{"id":3245,"date":"2019-06-14T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2019-06-14T15:33:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:33:35","slug":"julian-hight-britains-forest-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/?p=3245","title":{"rendered":"Julian Hight: Britain’s Forest History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The\nsubject of Wednesday\u2019s talk was something of a first for Grayshott\nGardeners: Ancient Trees in Britain and around the World, along with\ntheir history and myths, all located, researched and beautifully\nphotographed by Julian, and presented in a lively and captivating\nlecture. We were told about ancient oaks, native to Britain (moved\nthere from Europe when it was still connected to the Continent), the\ngrove of ancient Yew trees in Kingsley Vale near Chichester, as well\nas about Mediterranean Olive trees, some of which are estimated to be\n2-3000 years old, and a surviving Cherry tree in the Japanese Alps,\npropped up by struts but still flowering. \n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\nThe reason some of these trees have survived hundreds, or even thousands of years is that they served a useful purpose: industrial (e.g. pollarding), community (fruit bearing) or religious (Yew trees in churchyards). Julian quoted many anecdotes (some of which may even be true) such as Newton\u2019s apple tree at Woolsthorpe Manor, the oak taken by an architect as a model for building a lighthouse, and the Queen Elizabeth oak at Cowdray Park, entirely hollow now, and squat, purported to have been visited by Q E in 1591. \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nJulian is the author of two lavishly illustrated books, Britain\u2019s Tree \nStory (2011) for the National Trust, and World Tree Story, celebrating \nthe world\u2019s oldest, largest and most famous (and sometimes not so \nfamous) trees, while also telling the human tale. He is actively engaged\n in tree preservation, campaigning locally in Somerset as well as \nnationally to save threatened trees and ancient woodland. Further info \non his website: www.worldtreestory.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The subject of Wednesday\u2019s talk was something of a first for Grayshott Gardeners: Ancient Trees in Britain and around the World, along with their history and myths, all located, researched and beautifully photographed by Julian, and presented in a lively and captivating lecture. We were told about ancient oaks, native to Britain (moved there from … Continue reading Julian Hight: Britain’s Forest History<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-lectures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3245"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3253,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3245\/revisions\/3253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grayshottgardeners.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}