Figure 15. Detail of the Tree Survey by Peter Brain. The history of the site ensured a rich arboreal presence in the cemetery (as in others). Tree Gazing (fig 17) were conducted in the cemetery to celebrate its arboreal treasures by Mr Tony Titchen who drew up the following unique list of tree species (40 in all). Figure 16. Tree Gazing with Mr Tony Titchen. female monkey puzzle Lawson cypress form of Lawson cypress yellow • • •golden • form of Lawson cypress south European cypress Sawara cypress Nookta cypress • • • black Austrian pine western red cedar cherry laurel yew Irish yew holm oak • • • • • • purple cherry plum double Japanese flowering cherry holly Field maple • • • • • English elm Japanese spindle sycamore false acacia English hawthorn horse • • • • • chestnut double midland hawthorn Himalayan cedar English oak laburnum • • • • • cherry rowan weeping ash common ash lilac• Aucuba laurel variegated • • • • • English holly Lebanon cedar elder European larch bird cherry Norway spruce • • • • • •apple The trees collectively had become a dominating material presence at . The 1997 Local Bristol Plan noted that was a significant open space and its green – ‘prominent hillsides’ were listed in the Landscape Features’ of the city. The newly ‘Principal wooded cemetery became caught up in all the environmental discourses which gathered around trees in the contexts of global environmental concern, nature conservation, global and national deforestation, the national tree protests of the 1990s, and the greening the cities and trees as panaceas for urban regeneration (Jones and Cloke, 2002). Trees were understood as bringers of improved well-being and cleaners of the environment. Any threat to what in effect was a large wood in was bound to attract adverse attention. Protests and resistance had steadily grown about the state of the cemetery and this accelerated as the threat of development emerged. The Association for the
Figure 15. Detail of the Tree Survey by Peter Brain. The history of the site ensured a rich arboreal presence in the cemetery (as in others). Tree Gazing (fig 17) were conducted in the cemetery to celebrate its arboreal treasures by Mr Tony Titchen who drew up the following unique list of tree species (40 in all). Figure 16. Tree Gazing with Mr Tony Titchen. • female monkey puzzle • Lawson cypress •golden form of Lawson cypress • yellow form of Lawson cypress • south European cypress • Sawara cypress • Nookta cypress • black Austrian pine • western red cedar • cherry laurel • yew • Irish yew • holm oak • purple cherry plum • double Japanese flowering cherry • holly • Field maple • English elm • Japanese spindle • sycamore • false acacia • English hawthorn • horse chestnut • double midland hawthorn • Himalayan cedar • English oak • laburnum • cherry • rowan • weeping ash • common ash • lilac• Aucuba laurel • variegated English holly • Lebanon cedar • elder • European larch • bird cherry • Norway spruce •apple The trees collectively had become a dominating material presence at . The 1997 Local Bristol Plan noted that was a significant open space and its – ‘prominent green hillsides’ were listed in the ‘Principal Landscape Features’ of the city. The newly wooded cemetery became caught up in all the environmental discourses which gathered around trees in the contexts of global environmental concern, nature conservation, global and national deforestation, the national tree protests of the 1990s, and the greening the cities and trees as panaceas for urban regeneration (Jones and Cloke, 2002). Trees were understood as bringers of improved well-being and cleaners of the environment. Any threat to what in effect was a large wood in was bound to attract adverse attention. Protests and resistance had steadily grown about the state of the cemetery and this accelerated as the threat of development emerged. The Association for the
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