Trees - Our Botanicultural Heritage

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

With the minds eye focussed on.....

 

have you been reading the group e mails!

[David Humphries]

You think I have time to soak up all that clap trap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

kidding

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

You think I have time to soak up all that clap trap

 

kidding

 

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Lmao, "there is an element of truth, even in jest" once said a wise old dog.

 

have you just recieved Wendy's paper on "opening the whole" ? very good read.

[David Humphries]

Lmao, "there is an element of truth, even in jest" once said a wise old dog.

 

have you just recieved Wendy's paper on "opening the whole" ? very good read.

 

 

 

Not sure, will have a trawl through the shelves

 

 

 

 

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[David Humphries]

Some people crafted this small old timer over many generations.

 

T'is a forgotten remnant in what is now just (in the majorities eyes) a bit of old hedge.

 

 

barely even noticed, is my guess.

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Dont you just love finding these "secret trees" i found an ash today, the biggest most awsome example of its pecies, a true vet of great proportion in a field near my home, unrecorded, it shall be done!

[David Humphries]

Been pondering recently which was "the" tree, that was the catalyst for my draw toward the big woody things with green barnets & long toes.

 

Thought it was perhaps the semi mature sycie opposite me house in London when I was 10, which I spent (what seemed like) every waken hour up in, or the Fortingall Yew which blew me away when I was 11 or 12 on my first trip to bonnie Scotland.

 

But no, having taken a trip back down memory lane at the weekend, I now realise that it was this Oak, at the gate of my grandparents farm up in Florden, Norfolk, which I spent plenty of awe-inspiring youthful afternoons, clambering in and just thinking.................. cool.

 

Ofcourse, I had no idea of the historical & landscape value of such trees at the time, but it just all came flooding back on Sunday.

Hadn't been there for years. Nice memory

 

 

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[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

thats you in the little blue dress is it dave! lmao

 

always thought you was a strange fish, that explains a lot:lol:

 

all jesting aside, what a great story, and an equaly fantastic tree:thumbup1:

 

has it been recorded?

[David Humphries]

thats you in the little blue dress is it dave! lmao

 

always thought you was a strange fish, that explains a lot:lol:

 

all jesting aside, what a great story, and an equaly fantastic tree:thumbup1:

 

has it been recorded?

 

 

 

How very dare you sir !

 

I'm quite obviously the normal looking one on the other side of the fence, chewing the cud

 

 

Not recorded yet, had pondered on it.

 

Will go take a look.

 

 

Just glad to see it's still there thriving

 

 

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[David Humphries]

By no means the biggest or most venerable in the UK, but this is possibly the oldest living thing in London,

and as it's on my door step, thought I would share.

 

The Totteridge Yew - St Andrew's Church, Totteridge Lane

The Church has been here since 1250.

 

Trees for cities has it listed as "probably well over 500 years old", but whilst there, I spoke with the Vicar to garner a bit of indepth local history and he then went on to explain that Kew had been contacted 30 years ago.

Post inspection, the Tree had some of the soil around the roots freed, some of the withering branches were cut and they then poured some hardening material (see last Photo) into its centre to stop it drying out.

 

The Vicar also told me, he has a certificate signed by Prof David Bellamy of the Conservation Foundation stating that the tree is 2000 years old.

 

What ever the age, It's mightily impressive.

 

 

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Oh dear.

 

Barely 18 months on, and things are not looking good.

 

Think I may approach the Church to see if they are open to offers of help.

 

Not sure really if anything can be done.

 

Possibly a hard reduction as a last chance saloon, kinda deal.

 

Obviously no root zone manipulation is available here.

 

 

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