Today we visited Highfield park in St Albans to do the tree trail. A map of the trail, including information about each of the trees, can be downloaded here Highfield Park Tree Trail
Each month, Highfield Park Trust picks a ‘Tree of the Month’. Last month was the Common Lime (number 6 on the trail)…
This month the chosen tree is the Deodar Cedar (number 16)…
Here are some of the other trees we found out about on the trail…
Monkey Puzzle. This tree is named because monkeys would find it confusing to climb due to its shape. It grows very slowly to begin with but can eventually reach up to 25 metres…
Red horse Chestnut…
Squiggle loves finding the numbers and studying the trees. This one is a Dawn Redwood…
Holly. A well-known native evergreen with spiky leaves…
Common Larch. This was originally introduced to Britain as an ornamental conifer but is now planted as a timber tree…
London Plane. This tree is about 100 years old. It gets its name because it is often planted in London and copes well with city pollution…
Purple Sycamore…
Swamp Cypress. This tree originates from southern US and is one of the first species to have been introduced from America to Britain…
Squiggle enjoying our adventures around Highfield park…
