2015
SP3265 : Copper Beech Tree Carving in Jephson Gardens, Royal Leamington Spa
taken 9 years ago, near to Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Copper Beech Tree Carving in Jephson Gardens, Royal Leamington Spa
The Leamington History Society website states that the beech tree was planted in 1846 when Edward Willes’ Newbold Gardens were remodelled and renamed Jephson Gardens.
The tree was felled in 2013 because although it appeared outwardly healthy, it was diagnosed with a fungus, Meripilus Giganteus, which was rotting the roots. Contractors scaled the tree in March 2013 and took it down almost branch by branch. After Birmingham sculptor and woodcarver Graham Jones was commissioned to work on the stump, by June 2013 he had transformed it into this sculpture, with carved reliefs of significant national and local events which occurred during the life of the tree.
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