Chestnut Pollards, Worcester.

[treejumper]

John - Great work on the re-pollards, and great photos too. A few years ago I visited Brussells (they have many, of their avenues lined with pollarded trees) And they seem to pollard as a matter of course out there as the re-growth showed that they obviously planned their works over the right period of time.

[Lee Winger]

Lopping and Topping is a forestry term from old used to describe the waste from snedding out a pole.

 

 

you beat me to it..

[Rich Rule]

Nice work john. I am a big fan of pollarding as a way of managing urban trees. The french and germans have been doing it for hundreds of years - I'll dig out some pics of the huge Acer pollards i took in Annecy, france.

 

Ed, on your way to the Grand Massifs do you go along the south coast/shore of Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) ? There are some stunning re-pollarded trees, mostly mature planes. They look fantastic when managed correctly. I have always wondered if they actually paint the trunks of the trees or just have coloured underlighting as they often appear blue ish in colour. I was once informed that this was known as a European pollard - i.e. removing all leaders and central stem to create the wide growth pattern. Can any one confirm this?

[Mr Ed]

Yes Mate, if you go through Geneva out towards Annemasse, you pass all those trees. I must dig out those pics.

[John Hancock]

Just thought I'd give an update on the Chestnuts....so far, so good!

[Bundle 2]

Yeah, they really work. I think they look a dogs arse without leaf tho'. Good work.

[Ben]

Starting to look really good.

[David oakman]

i have just pollarded some 20 year old crack willows as a trial, have not been back to see them yet but first growth on a pollarded willow should grow atleast 4ft in one season

[David Humphries]

Saw this over in Richmond sw London today, and it reminded me of this old thread of yours John.

 

Thought I'd post it here, no harm in resurecting a fine old thread

 

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[John Hancock]

Hello my little Chestnut thread! Long-time, no-see…

 

Looks lovely David, thanks for posting.

 

Got a story to tell about my beloved Chestnuts – The riverside was recently cleared of Alders by a local (ish) company, some obviously went the wrong way and some of the heads have been snapped off – Not Good!!