Author name: Richard Clarke

Today’s photo shows part of the arc of trees in Pearson Park, Hull that faces the triumphal arch entrance to the municipal park from Pearson Avenue. A mature copper beech stands behind a young redwood. Beech trees are shallow rooted and thus vulnerable in gales, especially when in a heavy canopy of leaves. Beech trees […]

The photo above shows one of the groups of three trees planted close together in Pearson Park, Hull and mentioned in a post two posts back. As with most of the groups of three these are lime trees, in fact there is another group of three left of centre in the picture, again lime trees.

Recently I noticed that some of the leaves on a local lime tree had these (see above) peculiar sticky-up-bits on them, growing upwards out of the body of the leaf like emerging serpents. The leaves themselves seem ok, so far. Although lime (s.p.b.) is a native species of tree it is now rarely found ‘in

The photo above shows a mature lime tree on the site of Henson Villas in the south-east corner of Pearson Park, Hull. Incidentally, the ‘Villas’ comprise three blocks of flats, both ground and first floor. Except for one they are currently empty the tenants having been re-located ahead of demolition of the buildings, asbestos has

The plan a year ago was to re-walk the north and south banks of the Humber Estuary in sections and record the main features, both by photographs and posts. This has not yet been completed and has fallen victim of intervening priorities and the practicalities of linear walks. The sections completed so far on the

In December 2021 I compiled an inventory of posts up to that point; this inventory can be read by clicking on that month from the right hand column. I am now going to add to that inventory by listing the topics of the posts from December 2021 to May 2023. I will list by month