Tree Talks: Landmark Trees
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William Wordsworth knew a thing or two about the value of ancient trees. His poem ‘Yew-Trees’ famously venerates the Lorton and Borrowdale Yews, their preternatural existence in the landscape, and significant place in history. These specimens live on in situ, as the poet himself envisioned they would; much more than this, the sentiments expressed in this poem encapsulate our continued and human reverence for such elder trees. Most recently, this respect for our arboreal heritage was both displayed and challenged, when the Sycamore Gap tree was felled in 2023, and when this egregious act resulted in a global outcry. The tree was mourned and commemorated across the media, in public discourse, and in a variety of think pieces. This Tree Talk will address the significance of ‘landmark’ and ancient trees in the cultural imagination and literary representation, and will consider how far this living heritage is of botanical and environmental significance to our past, present, and future.Location
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