A majestic 300-year-old Polish beech just won Tree of the Year -- for the 4th time! It really is a gorgeous tree, but it's also fun to look through photos of other trees nominated for this award.
The Skipinnish Tree
A 400yr-old sessile oak hiding in a sitka spruce plantation in Lochaber, Argyll and voted Woodland Trust Tree of the Year 2024.
I'd seen videos and photos of this great tree and figured had a pretty clear idea how I wanted to shoot it myself - good thing I found it while it was still daylight as it's just a bit spooky... :)
Prints, cards etc: https://shiny.photo/gallery/lochaber,oak
Congratulations to Scotland's Skipinnish Oak, winner of the 2024 UK #TreeOfTheYear award
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/tree-of-the-year/
Tree down the block was red yesterday. Like “HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE” red. Beautiful!
#Scotland’s ancient #SkipinnishOak wins #UK #TreeOfTheYear
#Lochaber tree, named after the ceilidh band that discovered it, now in running for European Tree of the Year contest
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/29/scotlands-ancient-skipinnish-oak-wins-uk-tree-of-the-year
Scotland’s ancient Skipinnish Oak wins UK Tree of the Year
The tree in Lochaber is named after the folk band Skipinnish, who discovered it by chance while playing a local gig for the Native Woodland Discussion Group.
The band said they were delighted the tree ('this great old wise being of Achnacarry!') won and plan to write a new song in its honour.
This sweet chestnut tree is perhaps over 500 years old. This large tree is symbol of resilience in the city of Wrexham. Through war and storm this tree continues to grow and flourish.
Can you show your love for the tree by voting for it in the European Tree of the Year?
Vote, let us know you've voted, and then share this post. Let us get as many people as possible making this tree European Tree of the Year!
https://www.treeoftheyear.org/.../wrexham's-acton-park...
#Wrexham #TreeOfTheYear #Vote #AVOW
Rydyn ni'n gyffrous i gyhoeddi bod castanwydd #Wrecsam wedi'i choroni yn #CoedenYFlwyddyn y DU 2023!
Derbyniodd y #CoedenDrefol hynafol hon 17% o’r bleidlais a dyma ymgeisydd buddugol cyntaf #Cymru yn y gystadleuaeth DU-gyfan.
We're excited to announce that the #Wrexham sweet chestnut has been crowned UK #TreeOfTheYear 2023!
This ancient Urban #Tree received 17% of the vote and is #Wales' first winning entrant in the UK-wide competition.
Learn more here 
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/tree-of-the-year/
#Wrexham Sweet Chestnut Tree was shortlisted for
The WoodlandTrust annual #TreeoftheYear help it win! Vote here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqNCgRARHi_bSiQgKnSOxPndhvdGQaisKcTdGPZuBl1lcE3A/viewform?fbzx=8160773787631122921
Credir bod y Goeden Hynafol ym Mharc Acton, #Wrecsam bron yn 500 mlwydd oed gyda chylchedd trawiadol o 6.1m!
The #AncientTree tree in Acton Park, #Wrexham is thought to be almost 500 years old with an impressive circumference of 6.1m!
#Cymru rydych yn cael eich annog i bleidleisio dros y Chestnut Melys #Wrecsam a helpu i'w chorffori eleni #CoedenYFlwyddyn plîs pleidleisiwch ac ailgychwyn y Twt hwn! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqNCgRARHi_bSiQgKnSOxPndhvdGQaisKcTdGPZuBl1lcE3A/viewform?fbzx=8160773787631122921
#Wales you are being encouraged to vote for the #Wrexham Sweet Chestnut and help to crown it this year’s #TreeoftheYear please vote and reboot this Twt! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqNCgRARHi_bSiQgKnSOxPndhvdGQaisKcTdGPZuBl1lcE3A/viewform?fbzx=8160773787631122921
Die Pflanze des Monats Februar 2023 im Botanischen Garten Kiel ist auch gleichzeitig "Baum des Jahres 2023": Moorbirke
Betula pubescens
If you have a moment, consider dedicating it to voting for the Marquis' Oak in Utrecht for #TreeOfTheYear
The national government has for years been planning to cut it down to make way for the nearby #highway, much to dismay of us locals. This is one of the ways in which we hope to apply counterpressure.
2/3 @bluekoala065@nerdculture.de I thought it looked pagan-ish , or gothic, old hunting grounds 16th century ish. Antler shapes, with reaching arms. I love that it’s shaped the Summergill brooke, & possibly vice versa. Ash has the biggest biomass of roots, very deep rooted….It really ought to be in the #Cymru #treeoftheyear.
