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Liz
 Nov 17, 08 - 6:21 PM |
Bristol Council Plant a Tree scheme
Prices start at £100 http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/press-releases/2008/nov/bristols-tree-sponsorship-scheme.en;jsessionid=A97B23FC6AD9570539150DCC8B49E2E1.tcwwwaplaws1 I'm not sure if you get a plaque or the tree is anonymous and only you know about it! As someone with a significant event coming up next year I might look into it. Liz |
Rob
Nov 17th, 2008 - 6:28 PM |
Re: Bristol Council Plant a Tree scheme
There are more details about the scheme at www.bristol.gov.uk/treebristol |
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Jules
Nov 18th, 2008 - 1:09 AM |
Re: Bristol Council Plant a Tree scheme
HOW MUCH????? Ah! The irony... 
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Liz
Nov 19th, 2008 - 5:01 PM |
Re: Bristol Council Plant a Tree scheme
Oh! It's £400 if ou want a specific tree in a specific place. That's a tad expensive if you ask me. Jules.... share the joke? Liz |
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Jules
Nov 20th, 2008 - 6:58 PM |
Re: Bristol Council Plant a Tree scheme
Given previous(2006/7), last winter's (2007/8), and this (2008/9), projected works on the hill, objective 7.2.2.9. (THMP) it seems ironic to advertise tree planting. Just my warped sense of humour! 
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Liz
Nov 24th, 2008 - 1:02 PM |
Re: Bristol Council Plant a Tree scheme
Ah but those are Holm oaks, who have the disadvantage of being politically incorrect and non-autochthonous. BCC will be providing punters with £400 to spare with a flowering cherry in an on-street situation. (Are flowering cherries native species?!) Shame we can't dig up the holm oaks, grow them on and sell them back to the council for £400  We'd soon be in a financial position to declare UDI .. the Peoples Republic of Troopers Hill.
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Jules
Nov 24th, 2008 - 7:01 PM |
Re: Bristol Council Plant a Tree scheme
Oooh! Had to look that one up! Yes I think they are, but not sure to where, Japan? Where did Chekhov live? He had an orchard full... Holm Oaks are mediterranean in origin and prefer a neutral or limey soil, (do well on the Cotswold limestone escarpment), so may be indicative of the degeneration (of the acid grassland) on the hill. |
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Liz
Nov 26th, 2008 - 10:37 PM |
Re: Bristol Council Plant a Tree scheme
Mmm ... my Spanish friend taught me "autochthonous" and "holm oak", both in English. He had a woodland full of them. And a hound called Encina, which is holm oak in Spanish. Shame we can't repatriate ours to him. Everything moves on, it's an interesting thought we might be striving to stem the flow of a natural progression. But hey, it's fun. |
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Jules
Dec 1st, 2008 - 9:23 PM |
Re: Bristol Council Plant a Tree scheme
We are the Q10... Holm Oaks are the free radicals?
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Liz
Dec 3rd, 2008 - 10:41 PM |
Re: Bristol Council Plant a Tree scheme
I always wanted to be a free radical. But I'm a married socialist.
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