Hatfield Park ATF visit

[sloth]

I really wanted to make that trip, was secretly hoping someone would drop out and Id get an email :sly: next time maybe, looked like a good day...

[Bearded Munch]

Thats where I started my life in the tree game on the 1st of Jan 1973, staying there till the middle of 1984 then moving on to the tree surgery in the local authority, the pics bring back some memories.

[David Humphries]

. What would you do on the hornbeams, selective poll thin?

 

I think it depends on what the objective is.

 

To stop the very old decayed ones falling apart from having overly weighted lapsed poles on decayed trunks, then perhaps a staged reduction over three or four retrenchments.

 

But this probably needs to be looked at on a tree to tree basis, as some may actually not need any works.

 

Neville Fay (and others) made good points today, reminding of the fact that our time amongst these veterans is fairly short in tree terms and that we shouldn't really let trends concerning management of individuals and woodland to be the main drive. The older pollards are not ever going to brought back to what is a working and sustainable pollard, but the ecology in an around these trees should be given greater focus.

 

 

 

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[18 stoner]

Must have been a pleasure to visit such a place David, some very nice specimens there.

 

 

 

 

I would say if the hornbeams need a little pruning, you could always put my name forward for some sympathetic reductions:thumbup:

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Must have been a pleasure to visit such a place David, some very nice specimens there.

 

 

 

 

I would say if the hornbeams need a little pruning, you could always put my name forward for some sympathetic reductions:thumbup:

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I'll be sure to pass it on Pete.

 

Just mention my name when Lord Salisbury calls

 

 

 

 

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[Adam Bourne]

Some truly majestic trees there David, and some very fine photography

 

 

Living mainly on reclaimed land trees like that are hard to fine around here especially old wood land, there are a few exceptions which I have posted on here a handful, visiting a place like that though would be like Christmas Day when I was 5,

[Sal]

Looks like an incredible place. I lived in Hatfield for 3 years when I was a student first time round and never went there.

 

Was on the waiting list for this trip though. Next time

[David Humphries]

Looks like an incredible place. I lived in Hatfield for 3 years when I was a student first time round and never went there.

 

Was on the waiting list for this trip though. Next time

 

The park is open to the public (not all the sites that we were granted access to are) but its only open to from April to September. Think it's £3 to get access to the park.

 

Really worth the effort if your relatively close.

 

 

 

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[Sal]

Bargain! It's only a quick trip round the M25 for me as I'm near Burnham Beeches (so, pretty spoilt for trees really) so I'll have no excuse not to go come April. Will definitely add Hatfield to to the ever increasing list of places to visit

[arbwork]

Good to meet you David, Difficult not to take the same photos ! hope to add a few, would liked to have spent more time discovering! Murphy’s law sunny day before and after