This month
at the Arboretum we have made some quite substantial changes, in particular the
Tree Team have been focusing on an area previously known as the Bamboo glade.
Over the years this area has lost a number of specimens, due to frost damage in
harsh winters. This had created an opportunity to change and develop the focus
of this area along with an adjacent space, which has predominantly been
self-seeded Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
and Birch (Betula spp). Over the
previous weeks the Arborists have been working to remove a selection of these
species in order to open up the area for future planting space.
In addition to this, views of current and
interesting specimens have been opened up. There is now a spot from which the full
height of one of the Giant Redwoods (Sequoiadendron
giganteum) can be appreciated, alongside the largest Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) at the
arboretum. In this process a young but important Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is soon to be
exposed, also.
Luke Rowland dismantling one of the Sycamores |
Timber extraction |
Guy Horwood
and Luke Rowland
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