{"id":6024,"date":"2025-07-18T17:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/6024\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T17:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:37:08","slug":"ceder-tree-climbed-by-the-beatles-and-stunning-violet-beech-highlighted-for-euro-tree-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/6024\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceder Tree Climbed by The Beatles and Stunning Violet Beech Highlighted for Euro Tree Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"(Left) The Beatles Ceder Tree on the grounds of Chiswick House and Gardens \u2013 credit, CC 3.0. Patche99z<\/p>\n

In 1966, the Beatles perched in the boughs of a giant ceder for the music video of their song, \u201cRain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, the tree has another claim to fame\u2014a finalist in the UK\u2019s Tree of the Year Contest.<\/p>\n

Rightly nominated under this year\u2019s theme of being \u201cRooted in Culture,\u201d the Beatles\u2019 Lebanese Ceder in Chiswick House and Gardens was planted in 1720. Queen Victoria, the Tsar of Russia, and the Shah of Persia have been among the admirers to predate the Fab Four.<\/p>\n

The cedar\u2019s vast boughs swoop down to brush the ground, creating an interesting spot for the band to sit and play their guitars for \u201cRain.\u201d This shot was also used as the cover for their Nowhere Man EP.<\/p>\n

Woodland Trust, which organizes the annual competition<\/a>, saw cultural references from as far back as the 16th century, to as recently as a 2011 Radiohead album.<\/p>\n

\"\"Nowhere Man \u2013 fair use<\/p>\n

In the case of the former, it\u2019s Bradgate Park\u2019s oldest oak, an gnarled ancient whose crown was allegedly pruned in mourning of Lady Jane Grey, the infamous \u201c9 Days Queen,\u201d who was beheaded as an imposter by Mary I. In the case of the latter, it\u2019s the King of Limbs in Wiltshire\u2019s Savernake Forest.<\/p>\n

Estimated to be over 1,000 years old, the branches of this mammoth tree were regularly cut back to encourage new growth, resulting in several huge digits extending in different directions. Radiohead\u2019s Thom Yorke named an album in its honor.<\/p>\n

Readers can see all 10 of the nominations on the Woodland Trust website.<\/p>\n

Concluding just in advance of the UK Tree of the Year, voting for which begins today, the European Tree of the Year saw a remarkable turn of events: a Polish color-phase beech tree has taken the leafy continental crown<\/a> for the 2nd year running.<\/p>\n

LAST YEAR\u2019S WINNERS:<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s winner was called the \u201cHeart of the Garden\u201d but this year, it\u2019s the \u201cHeart of the Hills\u201d of Dalkowskie. Two years, two beeches, two hearts, two champions, but one incredible arboreal country.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Heart of Dalkow Beech \u2013 credit Marcin Kopji, released<\/p>\n

It took first place with 9-times as many votes as the UK\u2019s entry\u2014the Spinnish Oak, winner of the UK Tree of the Year from 2024.<\/p>\n

The Polish beech tree grows in the historical park in the city of Dalk\u00f3w. For the local community, the tree is seen as \u2018a heart that unites,\u2019 and tourists make wishes by throwing peanuts into a hole in the tree, believing it will make their dreams come true.<\/p>\n

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