Recent plantings and ‘how it looks now’
Images/links below span the period 2006 to 2017. In January 2020 disaster struck when ferocious bush-fires burnt over the arboretum. Some trees may recover, others certainly wont. Will need to wait a year or two to assess properly. In the meantime, lots of clearing up to do..................post-fire images here.
How the arboretum looked in 2006 is shown in the image below. Major components are numbered
1 to 7. The links below show ground level views at varying times between 2006 and 2017.
KEY:
2. Mixed planting (native and exotic species), serves as back-row to primary windbreak (1) and extension to secondary windbreak (3)
3. Secondary windbreak
4. Amenity plantings (proposed house site)
5. Cork oak trial (Quercus suber)
6. Mixed planting (includes Grevillea robusta)
