Pollards, the forgotten art-discussion

[David Humphries]

Oak from bradgate Deer park rest Burnham beeches:001_cool:]

 

That Oaks seen some history.

 

Any signage on it?

 

 

 

Great sets of shots T

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thanks D.

 

No signage on that old girl, she is my favourite pic, posted it a few times in various places.

 

You and me will have to go up there during the autumn!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Its taken me years to find a doc by Ted green!

 

and this thread just wouldnt be right without this one:thumbup1:

7acte_15_green.pdf

[sean freeman]

Thats a good one from 2006 for more recent ones search the Ancient Tree Forum site or alternatively just email him...despite all the dubious accounts of his temper I have found Ted to be generous with his time and his knowledge.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Thats a good one from 2006 for more recent ones search the Ancient Tree Forum site or alternatively just email him...despite all the dubious accounts of his temper I have found Ted to be generous with his time and his knowledge.

 

funny you should say that! I did last night, and he replied today!

[David Humphries]

The man is certainly leaving an imprint in many a young arbs development.

 

Long may it continue.

 

 

 

Tony, found the big Lime self pollard across the golf course today.

 

Amazing thing

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

oh VERY well done! theres a lot to see David, youll be looking and discovering in there for eons, it will just keep on giving each and everytime.

 

The area of the grove, and surounding woodlands has a few secrets too, dont fear venturing far from the "zone" theres a lot of good ground all around whippy.

[josharb87]

is there a minimum and maximum height at which a pollard can be called a pollard? i know in olden days a pollard was a way of producing coppiced produce with the new shoots out of reach of deer and cattle, but is there now a modern 'rule of thumb'? some modern pollards are called pollards at 30+feet, some modern pollards can be heavily knuckled formativly pruned limes, or are we using the term out of context now?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

is there a minimum and maximum height at which a pollard can be called a pollard? i know in olden days a pollard was a way of producing coppiced produce with the new shoots out of reach of deer and cattle, but is there now a modern 'rule of thumb'? some modern pollards are called pollards at 30+feet, some modern pollards can be heavily knuckled formativly pruned limes, or are we using the term out of context now?

 

 

 

a coppice is ground level, a coppard is a sort of distance between a coppice and a true pollard, and a true pollard can be any hieght, it really depends on what produce you wanted and what stock or usage the woodland floor recieved.

[sean]

i definately have a soft spot for old pollards.....came across this one in epping forest last week.......its a real beauty in my eyes:thumbup: