130. Falmouth Stone Pine
History, the sea and the weather have shaped a coastal pine in Cornwall.
Land has been reclaimed from the sea along Bar Road where Discovery Quay now is; when the Falmouth Stone Pine was planted it would have been much closer to the water and would have cut an even more romantic silhouette. As it is, the tree is an enigmatic and time worn landmark growing at the end of a patch of green, the most noticeable of several interesting details including the pyramidal Killigrew Monument. If trees could speak, this one I’m sure would have some interesting tales to tell.
Species details
Stone pine
Pinus pinea
Where to find it
Grove Place, Falmouth TR11 4AU
///spin.actual.keep | 50.150887, -5.063699
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Next week: A Long Read
Next Sunday, instead of a Great British or Irish tree, I’ll be posting the first in an occasional series of Long Reads. These will be articles from guest writers. The first is from
, author and Professor of Vaccine Immunology at Imperial College London. I don’t want to tell you too much, but I hope you will find John’s article interesting – it’s about the role trees play in making cities, and London in particular, healthier.Xmas Art Auction/Fundraiser
Next Saturday, 7th December, the inspirational Haringey Tree Protectors are running a fund-raising art auction and Christmas social at the Karamel Café in Wood Green. I'll be there, and one of my prints (of the plane trees in Finsbury Park) will be up for grabs to the highest bidder. You can preview some of the other artworks in the auction on the HTP instagram feed.
If you’d like to buy one of my limited edition photographic prints, take your pick from nine of my favourites.
My local tree! Thank you for shining a light!
Such a remarkable pine! It reminds me of the beautiful shapes west coastal trees take, shaped as they are by the wind. Monterrey, California has pines with such picturesque features but they are pinus radiata.