Landscape perspective

[BenR]

Dawyck gold fastigiate beeches look awesome! Would be my first choice for my own garden

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Dawyck gold fastigiate beeches look awesome! Would be my first choice for my own garden

 

The trouble with these though is due to the lack of chlorophyll they tend to be weaker than a straight beech, and in an urban context with the excessive pressures of living in the shadow of man, it would be short lived without good care and optimal conditions.

[BenR]

Are you suggesting David and his crew don't look after trees properly:sneaky2:

 

Fair point there Tony. Everyday is a school day for a beginner like me. They do look lovely though!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Are you suggesting David and his crew don't look after trees properly:sneaky2:

 

Fair point there Tony. Everyday is a school day for a beginner like me. They do look lovely though!

 

were all school boys mate, dont let anyone tell you otherwise.

[sean]

Looking toward the towers of Isleworth and Twickenham Rugby stadium.

[David Humphries]

ain't those old cockneys lucky bleeders, 'avin all these lubbley jublee green fings all over the gaff

 

 

 

I'm sure other towns are nice too, what what

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

From whilst over on the Ancient Tree forum gathering at Moccas park yesterday.

 

Here the scale of this fine wellingtonia, first form a human perspective, then from a landscape perspective,

from further up on the hill...........

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Had a day shadowing a neighbouring LA's tree planning officer.

 

Brent is a large very urban north london borough.

 

Spent the day at site meetings, in the office looking at tpo's etc & then back out looking at various current tree & planning issues.

 

The following is recognisably - Wembley Stadium.

The concourse is Olympic Way, which is a tree lined link between the main local station & the stadium.

 

The Limes where probably planted in the 50's/60's

The Planes were donated via the Hilsborough disaster.

 

Planning is currently looking at this avenue & how it will fit in to the ongoing developements around what is Wembley City.

 

Trees along the side of the stadium are Pin Oaks.

 

 

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[David Humphries]

a little prose from the late poet laureate, John Betjemen........

 

Harrow-on-the-hill

 

When melancholy Autumn comes to Wembley

And electric trains are lighted after tea

The poplars near the stadium are trembly

With their tap and tap and whispering to me,

Like the sound of little breakers

Spreading out along the surf-line

When the estuary's filling

With the sea.

 

Then Harrow-on-the-Hill's a rocky island

And Harrow churchyard full of sailor's graves

And the constant click and kissing of the trolley buses hissing

Is the level of the Wealdstone turned to waves

And the rumble of the railway

Is the thunder of the rollers

As they gather for the plunging

Into caves

 

There's a storm cloud to the westward over Kenton,

There's a line of harbour lights at Perivale,

Is it rounding rough Pentire in a flood of sunset fire

The little fleet of trawlers under sail?

Can those boats be only roof tops

As they stream along the skyline

In a race for port and Padstow

With the gale?

 

 

 

 

Sadly not many of the same same Poplars in evidence today.

Perhaps engulfed in the wave of development surounding the area

 

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[David Humphries]

Another view of the Shard from HH.

 

Again, this is 5 miles away from where the shot was taken.

 

 

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