkable powers of recovery, which is one of the reasons why it can live for thousands of years. This looked almost dead two years ago and was hard pruned. That stimulated vigorous new growth and its prospects are encouraging.
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Sycamore is such a great tree in so many ways, it needs every bit of support it can get. Here is another great one in Dunkeld, Scotland, courtesy of a great Scottish colleague of mine.
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Severe crown reduction, or topping, is often frowned upon by tree purists. This 140-year old cedar was condemned for felling in 2013. I was asked for an alternative and oversaw 50% reduction all over. Here is it today, alive & looking great. See photo caption for more explanation
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This ancient yew suffered severe storm damage several years ago & is undergoing careful remedial works to ensure it survives. The crown has been delicately pruned to reduce the pressure on the weak trunk & props may be added to reduce the risk of further failures.
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Severe crown reduction of trees with serious defects is a great way of retaining the valuable habitat in the trunk without completely felling the tree. Of course, there is a future management implication, but the benefits often outweigh those costs
Excellent highway management.
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Urban trees soften the visual impact of buildings, but so do climbing plants given half a chance and a bit of support. This Pyracantha has dense spring flowers and now brilliant orange berries. It really does brighten up the day for people passing by.
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Is the old English tree folklore about leaf burst true?
I have noticed oak (Quercus) with leaves much sooner than ash (Fraxinus), so a great chance to test if "Oak before the ash, we're in for a splash, ash before the oak, we're in for a soak" does predict a dry summer this
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Felling old and deteriorating trees should be the last resort, when all other management options have been exhausted. That wise management principle is admirably demonstrated in practice by the National Trust's efforts to retain a very old sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) at Knole
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This mature ash (Fraxinus excelsior) has been severely reduced to prevent any failures causing harm, giving it a new lease of life. The coronet cuts and ripped branch ends mimic natural failures, providing a big boost for biodiversity. Top work
@nationaltrust
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Trees are good wherever they are.
A scale model showing how mangrove forests protect coasts from wave erosion.
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This is one of the largest diameter beeches I have ever seen, a magnificent tree of about 3m across. But it has decay problems, so rather than panic and fell it, the National Trust at Scotney Castle, fenced it off, so the public still enjoy it, but from a distance. Good effort.
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Conventional wisdom is that sycamore is a weed! The reality is that they are long-lived survivors and provide a massive ecological boost. This magnificent individual in Phoenix Park, Dublin, shows it all. Time for the purists to have a rethink!
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There is always someone out there leading the way. Little snippets like this show that there is some hope, but it needs to be main stream.
There are so many green spaces in our towns and villages that are over-mown or sprayed, but which could instead be boosting biodiversity and bringing nature back into our lives like this corner of Cambridge. RT if you agree 🐝
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All the smaller trees surrounding this large fig are about 20 years old, planted when the Magarpatta City Township was developed. The fig was a big tree then and the designers narrowed the road to keep it. Great creative highway design, excellent urban greening, good effort.
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Isn't this great!
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Out in the Queensland rainforest today checking out some interesting trees. The footpath goes through this one. I think it is a Lophostemon confertus, but please correct me if that is wrong!
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I recently looked at a new development site in Grantham and found this row of about 10 Sorbus. Feeble design, no mulch, poor staking, and every one was dead! My observation throughout the UK is that this is normal, not the exception.
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This mature beech has been heavily crown reduced to lower the risk of branch failures. Wood left beneath the tree, no mowing beneath the crown, low branches left to touch the ground, & coronet cuts in the crown. Exceptionally good & visionary management, well done Leeds Castle.
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Mature beech (Fagus sylvatica) adapted and thriving in the most challenging of conditions.
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Great example of responsible management of a veteran plane (Platanus sp) at Dunster Castle, Somerset, by the National Trust. Note the crown reduction of the long stems originating from the pollard heads in the upper crown reducing the risk of storm damage to the internally
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This is a very old oak that has been pruned back to almost a stump and grown into a wonderful shape, but with big habitat value in the trunk. Severe crown reduction is an important management option for very old trees, manually doing what nature does, if left alone.
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Its windy today. This is what wind does to trees. It's a hawthorn on a cliff in Devon.
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More excellent veteran tree management from Leeds castle in Kent. Note the crown reduction to reduce the risk of unnecessary failures, the coronet cuts to branches to mimic natural breakages, the retention of broken branch stubs on the trunk as ecological niches, the retention
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This spectacular horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) won't fall over as its trunk decays because the layered branches touching the ground act as living props. Crown lifting young trees to remove lower branches removes this survival mechanism as trees reach old age.
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Something has gone badly wrong in Swansea where a 150+ year old possible Grade II* heritage redwood tree valued at more than £300,000 has been felled by 'mistake'. Let's hope
@SwanseaCouncil
investigate properly and prosecute if the TPO was contravened.
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If your newly planted trees are looking like this, then get some water on them now. This many withered and desiccated leaves means they are dying in front of your eyes, and they are unlikely to survive.
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Internal decay & hollowing in big old trees is normal & doesn't automatically mean fell them. Subtle crown reduction over decades & propping to support are valid management techniques. This Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) has many decades of life left. Bravo Belmont House.
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Warning: Tree purists should look away now!
Wonderful pruning of Cupressus sempervirons in El Retiro Park, Madrid.
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This horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) at Cawdor Castle looks great against the lawn & the building, but its hollow. Keep it pruned and it can be retained for decades. Trunk decay and hollowing does not mean it has to be removed. Great example of visionary management.
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If it can be done in Hackney then it can be done anywhere, so why isn't it? People is the answer, where you have leaders with vision and ambition combined with local champions, you see special things happen.
Some of Hackney's new rainwater gardens and street trees, as part of the largest urban forestry programme in the U.K...
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Really disappointed to come across this, which is a failure to understand the importance of standing dead wood habitat. The trunk could have safely been left cut to 5-6m and left to support ecology for decades, but its easier (and cheaper) to fell it at ground level!
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Big old trees keep giving to local ecology for decades after death. This is an ancient oak in Windsor Great Park, contributing to the very end!
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It is most unusual to see such an extreme example of spiralling trunk growth in yew (Taxus baccata). Does anyone really know why because there is nothing unusual about where it is growing, it is just in a small glade in a wood and it not overly exposed?
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When trees grow out of pavements and roads, people and traffic move around them. Its quite a simple concept, but it has yet to be recognised in mainstream UK highway management!
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My second common misconception of the day is that sycamores (Acer pseudoplatanus) are weeds. They are full of life, one of our most resilient trees, and can be spectacular landmarks. Some of the finest ones I have ever seen are in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
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The strimmer damage at the base of this commemorative oak encapsulates the sad reality of cheap grounds maintenance. Poor contract specification oversight by councils, & non-existent staff training by contractors, are the root causes, although there will be plenty of excuses.
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