How to grow a better tree.
by Lewis, 15 May, 2016, 2 comments
In 1987, the U.K. was battered by a storm – said to have been the worst that this country has experienced in three hundred years. Hurricane force winds raged across southern England and the Midlands before the storm finally exited via the Wash. It is often referred to as “The Great Storm”
Millions of trees were uprooted, woodlands flattened, parks and gardens destroyed, the National Grid damaged, cars hit by falling branches and people died. Places like Wakehurst Place, the Sussex outpost of the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) lost some 60% of their tree collection as a result of this storm. Kew Gardens itself lost many trees. Many were uprooted and died. Read more...
