199. People’s Birch
An elegant birch that stood out for me.
The most captivating tree in Limerick’s People’s Park is not one of the many giants that reside here, but rather a supremely elegant birch. Find the People’s Birch at the park’s western end: its gleaming white bark makes it unmissable and it is especially alluring in spring as the leaves unfurl, or in autumn as they turn gold. When I first saw this tree in 2022, there was a bench encircling it. When I visited in July this year, the bench had disappeared; I wonder why…
Species details
Paper birch
Betula papyrifera
Where to find it
People’s Park, Pery Square, Limerick, V94 E67F
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Another Limerick tree
Last week, I published the second post in my Swings and Roundabouts series. It was about the People’s Park, the park where the People’s Birch grows. It’s a very interesting small park.
People’s Park
A Swings and Roundabouts post. I became aware of how interesting parks are having visited hundreds across Britain and Ireland looking for remarkable trees. I can confirm that our parks are full of gr…
A beautiful tree indeed. Could the encircling bench have been removed because of the danger of its otherwise being slowly consumed by the tree?