A visit to Rothbury last week to measure some iconic trees at Armstrong Cottages and to have a chat with Katie Scott founder of Rothbury Trees. Katie has set up this group to celebrate and help conserve trees in...
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A one time Hedgerow tree this naturally pollarded Ash now sits in the centre of a busy urban walkway, stout with a hollow base and burring evident on lower trunk.
At last able to go just that little bit further to measure a tree or two. With the help of Connie recording trees for the NVTP as well as verifying trees notified for the Woodland Trust at Target Woods...
Northumbria veteran tree project is delighted to announce that last week saw the first of a number of woodland craft sessions delivered by Ruth Thompson of Sylvan Skills on Zoom. These sessions are offered free of charge and with...
Our final contributions to National Tree Week have joint significance in that they are both legacies of Newcastle’s industrial past. A walnut tree whose twisted and multi stemmed form pays homage to its more than interesting 200 year past...
Our penultimate tree this week is one that pays respect to one of our regions most famous of sons. A man whose love of trees most certainly played its part in the 200 plus landscape scenes he created on...
Today I thought it might be nice just to give a flavour of a few of our Counties special trees. Ash at Walltown Crags, Hawthorn at Greenlee Logue, Hornbeam at Newton on the moor and oak at Hareshaw Linn,...
It is not necessarily all about the oldest or largest tree, its impact on the environment or significance with respect to the natural world. It is also about the special and often magical connection trees can have with people....
A very special offering today and one we would love to know more about if there are any stories out there? One we discovered when visiting the “Lady’s Well” site, this Ancient moss and lichen adorned tree straddles the...
In 1879 Sir William Armstrong donated Heaton Park, Armstrong park and Jesmond Dene to the city. This ancient and significant pear tree stood in the grounds of Heaton park prior to that date. It measure 35o cm @ 1.5M...