And Now...
Posted Tue, Jan 12th 2010, 18:45
...the end is near! The 'Fountain Willow' will be felled soon.
You may remember that after its last inspection the Willow tree was reported as being in a bad way - in need of some attention and surgery to a limb.
Well, it seems that removing the dangerous limb would destabilise the whole structure, making the tree surgeons already consulted reluctant to attend to the Willow. Arboriculturalist Dr David Brown has clarified his report's recommendation that the tree be removed and reluctantly the council has had to agree that this local landmark should be felled. 'If the tree were to be retained it would be for a short period, ... not be as attractive as it is now' and would 'have an increasing failure risk attached to it'.
Dr Brown's report can be found here.
And the notice of intent here
The fountain and 'island' are due to be renovated soon and a replacement sought for the Willow.
Posted by Tim Kozusko 1 month, 2 days ago
I spent many a summer’s day in 2001 walking the streets of your beautiful village and remember this tree well. It is so sad to see it’s not doing well and will have to be felled.
Posted by K Hancock 3 weeks, 3 days ago
I am horrified by the number of really old trees being chopped down in our area! On the way in there was a huge lovely tree cut down this week! Shocking in the field by st. Johns church and in the grave yard. Then going past the car parks by the air port another really lovely big old tree. Who is the responsible party responsible for allowing this? Is he or she “out for lunch?” and now you want to chop down a tree that looks in pretty good shape to me!?!
Posted by K Hancock 3 weeks, 3 days ago
I think you should get a second opinion.
Posted by Ray Woodcock 1 week, 4 days ago
As already said by Tim Kozusko, its sad to hear that such a beautiful feature in our village has to be removed.
Many years ago there were 3 trees on the Fountain Island, one at each corner of the triangle. Please Parish Council, it would be nice to restore the island to its former glory with three trees.