Tree Planting

Tree Planting in Bramcote Hills Park on 28th November 2011

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The Mayor of Broxtowe, Councillor Jackie Williams, members of Bramcote Open Spaces Forum and Bramcote History Group planted the tree on Monday, 28th November at 2:00pm.

 

The black walnut is a large deciduous tree which can reach heights of 30 metres (100 ft). In a wood it develops a tall, clear trunk, but the one planted in the open park will develop a short trunk and broad crown. The bark is grey-black and deeply furrowed. The leaves are alternate, 30–60 cm long, with 15–23 leaflets, similar to the Ash. The male flowers are catkins, with the female flowers at the end of the twigs, ripening during the autumn into a nut with a green, fleshy husk and a brown corrugated nut. The whole fruit falls in October; the nut being very hard. The tree tends to crop more heavily in alternate years.

 

The black walnut was introduced into Europe in 1629. It is cultivated as a forest tree for its high quality wood, with nuts produced more by open-grown trees. The wood is used to make furniture, flooring, and rifle stocks, and oil is pressed from the seeds. Nuts are harvested by hand from wild trees. The kernel is used as an ingredient in food while the hard black walnut shell is used commercially in abrasive cleaning, cosmetics, oil well drilling and water filtration.

 

Tree Planting in Bramcote Hills Park on 14th December 2010

 

Every year Broxtowe Borough Council add a new and unusual tree to the collection in  Bramcote Hills Park and on 14th December 2010 an Antarctic Beech was planted just in front of the site of Bramcote Hills House. Bramcote History Group, as part of its community activities, supported the purchase of the tree with a generous donation. The tree planting ceremony was led by the Mayor of the Borough of Broxtowe , Councillor Pat Lally and he was ably assisted by Val Bird, Chairman of Bramcote History Group. The Antarctic Beech is a native of Chile and is noted for its ability to survive up to 8 months of snow and frost a year.

 

 

                          

 

 

 

                                                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Val Bird and Steve Austin of Bramcote History Group admire the  Antarctic Beech.

ValBird, Chairman of Bramcote History Group, Plants the Antarctic Beech.

The Mayor of the Borough of Broxtowe, Councillor Pat Lally, accompanied by his wife, Councillor Lynda Lally and their guests.

Councillor Jackie Williams, the Mayor of the Borough of Broxtowe, planting the black walnut tree watched by Val Bird, Chairman of Bramcote History Group, Chris Riley, Parks and Open Spaces Officer, Broxtowe Borough Council and members of Bramcote Open Spaces Forum.