Comments on: Ancient Trees in Richmond Park https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/04/ancient-trees-in-richmond-park/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:00:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Andy Thomas https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/04/ancient-trees-in-richmond-park/#comment-1314510 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:00:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163607#comment-1314510 The fallen tree of Richmond Park has just been nominated as a Woodland Trust ‘Tree of the year 2019’ It would be great if you could support and vote for it. Thank you. Andy Thomas https://campaigns.woodlandtrust.org.uk/page/48135/data/1?supporter.questions.285157=Tree+5&fbclid=IwAR0xX_8mBYM3PoOtxtTW8jo2IksjBav7O4QHCnzzcCoivVZyBpn-uTNyLvw

]]> By: Sue https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/04/ancient-trees-in-richmond-park/#comment-1194165 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 22:27:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163607#comment-1194165 Spent many a Sunday in my childhood cycling round the park with my friend. Wonderful memories.

]]> By: Marcelle Garner https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/04/ancient-trees-in-richmond-park/#comment-1194053 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 03:33:53 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163607#comment-1194053 Thank you for those photos .I will never go too Richmond Park again as the journey to the UK is

now not possible .I too have a great love for trees .

]]> By: Peter Holford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/04/ancient-trees-in-richmond-park/#comment-1194032 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 23:32:11 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163607#comment-1194032 Memories of childhood! Thank you – being brought up in Putney, Richmond Park was one of many fantastic open spaces to play in. I noticed the Pen Ponds in one photo – a magic place to catch tadpoles. Unfortunately the trees were just incidental to me as a child – they were just part of the whole.

]]> By: Anna https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/04/ancient-trees-in-richmond-park/#comment-1194016 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 18:44:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163607#comment-1194016 Those trees are so inspiring for character design! I think I’ll sketch some from your photos now, but I definitively want to go see them myself.

]]> By: Connie Unangst https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/04/ancient-trees-in-richmond-park/#comment-1194013 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:47:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163607#comment-1194013 Another enjoyable article. I remember seeing them when I visited the UK

]]> By: Hetty Startup https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/04/ancient-trees-in-richmond-park/#comment-1194008 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 15:32:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163607#comment-1194008 Wonderful photographs, GA, Makes me homesick. This park was a favorite for Sunday walks before a drink at a pub near Syon or Strand on the Green on the way home. Thank you. If I share one of your photos on social media I will be sure to credit you unlike SOME people!

]]> By: Gary Arber https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/04/ancient-trees-in-richmond-park/#comment-1194005 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 15:26:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163607#comment-1194005 Was it pollarding over the ages that has caused these venerable trees to increase more in girth than in height ?
Gary

]]> By: Chris Hamer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/04/ancient-trees-in-richmond-park/#comment-1194003 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 15:14:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163607#comment-1194003 Magnificent! You’ve done it again! Spitalfields Life is becoming a treasury of arboreal life. Would you mind if I share this one again? I recognise that feeling of surprise and wonder why more people are not queuing up to worship these ancient guardians.

]]> By: Steve Wilde https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/04/ancient-trees-in-richmond-park/#comment-1193990 Sun, 04 Feb 2018 12:20:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163607#comment-1193990 I can highly recommend, if you haven’t already read it, Peter Wohllben’s “The Hidden Life of Trees”. Makes walking among them even more fascinating.

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