The annual Tree Warden Forum (under the Tree Council) took an eager bunch to the Bathurst Estate in Gloucestershire. This mighty Oak adjacent to the polo grounds on the estate had fantastic lateral limbs extending left and right.
Also on the estate are some classic 'gun barrel' beech trees. They gain the 'gun' name from the near perfect straight stems extending high into the canopy. These were some of the finest I've seen and possibly some of the best in the country.
So great were the beech trees that a series of large sheets were laid out to collect fallen seeds. These seeds are gathered to form part of the bank of a national collection of trees. Saplings grown from this resource are ensured to be native and from good stock...providing the squirrels don't get there first!
Take a look at the video below:
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